Dean Dark
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:52 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Cheap maintenance for BMW |
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:23:05 +0000, Dodgy
<Dodgy@earth.planet.universe> wrote:
| Quote: | 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...
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I'll *carry* spare bulbs, just don't ask me to *install* the fuckers.
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Dan.
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Dodgy
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Cheap maintenance for BMW |
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:52:10 -0500, Dean Dark
<ddrake@comcast.notthis.net> waffled on about something:
| Quote: | On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:23:05 +0000, Dodgy
Dodgy@earth.planet.universe> wrote:
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...
I'll *carry* spare bulbs, just don't ask me to *install* the fuckers.
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Lol... That sounds like it will fit right in with stupid EU laws to
me. Thank you for complying citizen.
Dodgy.
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Jo Ling
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:57 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Cheap maintenance for BMW |
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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
"Jo Ling" <jo.ling@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:436bc85e$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
| Quote: | 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
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