Regarding the hassle of us in Central Texas driving to Mossy in Houston or Sewell in Plano, I have an update. I asked Ashton Mossy if they planned to expand to Austin, and he said unfortunately no, because Grenadier has a policy about requiring an existing auto dealership in a city (Mossy doesn’t have an Austin dealership). I called Sewell to get a status of when their San Antonio Grenadier dealership would open and was told they hoped this fall. I interpret that as maybe by end of year. Regardless, that is a win, reducing my drive from about three hours to a little over an hour. Austin has several independent mechanics shops that specialize in BMWs, but most of them don’t want to work on Grenadiers because they don’t have access to service manuals and can’t turn off the service due light. I finally talked Terry Sather Automotive into doing an oil change for me, but they said it was a one-time favor. Regarding warranty, we in the US are covered by the Magnussen-Moss Act (1975) which prohibits new car dealers from denying warranty claims because an independent mechanic facility performed routine scheduled maintenance.
