MOT...Gloom & Despondency

[M3Tony]

My 320i convertible just miserably failed.

1/ Nearside & Offside rear flexi hose to metal brake pipe hose ferrule excessively corroded

2/ Nearside front outer ball joint suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint

3/ Nearside rear bush from sub-frame to body sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement

4/ Offside rear mounting bush from sub-frame to body sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement.

Any cheerful thoughts appreciated.

Garage reckons £600 +/- £100, cash-in-hand for that lot. I ain't capable of any of it, but sounds like some tricky tasks and specific tools needed.

Tony
Oxfordshire

[Chris-W]

That sounds a bit toppy to me, frankly.

If you want to drop it off, I'll do the work & re-MOT it for £300!

[Sidrick]

As Chris said, that's too expensive. The cost of these parts is less than £100, £150 at an absolute limit. I'd say circa 4 hours labour to fit them all.

Take it to a better garage mate

[M3Tony]

Chris you have pm, Tony

[fuzzy]

£600 cash in hand thats very excessive,get someone elses to do it and report the garage to the inland revenue for doing cash in hand work






only joking about reporting them btw

[M3Tony]

All done and sorted, with fresh MOT - huge thanks to Chris-W !!

Tony