OK, I know that's an oxymoron, but we're in Crawley, West Sussex and are finding it very pricey to get our local dealer to maintain or S-reg
5-series. I mean, £86 to replace a lightbulb? It sounds like one of those "How many .... " jokes, doesn't it?Does anyone know of a good car mechanic in the West Sussex area (or even Surrey, we're not proud) who will service and maintain BMWs? I mean, it's an S-reg car, we want to spend S-reg money on it.
TIA
Jo
I assume you're referring to Vines. No way would I take my car there. Try James Paul on the Guildford Road at Bucks Green. Nr Rudgwick. An independant BMW garage. I've never usd them myself, so haven't any first hand experience of them, but they do have a good reputation. Tel 01403 823723 Mike.
Yes, you're right, Vines it is ... how did you guess? (Probably by the large hole in my bank account.)
Thanks for that ... I will definitely follow it up!
Jo Ling
You may also want to see if the iaibmwsp has any recommended shops in your area:
Sorry, that should read:
Nope. Crawley, and local dealer. Who else could it be? :-) Mike.
ACE Automotive at Wisborough Green.
Ive used them and found them to be excellent.
Dont trust James Paul - I purchased a VW Corrado VR6 - They didnt fix a cooling problem, and the engine blew up - was told not their fault!
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Ive used them and found them to be excellent.
Dont trust James Paul - I purchased a VW Corrado VR6 - They didnt fix a cooling problem, and the engine blew up - was told not their fault!
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Thanks. That's definitely worth knowing, and like yourself, I'm in Billingshurst, which makes it even more convenient. ATM I do all the maintenance on my '94 5 series, but I'll certainly give them a try if I feel the need. How well equiped are they as far as diagnostics are concerned? and do they provide courtesy cars?
The display on my car occasionally tells me there is a fault with the self levelling. More annoying than anything else, because the car hasn't got the LAD self levelling system fitted, and never has had it.
Interesting. As I said earlier. I only know them by reputation, which seems to be good, which is more than can be said for Vines in Crawley. Lesser of two evils. :-) Mike.
Must meet up for a beer then!
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Yep can do a car, albeit a pug 205! Got all the computer stuff, but are proper mechs - they know what a spanner and hammer can do!
Use original parts, and labour rate is 45/hour
Dale lives in Billy as well!
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Where on earth was this lightbulb! I'm still in shock that people pay someone else to change them!
Maybe I've missed a business opportunity here!
Dodgy.
My E39 front turn signal bulb carrier is, for all practical purposes, inaccessible - at least by me or my wife's smaller hands. I don't know how the dealer does it, but he does. Anyone know how?
On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:38:23 -0500, Dean Dark waffled on about something:
Oh what fun...
So does anyone know where you'd stand in Germany where as far as I know, it's still a legal requirement to carry a spare set of bulbs...
Dodgy.
UPDATE
Vines had been looking at a fault with our car (the heater fan wasn't working), and with their expensive (to us!) diagnostics, they decided that the resistor needed replacing. This they did - twice - at great expense (again, to us), only to find it didn't fix the problem. Then they decided the car would need a new fan motor, which involves not only the cost of the motor plus ripping out the dashboard to access and replace the old one.
We took the car to James Paul today ... the chap there fixed it within half an hour. The fan had simply got stuck, and it was a simple job to reach in and free it. He also replaced the pollen filters, because they were gunked up. Total cost: £45. That's more like it!
Thanks everyone for your advice!
Jo
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