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Old February 15th 05, 02:06 AM
tech27
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"Jeff Mayner" > wrote in message
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> tech27 wrote:
>> I've never found any "extended" warranties worth the cost. Instead, I
>> take my BMW to a qualified technician (at one the owner is a former
>> BMW service manager, at the other they are a Dinan dealer), and have
>> him go over the car inside out, then take the car to BMW for repair
>> while the warranty is still in effect.
>> One time they found a fault code and traced it to the alternator
>> which, while working perfectly ok, was not charging within the
>> acceptable parameters. BMW replaced it with no questions asked. Would the
>> have found this on their own? Maybe. But I'm much more
>> confident when I pay an independent technician to "find absolutely
>> every little thing that is not right".
>>
>> Has worked well for me.

>
> I've done such as this, in the past, with some success. I wonder though if
> I wasn't sometimes getting something fixed that didn't really need to be
> "fixed". Kinda like those new "Whole Body Scans" that were the rage a year
> or two ago. ;-)
>
> Jeff
>

I don't get your point. The independent gave me list of things that should
be fixed, and they were fixed under warranty.


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