Stung?

Price wise yes you have paid over the top since you went to BMW. The battery and tyres would have cost you way less if you went elsewhere. The 19" wheels are prone to cracking and many have had them repaired. Some say repaired cracked wheels if done correctly are fine and others say they are not including your BMW dealer.

But clearly the MOT station thought they were within the legal boundaries and main dealers are known for playing up severity of faults designed to get you to part with your cash. I was once told by a Ford dealership my rear brakes pad were shot and needed immediate replacement. Well it turns out I did not actually replace them until a 1.5 to 2 years later!

Why the tyres were not picked up in the MOT is a question though. Maybe BMW meant borderline thread at 3mm because they generally change them at 3mm whereas the legal limit is 1.6mm and therefore it would have passed the MOT? I don't really know and it could be argued that the deep cut could have been picked up in the 300 miles or so that you drove it and wasn't there at the time you purchased it.

Dealers have a duty to tell you if the car has had any major accident repairs although I am not sure if this also means repaired / refurbished wheels but either way I would contact the dealer that sold the car and advise them of the tyres and repaired wheels.
 
That is unfortunate and not what you want with a newly acquired purchase.
However, I would be interested to hear what the selling dealer has to say, as I actually can't see that they have legally done anything wrong (morally maybe but car dealers don't do morals IME).

The tyres must have been legal, and more importantly safe, to pass the MOT.
The welded wheels are considered safe and acceptable so it passed the MOT.

Unless you can prove that the MOT tester has done something wrong (which is unlikely these days because VOSA do not like dodgy MOT testers one bit and the penalties are harsh), I don't see there is any responsibility from the dealer or tester TBH.

Sounds like your friendly BMW dealer frightened you into a huge bill and you fell for it, that is all. And to cap it all you paid extra and bought an over-priced watch?! :o

Good luck though, I hope you do get some recompense. :)
 
If you have the opportunity to cancel and start again, I would look at getting some after market alloys with non run-flat tyres. Heres an example 4 x 19" staggered alloys fitted with tyres, someone else might know of better deals
 

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I’ve rang the BMW dealership and requested to cancel the tyres. Apparently the person who can approve had gone home and will ring me in the morning.

I put them on credit card, so at least I can get them involved if there are issues.
 
They’re getting back to me in the morning. They said that they will contribute to tyre replacement cost, but not at dealer price. So that’s a +!
 
CymruNurse said:
I’ve rang the BMW dealership and requested to cancel the tyres. Apparently the person who can approve had gone home and will ring me in the morning.

I put them on credit card, so at least I can get them involved if there are issues.
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If you have only just ordered them, I am sure BMW will have no problem cancelling the order.
 
If you buy replacement runflat tyres your wheels will have an increased chance of cracking again, compared to normal tyres the sidewalls have zero give in them & any shocks from driving over our knackered roads will be transferred directly to the fragile 19” rims :thumbsdown:
It’s common practice to buy tyres with a slightly higher profile to help protect the rims, this also improves the ride quality.
Rob
 
CymruNurse said:
They’re getting back to me in the morning. They said that they will contribute to tyre replacement cost, but not at dealer price. So that’s a +!
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That's encouraging. They obviously have a conscience, which is good.
Maybe look at it this way;
Earlier you were going to have to fork out £1,600 for two wheels and two tyres.
Now you can get yourself a brand new set of four wheels, of whatever style (and size) you choose, with four brand new tyres of whichever brand you choose for realistically about £1,200-1,400.
If the selling dealer contributes a realistic £150-200 and then you sell the two good wheels and tyres on eBay for realistically £200-300, that could take your cost down to under £1,000; possibly a lot less. Doesn't sound so bad then, does it? :thumbsup:
You will also have far better quality wheels and tyres than your £1,600 would have bought you.
 
Sounds like good news from the selling dealer, contribution on tyres would be a fair offer I think.

There's no good reason for BMW to refuse to cancel the order so don't accept it if they try to say it's too late.

Then you can make an informed decision on wheel and tyre choices.
 
You should have sent me a pm ref this. Best indy in our area is RL Motors based in Plympton deal with them and only them for anything BMW related.
Tyres are a thing you search for on the day as prices and sales come and go, which tyre did you buy?
Batteries as previous posters state are usually around the £100 - £110 mark, I could have coded that for you as well.

Reach out before you act we are all here to help :thumbsup:
 
I feel for you, not a good start to your ownership experience, perhaps the only positive is that you may get four new alloys and tyres :thumbsup:

As a matter of interest did BMW add TPMS sensors to the wheel at the LCI or is it still off the ABS?
 
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