03-08-2019, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: SA, TX
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Originally Posted by SlickGT1
Wtf. Your mechanic is owning you. Generally buying an old BMW, you should be prepared to wrench a bit yourself. Mechanics will charge you $240 to swap out sway bar links, where all that shit is off the car anyway if you doing a front end overhaul anyway. I would negotiate a day work if you absolutely cannot do it yourself.
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I second this. If you can not, or don't want to do the work (because of ability or lack of time), then definitely try to negotiate that price down. LOL @ "He also suggested if I sold the X5 in it's current state, I'd get $1-3k for it." Typical indy thing to pitch out there. Laying the ground work for purchasing the vehicle off you or to get you to do the work. $130 labor for rear bulbs? 
Very nice truck BTW. Looks like it's a blast in the snow. Thought I was looking at pictures from a BMW add from 2003 promoting the 4.6. 
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