"Fred" > wrote in message
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> Thanks for your input Gents ... however, is this really a total of all the
> specialist BMW workshops out there in my area? Has no-one tried anyone
else,
> and had either good or bad to report? Please let me know ...

They don't appear to be exactly thick on the ground wherever you go in the
country.
AFAIK there are only three specialist garages within 50 miles of where I
live in Sussex. The main agents, Vines, have a reputation of being not very
good, and expensive into the bargain. The other two seem OK but I've no
experience of either.
Mike.