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Originally Posted by master1917
Called a few shops and a dealer to check if my original quote is in the ball park and the dealer was the only one who provided quote so far.
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Going to garage for that alignment...Havent driven last 4 days to preserve tires. All the BMW specialists are too busy for even a quote! I firmed up the quote with my original shop and all parts are OEM except the feicking bearing that is OM - still CAD 585! Using ard's link BMW of South Atlanta it comes up as USD 370 less discount so USD 277 which is CAD 350! I should have stopped by there on my way from Florida had I known about all this and bought 4 of those bearings! Sent the link to both garage and the dealer - they charge Canadian price of CAD 585, cant help with US deals and the dealer says its back ordered from Germany 10 b. days!
I give up - will pay CAD 585. Dealer also confirmed its pricing fir parts only: CAD 565 per upper control arm/strut x2, CAD 295 per tie rod x2 and that favourite bearing of mine..as above...CAD 585, so for reference parts at dealer are CAD 2.4k plus 13% tax CAD 2.8k. My garage guote is CAD 355 x2, CAD 130 x2, and...CAD 585 so CAD 1,555 plus 13% tax CAD 1,757. I am getting charged 4.5 hrs of labour for the above at CAD 120 - strange but couldn't bring that down. Also will do break fluid flush and cabin air filter replacement while there ti feel better... and yes that alignment that originally showed up there for last week. All-in parts and labour with tax CAD 2,870. Had oil changed last week at that place ..CAD 200 with 2 litres of extra to go. Will ask for before and after print, 0.01 toe all around and neutral cumber fir the rears as per ard's advice. Hope my new Continental Sport non-RF tires will be safe AND quiet after...)
So with 2 new sets of tires I just had to replace, I am down CAD 6k in 5 months of ownership. Excludes prepurchase repairs and maintenance split between me and dealer who I bought it from. Hope to drive for a couple of years with all these new parts ))) This repair thing with BMW, while somewhat expected, is like all back to my younger years driving old cars and constantly thinking of what whole needs to be plugged first. Its no longer just a car, it is a...forced...hobby))
This makes me miss my Acura TSX that I had for 8+ years since new and just sold, made in Japan...the most reliable car I could imagine. The only think I did in addition to service was to change the breaks at 80k kms, otherwise even tires were still good!