[BC4J]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

I get the impression that squeeze in the cooling business

I have some guys installing a £5,000,000 cold store for me at the moment at the self confessed refrigeration 'nerds' have pointed out the spelling issue to me before.

Blimey, that's a big fridge! You must like your beer.

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by lesenard

Well Guys. After a week at a pretty big BMW garage in London (I could mention the name if you ask!) I finally picked my car up and returned the Vauxhall with a big smile.
Of course, not a penny asked - fortunately after only 348 miles!
Drove the car today, the AC was working fine for about 25 miles until it completely gave up - the fan seems to work fine and the noise is gone.
This sounds like a F...ing joke, but I am getting pretty - let say - unhappy.
I am taking my 2 baby girls and dog on a very long trip in a week time, and am very concerned.

Lesenard - I cannot believe that you have accepted a vauxhall for a courtesy car. I'm driving around in a brand new X5 worth 49k because the dealer are looking at a idling problem on my car (320si) my car has around 28k miles on the clock.

Stop driving and call out BMW assist and tell them to dump it at the dealer and get the Assist guy to give you a three series as a replacement (explain your holiday circumstances). Assist guys work for BMW not stealers.

Next step is to do as Viv says - go for the dealer principle.
If you do not get an adequate car from BMW assist get the dealer to supply a 3 series or better asap.

If I were in your position I would be dumping the car at the dealer and kicking up a fuss with placards outside to destory their sales for the day!!

My father had probs a few years back with a new car he bought (not BMW). Basically he discovered that there were tooling marks left behind on all four doors. A stern solicitors letter soon got the dealer principle in action to get people from the factory out to the UK to sort out the problem.

You've spent your hard earned cash on a car you believe to run satifactorily not for bits to stop working after a few days.

All the recent stories do really make me think the article in Time magazine could explain why the build quality of the 3 is going to fluff in Alfa style.....

rant over

[BC4J]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

Lesenard - I cannot believe that you have accepted a vauxhall for a courtesy car. I'm driving around in a brand new X5 worth 49k because the dealer are looking at a idling problem on my car (320si) my car has around 28k miles on the clock.

Stop driving and call out BMW assist and tell them to dump it at the dealer and get the Assist guy to give you a three series as a replacement (explain your holiday circumstances). Assist guys work for BMW not stealers.

Next step is to do as Viv says - go for the dealer principle.
If you do not get an adequate car from BMW assist get the dealer to supply a 3 series or better asap.

If I were in your position I would be dumping the car at the dealer and kicking up a fuss with placards outside to destory their sales for the day!!

My father had probs a few years back with a new car he bought (not BMW). Basically he discovered that there were tooling marks left behind on all four doors. A stern solicitors letter soon got the dealer principle in action to get people from the factory out to the UK to sort out the problem.

You've spent your hard earned cash on a car you believe to run satifactorily not for bits to stop working after a few days.

All the recent stories do really make me think the article in Time magazine could explain why the build quality of the 3 is going to fluff in Alfa style.....

rant over

ShereKhan - which issue of Time was this article in? Can you post it on here?

[ShereKhan]

BC

Here you go

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...640398,00.html

[lesenard]

The car is now back at the shop and they are changing the AC compressor AGAIN!!! The original one did less than 400 miles, the one they put on last week did 30 miles, and now they are putting a new one???
That does not sound very logical to me!