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"Grunff" > wrote in message
> ROFL. You're having a 9 year old base model worth £1500-£2000 tops > serviced by a main dealer. Priceless. Until today, I've paid slightly over the odds compared to a 'private' garage service or even doing it myself, which I am happy to offset against the supposed advantage of retaining the original maintainer. It has easily cost me much less than many previous cars of similar age and I've had a ****ing ball driving it. Laff it up. |
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"Julian Edge" > wrote in message ... > "Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message > > > Good luck with this. You are on your own. > > Ah, no longer. Thanks, newsnet! > > > Your car was manufactured in 1996, so it must be a 1997 model, or I > > suppose > > it could be a late model '96. Given we are in '05 now, this makes the car > > 9 > > years old, give or take a few months. I would expect a long list of rubber > > and plastic parts are looking at replacement now or soon. > > Indeed, sir. As I said, I love the car, it's just the attitude / staff / je > ne sais quoi / whatever / dare I say principle? > > Besides, most of the rubber and plastic bits have been replaced several > times in the last few years, along with the head gasket and the rear > suspension arms. I've never been 'shocked' until now. > > And fair play, the car has *never* let me down, which is more than I can say > for my old Alpha. > > Sorry to have sounded so harsh. Your beef is not with the factory, it's with the General Manager of the dealership. That is where your letters should be going. I forget why you went into the dealership in the first place, but your car has at least another 140,000 MILES left in it. I have over 200,000 miles on my '94, and it is in no danger of leaving me stranded anytime soon. I suspect you are the victim of a service department that works on commission, and that is your complaint. It would be my complaint if I were in your shoes. |
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Tim S Kemp > wrote:
> Andrew Thomas wrote: > > > Note to everyone else: "155" and "75" are four-door Alfa Romeos. You > > didn't miss much. > > 155 was a Tipo in drag. 75 however was a work of art and better to drive > than its contemporary 3 series. I wouldn't go as far as a work of art, but it's automotive engineering at it's best. A car designed by engineers not accountants. Granted, the narrow body 155 was definitely a Tipo in drag, but the widebodies were a lot better. -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - VW Passat 1.8T 20V SE - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # |
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Julian Edge > wrote:
[...] > It has easily cost me much less than many previous cars of similar > age and I've had a ****ing ball driving it. *shrug* I used to have a whale of a time driving my old Skoda Estelle. It even had a spare engine in the boot. The indicators worked too. -- Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. - Quentin Crisp |
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Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Peter Corlett
said: > > wrote: > [...] > > You do know if you don't reach the chequered flag you're allowed to > > change the engine whether it's done two races or not? > > Are you allowed to just abandon it at the side of the road and call a > taxi? > > No, you have to get on the back of a pizza delivery moped and go and have a chat with somebody called Stewart, or something. -- tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger |
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"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message ... > <snip> > > First of all, take your complaints of top posting and blow them out your > ass. <snip> But you still obliged, for which I and others that dislike top-posting, thank you. Agree with your other comments about independent servicing, and relative low age and mileage. To the OP: Even if your car is only worth the cost of the repairs, that's still cheaper than buying a new car right? Divide the cost of repairs by 12 months, and see if it works out less than finance payments on a replacement. Think of it as an investment in another 4 years of happy motoring. Good luck! |
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"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
> If I were in the OP's position, my letter would be to the General Manager > of > the dealership to express my displeasure at the attempted fleecing, and > tell > him that he just lost a valuable client. I would not bother to write BMW. > > My advice to the OP stands, get the stuff you can't do yourself done. > Figure > out what you can do and do it yourself. > > Since the car is 9 years old, perhaps an independant mechanic that > specializes in BMW would be a better choice than dealer servicing from > here > on out. Thanks Jeff! I figured that out a few hours before opening a beer and posting to newsnet but that's the first sane reply I've seen! |
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"SteveH" > wrote in message
>> for my old Alpha. > > What's one of those, then? Like a cross between a Pherrrarri and a Phord |
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