I'd say that's a little harsh. I've seen some massively convoluted hose routing in my time. Especially to the rear wiper.So presumably BMW screen wash is premixed and must not be diluted at all?
Anyone who can't unblock or replace the screen wash tubing deserves to be stung for £163 especially if they drive a BMW.
My wife's car is a BMW.
Matt
tongue-in-cheek comment.
"Premium" product and hence "premium" price.
If you'r BMW dealer charges less for an MOT than the Ford dealer, why don't you take the Focus to the BMW dealer for its MOT?
Actually they are supposed to check pad thickness and efficiency. I checked the dept of transport manual.
Mistakenly I thought it best to get the specific main dealer to do the mot.
Yup what he said. I've had advisory for low pads before.
Both pads aren't always visible and as nothing is allowed to be removed during an MOT, that can be a difficult thing to do.
That's no excuse. They had reported for the previous 2 years pads at 80% and 70% remaining, then in one year doing a lot less miles the pads had got down to 30% (apparently) then 2 weeks later 0%, in reality they probably never checked them and just guessed, which is fair enough with a newish car I suppose, but when I had mentioned they were making a noise at the MOT they should have checked, taken the wheels off if necessary ( I would have paid for that vital safety check if they had called me if in any doubt). My beef wasnt about the cost or the fact they had supposedly worn so quickly (from 70 to 30 in one year) but that they had just ignored my suggestion, they even had the cheek to say it was because I had winter tyres fitted!
What may have happened is the previous owner was advised pads and discs needed replacing, in particular the pads and they would last longer than the discs which were coming up to the end of their life/service limit (i.e. getting a bit thin etc) but the previous owner decided to only replace the pads. Then when you took it in the dealer advised the discs were shot and you always replace pads when you replace discs, so your dealer was doing the correct thing, I might ask if the vehicle was fit for purpose or had faults which they should have corrected before you got the car as you are not a mechanic and couldnt be reasonably expected to know about. My gripe would be with the selling dealer not the servicing dealer.On the topic of brake pads I'm currently in a long winded dispute with my main dealer, so;
I purchased the car in March 2017. It was used from a private dealer with full service history and MOT (MOT done the month prior). It was due its service, so I booked it in at my local main dealer, as I also wanted to get the cambelt changed.
I got a call telling me that the brake discs needed replacing and the pads as well - I was a bit annoyed at more cost but went ahead!
A few months later I was sorting out paperwork.. AND it transpired that the previous owner - on the MOT - which was done a month prior to my purchase, had had the pads replaced - literally a month before I took it in for a service!
I was furious because.. one month between changes is not on - and I smelt a rat! In all, the cost for the pads and disc came to about £280.
After ongoing phone calls.. the manger offered to replace the brake pads (Incidentally the cheapest part, coming to around £50 and that was it.
I'm not involved with the national conciliation service to dispute this. It't not on is it!
I could just put a claim in with the credit card but.. I feel that would not solve the issue!
Any thoughts on the matter? Sorry to hijack the thread.. it is related!
I understand your point and I would say that if there was 30% left in a bottle of scotch I wouldnt throw it away and get a new one
On the topic of brake pads I'm currently in a long winded dispute with my main dealer, so;
I purchased the car in March 2017. It was used from a private dealer with full service history and MOT (MOT done the month prior). It was due its service, so I booked it in at my local main dealer, as I also wanted to get the cambelt changed.
I got a call telling me that the brake discs needed replacing and the pads as well - I was a bit annoyed at more cost but went ahead!
A few months later I was sorting out paperwork.. AND it transpired that the previous owner - on the MOT - which was done a month prior to my purchase, had had the pads replaced - literally a month before I took it in for a service!
I was furious because.. one month between changes is not on - and I smelt a rat! In all, the cost for the pads and disc came to about £280.
After ongoing phone calls.. the manger offered to replace the brake pads (Incidentally the cheapest part, coming to around £50 and that was it.
I'm not involved with the national conciliation service to dispute this. It't not on is it!
I could just put a claim in with the credit card but.. I feel that would not solve the issue!
Any thoughts on the matter? Sorry to hijack the thread.. it is related!
I put the word premium in quotes rather than italics to emphasise the brand's appearance of being premium rather than truly being premium. Certainly in the past, BMW and Mercedes were considered higher-end and bought by more affluent people. In this day and age, I don't see BMW as premium but I guess they're still trading on that image.
Couldn't care less about your brake pads or to your disinterest in my well meant advice. However being stuck somewhere with f***ed brakes isn't much use to man or fish.
