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Erik
December 6th, 2002, 10:36
Thursday, December 5, 2002 AUTO SPIES

A must read: Who is Edmunds.com kidding with their review of the 2002 7-series?
What universe are they living in?

How much is BMW paying these guys?

Have the Edmunds.com execs hired fiction writers?

Funny, how money changes people.

We had to laugh when we came across this review done by the Edmunds.com editors on the 2002 BMW 745Li.

They said they had a TOTALLY trouble free driving experience with the 2002 model.

They NEVER even hinted that this is a rare occurrence for this car.

WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?

There is not a 7-series driver on the planet (except their editors) that has not had SOME problem with their 7-series.

Was theirs the only one made that did not have phone problems, iDrive problems, wheel vibration problems, transmission shifting problems, software issues, alignment trouble, engine shut off issues, key fob failures…should we go on? We could fill a list twenty pages long if we had to…

Even if Edmunds said they had minor issues we would have let them slide but to say it was a total trouble free experience…what a bunch of ass-kissing, go for the ad dollars shysters! Man, what little unbiased credibility they had, has flown completely out the door.

MAYBE we could have understood this, if they said they reviewed the 2003 version.

I defy them to get in that car and make call waiting work on the built in phone. BMW hasn’t even figured out how to get that to work.

We own a 7-series and as much as we like it, it has a half dozen or so problems as we speak. And even WITH the problems, we still like the car!

Are we the only car people in the universe who like to tell the truth?

C’mon Edmunds…get real here!

Read the full review for yourself and you make up your own mind…
EDMUNDS.com Long-Term Road Test: 2002 BMW 745Li

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/longterm/articles/62788/page006.html

Erik
December 13th, 2002, 09:49
To be continued...

http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000114674.cfm

A must read: Edmunds.com responds to last week's 745 article
Our users speak out as well

So after our article on Edmunds.com ran last week, we got an email objecting to our article from their CFO, Kenneth Levin

Here’s a tidbit from the email we received from him:

"We take no issue with the fact that you disagree with our article. However, Edmunds.com has no business relationship with BMW, has never run any advertising for BMW vehicles, and receives no money from that company. Your assertions to that effect are false and without any factual foundation."

Here are the links he provided to us to show they have been objective regarding the 7-series: