Good riddance to inept baffoons

[Arde]

Why don't we form a syndicate and approach BMW for a licence to manufacture non-OEM parts for the E9? They get a commission and don't have to chase us for IP issues. We get to drive our cars! Others see problems, I see opportunity.

And get the manufacturing/testing specifications in return?

 

[Stan]

Why don't we form a syndicate and approach BMW for a licence to manufacture non-OEM parts for the E9? They get a commission and don't have to chase us for IP issues. We get to drive our cars! Others see problems, I see opportunity.

The parts would double in price IF they let us do it at all.

 

[Krzysztof]

I think as long it is not named with the brand it's fine to have it manufactured for our owns.

How the other companies works than if they are even advertising as BMW-fitting part? I'm almost sure they are not paying BMW for that. Of course parts has no logo.

Maybe the problem is it is for free on Thinksgiverse or other free sharing site?
There was a proposal here to keep it local and out of general, free 3D sharing sites?

I'm sorry I'm not a lawyer but there is a rule which allows to produce spare parts w/o special permission.

Does anyone here has some knowledge about copyrights?

I was told once copyrights and patents are ending after e.g. 10, 20, 50 years.

 

[CSL177]

Why don't we form a syndicate and approach BMW for a licence to manufacture non-OEM parts for the E9? They get a commission and don't have to chase us for IP issues. We get to drive our cars! Others see problems, I see opportunity.

If there was profit to be had the current providers would have already secured production rights. Ask Maximillian, Wolloth or Jamic if they're adding anything to current inventories.

 

[Ohmess]

If there was profit to be had the current providers would have already secured production rights. Ask Maximillian, Wolloth or Jamic if they're adding anything to current inventories.

This idea has come up before. The comparison to companies in the parts business is not exactly the right one. We don't need to make a profit. And, for many components of the process, we could work with donated labor.

If you look at the group buys, somebody usually fronts the money to deal with the seller, having secured committments for a certain number of sales here. There is no charge for labor in putting the deal together, dealing with the seller, taking delivery of the group buy, and busting the parts up into individual shipments to folks here. However, most group buy sponsors do not buy more parts than the number committed because if you get stuck with just one part you don't need, you have a loss on the entire effort.

This, I think, is the primary concern of any parts production effort - how to avoid losses. If we could form a small syndicate to share the downside risk, we probably would have a lot more people thinking about parts production.

Another constraint seems to be production. There do seem to be some rays of light with parts that can be 3d printed, but there are a lot of parts that would be very difficult to recreate because of the production processes.

 

[tochi]

I remember once turning up to the local dealership with a GP 2 Batmobile race car, finished in full motorsport livery.. The sales manager asked me what it was as he viewed it parked outside on a trailer, he asked me if it was a 2002.
He didn't bother to take a closer look, he was completely disconnected with the history behind the badge he was selling.

So what does that say about the culture in dealerships?

I visited two very large dealerships in a stock E9. In both instances service personnel misidentified the E9 as either a 2002 or a Bavaria. I may as well have been driving a Dixie. The dealerships had giant E9 photos festooned on their walls. In one instance, I pointed to the photos and the service manager and two service writers mentioned that they always wondered about the model name for "that" car. I joking asked if anyone at one dealership could help install ignition points. Not surprisingly I was told about a classic car shop that specializes in "that" kind of repair.

 

[JFENG]

service personnel misidentified the E9 as either a 2002 or a Bavaria

In all fairness, the service guys tend to be younger and are only familiar with what they see come in for work. They may remember older BMW’s that were famous when they were young: meaning NMW’s from the 1990-2010 era. I’m saying E9’s are too old for most service mechanics to know about.

The sales guys are focused on selling new stuff, and things that help promote the new stuff. One should expect nothing more from them.

I would expect the owner of the dealership to know an E9 because, in my limited experience, owners tend to have a strong personal interest in the brands they sell.