MOT check for BMW

motorguy

Easymoney wrote: »

You obviously have been extremely lucky, a modern beamer is a different breed than a 20yr old one

I said i have been driving BMW's on and off for 20 years. Not driving 20 year old BMW's.

Experience of the brand ranges from buying new, up to about 10 year old cars.

Never any real problems. Genuinely nothing more or less wrong with them than other brands. Also dabbled with some Jaguars - no issues with them really either - one needed an ABS sensor and that was it. I'll go further than that - i have had more Vauxhalls and Peugeots that HAD to get diagnostics done by the main dealer, than on what might considered premium brand cars.

Easymoney wrote: »

If my attitude is bad (as you so politely put it in the last line of your previous post!!!!) yours is appalling......... spoken like a true BMW driver (a wanna be) with need to justify your mere existence and presence on the road..........over compensating for something else perhaps?!!!!

Appalling? For what? saying that the agey 320d i drive certainly ISNT making a statement and that i'd prefer a passat of the same age?

BMW's are nice cars, but if you have a beef with the drivers its because you feel inferior, not that they are trying to impress some sort of superiority on you.

You really really need to get out more. Or perhaps a hobby?

motorguy

Easymoney wrote: »

You bought a new motor, costing many thousands just to save a few hundred a year on road tax and x amount on your fuel bills.

You would need to be doing big miles just for the vehicle to pay for itself, maybe in about ten plus years you will get your money back?

Maybe he bought it because he really wanted it and could afford it?

Not all of us have to drive about in a banger.

suki1964

motorguy wrote: »

Maybe he bought it because he really wanted it and could afford it?

Not all of us have to drive about in a banger.

He is a she and she's never driven an old banger :eek:

I'm an old banger as it is :rotfl:

And only been driving 6 years

motorguy

suki1964 wrote: »

He is a she and she's never driven an old banger :eek:

I'm an old banger as it is :rotfl:

And only been driving 6 years

Oops!!!!!

Artofdookie

My neighbour drives a BMW, mind you before they invented fibromyalgia she drove a 91 fiesta

gmm30

Easymoney wrote: »

I have to agree with this, its a false economy not to have the vehicle serviced properly at the recommended intervals,
shows ignorance and lack of mechanical sympathy

Nope, getting the car MoT'd early makes perfect sense. If it passes (within 28 days of the renewal date) you keep your original date next year, happy days. Take the car for its annual service afterwards. Car stays mechanically healthy and you haven't wasted money on a pre-MoT check you didn't need.

If it fails, you still have the balance of the old MoT to drive legally (so no need for a spare car) unless of course it fails for something very serious and shouldn't be driven. You then take it to your mechanic for its annual service and hand him your fail sheet. So you pay for a service plus only those items that are MoT fails. Your car stays safe, maintained, and you don't spend more than you need to on pre-MoT checks.

suki1964

Artofdookie wrote: »

My neighbour drives a BMW, mind you before they invented fibromyalgia she drove a 91 fiesta

I'm looking for an Audi quattro ATM, and having parked beside one in tesco on Monday, had a wee look about it and noticed the tax disc was ZERO, disabled was written in


Still I'd rather my health any day

shalis

As I said previously thanks to all those who have posted genuine and helpful replies. All are much appreciated. I posted here looking for just that. Genuine and helpful advice. What a pitiful place this can be when people like Easymoney feel obliged to pass cynical and disingenuous not to mention juvenile comments unnecessarily. I do not intend to post any further comments and feel this thread should now close as it has achieved its purpose.

snowmen

motorguy wrote: »

And i take it if it were fail, you are lucky enough to have access to another car to drive for the couple of weeks whilst you book it in with your mechanic, get the faults fixed and get another MOT date?

Maybe not everyone is that fortunate?

You take it wrong in your assumption - we are a one car household.
I am just organised - I book the MOT 28 days in advance and if there are any problems I still have time to book the car in with a garage, book an evening appointment for the MOT and everything is sorted before the MOT expires.

Robothell

To get back to the original question - I've found GP Turbos in Comber is quite good and know BMW engines quite well. Any mechanic worth their salt today will have the diagnostic software available or most service indicators can be reset manually from the car itself (look at some of the BMW forum boards for details).

I wouldn't get mine serviced at the dealership more because they tend to employ teenagers for minimum wage who just replace anything slightly faulty with a brand new BMW part rather than attempting to fix it, generally running into stupid amounts of money. This is not a unique phenomenon to BMW - my old Peugeot would have been much more expensive in the dealership as well. I also found that the only dealer service done on my car (part of a sale deal) was done incorrectly, with too much oil poured in and the air filter installed incorrectly.

I'm on my second beemer, bought because I like the way they drive and would rather make sacrifices elsewhere for a reliable, comfortable and safe car as I do big mileage. Other cars are available but I happened to prefer the two BMs I bought. Every car will lose you money in the short and long term, it's a fallicy to believe that it won't. I just happen to think that there is a difference between value and cost.

And seriously, will people get over the "BMW drivers think they own the road" nonsense? The car doesn't make the driver inconsiderate - the driver manages that all by themselves and will be so in any car they drive regardless of badge or otherwise. It's ridiculous stereotypes like this that has made this country the laughing stock of the world. Next we'll be arguing over which end of the boiled egg you place facing up!