Did Turner buy ECS Tuning?

[LateFan]

This isn't "spur of the moment", this is "pre-planned to appear "spur of the moment"".

...wow

[bimma360]

Yeah I am really irked at the Bavauto thing, purely for selfish reasons. I bought a set of bilsteins for the e30 like 10 years ago, and I need to have one of them fixed by bilstein and of course I need a receipt of the original purchase. Can't just call up bavauto now and get it.

[jgilber0]

Must have run out of cash. I’ve been through that sort of thing before. It’s brutal, even for the owners.

[e30austin]

Holy fuck..........wow

[Blackout]

This is some messed up shit.

[SkiFree]

Haha, never saw this coming... nope. This isn't "spur of the moment", this is "pre-planned to appear "spur of the moment"".

[DealinDave@Blunttech.com]

they bought their inventory, I don't believe they acquired them like Turner though. Wicked shitty, that place was great to the e30 community in New England. I'm gonna miss all the meets they had up there and being able to pick up parts same day

I hope that is the case. I was never a BavAuto customer, so I didn't really have skin in their success, but I don't like seeing an enthusiast run business close it's doors. It may seem counterintuitive to support the competition, but the more good people that are out there supporting the community the better.

Have you guys allowed intentional orders direct from website yet?
Last time I couldn't even get it shipped to my freight forwarder in the US as the credit card was non US.

Not on the current site, but the new site that is launching very soon will have that ability. We ship to Australia all the time though, so if you need anything don't hesitate to shoot us an email and we can take care of you directly.

[digger]

We aren't always going to be the cheapest, but we will try if we can. We try to stay as competitive as possible on pricing, but if there is anything stands out as seemingly too high, you can always shoot me a message and I'll see if I can match or beat it. We draw from several suppliers, some of which aren't incorporated directly into the site, so we might be able to get a part cheaper than what is displayed (especially on aftermarket replacement stuff).

Have you guys allowed intentional orders direct from website yet?
Last time I couldn't even get it shipped to my freight forwarder in the US as the credit card was non US.

[jrobie79]

Someone said that was rumored. I'm hoping it's just that though. (the ECS part)

they bought their inventory, I don't believe they acquired them like Turner though. Wicked shitty, that place was great to the e30 community in New England. I'm gonna miss all the meets they had up there and being able to pick up parts same day

[nando]

I get those wine cards all the time. You have to really drink a lot of wine and like what they send you for it to be worth it.

[LowR3V'in]

got this in my box from ecs that looked like it was in the dryer. box was ready to fall apart. all plastic pillow balloons popped.

100 gift card on a 160 order on wine. ok...
Wtf? by jet jones, on Flickr

[DealinDave@Blunttech.com]

just did a price comparison blunttech vs ecs it's like a $26 saving with bluntech on z4 hubs and bearings.
so never ordering from ecs again considering all the buy outs is to eventually control the go to bmw sites to ultimately jack
up the prices.

We aren't always going to be the cheapest, but we will try if we can. We try to stay as competitive as possible on pricing, but if there is anything stands out as seemingly too high, you can always shoot me a message and I'll see if I can match or beat it. We draw from several suppliers, some of which aren't incorporated directly into the site, so we might be able to get a part cheaper than what is displayed (especially on aftermarket replacement stuff).

[LowR3V'in]

i've ordered parts from ecs for some time.
the packaging is not great, but no real problems.
i got a caliper seal lost in the mail.
Called their number and got it resent. a month later the lost in the mail one came in, for some reason.

right now they're giving a $50 gift cert if u leave a good review on trustpilot.
not going to do that.
maybe to counter the bad talk about them.


i usually order from them because of the easy to handle website.
bma, because the r3v discount. or pelican was the usual ordering point before ecs.

just did a price comparison blunttech vs ecs it's like a $26 saving with bluntech on z4 hubs and bearings.
so never ordering from ecs again considering all the buy outs is to eventually control the go to bmw sites to ultimately jack
up the prices.

[DealinDave@Blunttech.com]

So Bavarian Autosport is closing. Anyone got the scoop? Is ECS gonna buy their name too? :p

Someone said that was rumored. I'm hoping it's just that though. (the ECS part)

[nando]

I haven't bought anything there in a while, but I was just looking for new floormats for my E30. I have BavAuto mats in my E90 and they're super nice - way better than the paper mache garbage BMW puts in new cars..