Advice please
- Thread starter RoyArcher
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Attleborough, Norfolk
Looks nice just from the photos. Shame someone stole the majority of the aerial though. 
I like the colour of the wheels. Something a little different with a white car.
The interior looks nice too, but you'd be busy keeping it clean.
Did you get a drive in it?
MOT history says it has had a cracked rear wheel? Do you know if it was repaired or replaced?
I like the colour of the wheels. Something a little different with a white car.
The interior looks nice too, but you'd be busy keeping it clean.
Did you get a drive in it?
MOT history says it has had a cracked rear wheel? Do you know if it was repaired or replaced?
Chippie said:
I have heard this many times but I wonder how reliable they are because if they go wrong they are very costly to fix.
Stevo1987 said:
This is true, main dealers won't repair things like gearboxes they just replace complete components so the actual repair can be much less if the car is taken elsewhere. I once bought an automatic Golf just over 3 years old and just out of warranty with only 30k miles and the gearbox was slipping. I thought I try my luck with VW and took it to my local dealer who told me that they would have to replace the box at a cost of some 1800 GBP but they would contribute to that since the car was just over 3 years old but still the repair cost came to around 1200 GBP. In the end I took it to a gearbox specialist and they repaired it for 600 GBP! I guess a good gearbox specialist would know just how reliable these boxes are sadly the one I used to use in London are no longer around, probably retired now I think.
RoyArcher said:
If you look through the forum you'll see there's an ongoing battle between modernists who think small is better (maybe a social comment in there somewhere
) and those of us with respect for heritage who retain the original whippy as BMW intended.enuff_zed said:RoyArcher said:
If you look through the forum you'll see there's an ongoing battle between modernists who think small is better (maybe a social comment in there somewhere
BMW realised their mistake and that's why they offered the revised shorter aerial for anyone who wanted to rectify this situation.
Silverstar said:enuff_zed said:RoyArcher said:
If you look through the forum you'll see there's an ongoing battle between modernists who think small is better (maybe a social comment in there somewhere
BMW realised their mistake and that's why they offered the revised shorter aerial for anyone who wanted to rectify this situation.
I think they were just cashing in on those who were prepared to advertise their.............ahem, shortcomings.
enuff_zed said:Silverstar said:enuff_zed said:If you look through the forum you'll see there's an ongoing battle between modernists who think small is better (maybe a social comment in there somewhere
BMW realised their mistake and that's why they offered the revised shorter aerial for anyone who wanted to rectify this situation.
I think they were just cashing in on those who were prepared to advertise their.............ahem, shortcomings.
And there I was, innocently changed my aerial long before coming across this forum and realising there's some kind of war going on!