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And if they do, it's time to drill them out.....stuartgallafant wrote:HOPEFULLY, the metal tops of the bushes wont stay inside their seat
I'd put money on my local dealership (Dick Lovett) charging a lot more than that. they're big, stuck up, and notoriously expensive!Demlotcrew wrote:BMW dont charge more than Ԛ£150 with vat and parts.
Andrew
will ring them tmrw and get a quote for kicks. not that i mind anyway, for the amount of work i put in im glad to have saved myself Ԛ£150 - i had the parts anyway. the local BMW specialist (Clayton Cars, mentioned on the unixnerd thing) wanted Ԛ£150 with the VAT (no parts), undoubtedly BMW will cost a fair bit more, as the specialist knows what BMW charge and for all things in the past have done them a fair bit cheaper. would have used the speciliast only they couldn't book it in very quickly and I needed them done speedily as they failed the MOT (a bit dubiously - the bushes that have come out look fine and are dated 2000).3 weeks notice required to book a service. Indifferent staff (Chat on the phone & ignore customers for up to 15 minutes). Messy service & won't do what is asked. If you want a good BMW dealership, go toWellsway in Bath!
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These *used* to be good. I now have an 850 and Jeez - what a nightmare. I had a fuel leak so obvious that you could see fuel spurting on the bulkhead. I took it in, told them the fault only to get a so called engineer say he couldn't find the fault. Obviously not an engineer then. I had to argue against the 4 hrs they wanted to charge for *finding the fault* and had the service manager on the phone being rather unhelpful. I cancelled all remaining work despite MY diagnosis being spot on. My Dad knows Dick from his youth. I hope Dicks son is as keen to offer improvements as his Dad is. The most helful guy was the security guard.
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My office is virtually next door to the above but I never use them. When deciding between a used 5 or 7 series they were wholly unhelpful in providing service cost info and extremely snooty. I take my 7 to Ryedale Newport who are very helpful, polite, friendly do an excellent job.
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APPALLING INSPECTION 1, COULDN'T EVEN FIT A POLLEN FILTER CORRECTLY! EVEN AFTER COMPLAINT, THEY PROMISED THE EARTH AND STILL HAVEN'T DELIVERED-THAT WAS 4 WEEKS AGO. WRITTEN TO JIM O'DONNEL ABOUT THEM! I CANNOT RECOMMEND THEM AT ALL.
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Terrible. Can't get through to service line; totally unhelpful staff who really, really don't care. Use Wellsway Bath or Rydale Newport instead.
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5 month old 525dase. Had a load noise from the front o/s wheel. Pulled over but couldn't see anything. Got very loud but then suddenly stopped. Told Dick Lovett above when I took the car in for them to check for damage. When I collected it they said they road tested it but could not hear a noise!!!!. Worse to come. They cleaned the car and put some sort of coating on the tyres which had run over my expensive alloys. I couldn't get it off with wonder wheels, they took it in and got off 95% of it with acid and by polishing the wheels.
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I am a proud BMW 328 M sport Owner - year 98, however not proud of Dick lovett - Apparantly you have to ask to get your 4 plus discount! Their excuse for not offering it is " our client base is 0-3 years therefore its not a service that we regularly offer". I recomend Rydale in Cardiff! Excellent customer service.
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Took my 7 series to lovetts for service and their arrogance was beyond belief would never use them again. Made me feel like i was very un important got the impression it was a chore to be even civil to their customers.
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Took car in for service & also said that the temperature gauge intermittently shot up into the red, they found no fault. As it carried on doing it, took it in again, but agin no fault. 3 weeks later I needed a new engine! They said it was due to faulty themostat, but that it was a coincidence that I'd brought it in previously & not their fault! Eventually gave me a 20% discount, but it still cost me Ԛ£4000.
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Absolutely appauling. Failed to fix oil pressure fault (told them what another garage had identifed, they 'fixed' something else. Detuned the car by 5 MPG at a routine service.
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Another unhappy customer. Failed to notice worn trailing arm bushes during 1500 quid Inspection II (which involved rear suspension work) and then quoted 400 quid to replace them 4 months later when they failed. Took car to Claytons and they fixed it for 175 quid + found rattle in rear suspension which I mentioned to DL when in for its Inspection II + found fuel tank was loose. Avoid unless you like getting ripped off.
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13/07/06: Went in to buy a new 525d M Sport. Arranged a test drive- nice car. My wife subsequently rang and left a message to arrange a test drive of the same care with the sales guy, who then rang me and told me unless I ordered the car first he wouldn't arrange a test drive...so I bought the car from Wellesway in Bath. As to the servicing expensive but satisfactory as its been all routine so far.