Anon

Young drivers not taken seriously

Visited Lloyd BMW on Barrack Road as I was interested in a BMW M135i. I am a young driver but with full-time, permanent employment, a clean licence that I've had for five years and finances to cover the purchase of the car. I also lived in the USA for over a year, driving thousands of miles incident free in my own 3.0 litre car during that time. I've also had insurance quotes to cover the M135i, so in other words, other than my age, I am no different to many others who could be looking to buy such a vehicle. I haven't driven a 1 series and enquired as to whether that would be possible before I seriously reviewed their available stock. It quickly became apparent however that I wasn't being taken seriously, I don't believe that they thought I could afford the car and were not prepared to let me drive one. They offered to sell me one but who is going to buy anything for £30k that they haven't tried. Totally unacceptable situation - I just hope that any under 25 year old Premiership Footballers who are looking to buy an 8 series or M4 read this and look elsewhere.