£187.00?! Welcome to the UK!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by bozo5521

Actually, I take that one back...I would stay here forever if I could, but Mr. Bush wont let me, unfortunately....

But if Im going to be here for another two years with no maintanence warranty, the RR Sport is quickly becoming a viable option within the next year or so...Once the '07 X rears its head, I'll be able to make a quick decision...

that's better I thought that most American's I know love living here for some reason.

Why is that maybe our tea.????

Mind you most to go running around trying to get folks to take a free set of rubber mats. Imagine buying RHD mats for a LHD motor. lol.

[X5 Sport]

Originally Posted by bozo5521

Actually, I take that one back...I would stay here forever if I could, but Mr. Bush wont let me, unfortunately....

But if Im going to be here for another two years with no maintanence warranty, the RR Sport is quickly becoming a viable option within the next year or so...Once the '07 X rears its head, I'll be able to make a quick decision...

Most of the BMW dealers are the same here,hence the big factor in me purchasing my X5 is that, My mate is a BMW Tech. I get most of my bits done for free ! However he does do private work, if you need any thing else doing that is more than a 2 hours labour send me a PM and i will get him to sort it for you at the fraction of the cost,And as for the Range Rover I am afraid to say you will get very friendly with your dealer as you will spend a lot of time in the service department waiting for your car to be repaired! Dont do it mate you will regret it.

[Bruciebonuz]

Took my 2002 X in to Nine Elms in Battersea to have my new Style 132s put on, the old wheels taken off and the tyres taken off them......they did it all for free and while i waited I had a shiatzu (sorry for the spelling) massage, several cappucinos and read the newspaper. Cant really complain about that!!

[bozo]

Originally Posted by Scottie

that's better I thought that most American's I know love living here for some reason.

Why is that maybe our tea.????

Mind you most to go running around trying to get folks to take a free set of rubber mats. Imagine buying RHD mats for a LHD motor. lol.

Why? <Every weekend, in that order...This place is the best!!

And I cant even find those mats on ebay.com, which makes me even more angry!

Originally Posted by AndyP

Terry, is that £187 for the service and fitting the grills or just to fit the grills?

No, that was for the whole thing..£21 for the wheels to be "swapped", £28 for the inlet grills, and £138 something for the oil change... The bloke at the counter had the nerve to say "Dont worry about the odd 20p"!

[bozo]

Originally Posted by X5 Sport

However he does do private work, if you need any thing else doing that is more than a 2 hours labour send me a PM and i will get him to sort it for you at the fraction of the cost,And as for the Range Rover I am afraid to say you will get very friendly with your dealer as you will spend a lot of time in the service department waiting for your car to be repaired! Dont do it mate you will regret it.

Thanks, mate! Ill be sure to contact you next time this happens...Ill be needing a set of painted bumpers installed pretty soon. (Blame Andy)..I will have the bumpers, I'll just need them installed. Thanks for the RR Sport advice as well...Ill take the test drive for S&G's though....Hopefully, I WONT like it....

[staffop]

Originally Posted by bozo5521

Why? <Every weekend, in that order...This place is the best!!

And I cant even find those mats on ebay.com, which makes me even more angry!



No, that was for the whole thing..£21 for the wheels to be "swapped", £28 for the inlet grills, and £138 something for the oil change... The bloke at the counter had the nerve to say "Dont worry about the odd 20p"!

£28 pounds to replace the grills
Lets see, based on what they charge at the local stealer here (£7 + VAT per 5mins labour) thats a full 20mins work for a 5min job (at the most!)
Broken down thats:
5mins = scratching, put down the copy of the sun and make a cup of tea.
5mins = bit more scratching..
5mins = install grills
5mins = stand back admire work, more scratching...

Don't you just love stealers !!

[Bruciebonuz]

I replaced my front grills in 10 minutes. Bit of huffing and puffing and a few scratches but it got done. £28 is pretty outrageous.

[bozo]

Originally Posted by Bruciebonuz

I replaced my front grills in 10 minutes. Bit of huffing and puffing and a few scratches but it got done. £28 is pretty outrageous.

Thats what makes me so angry...I did my front grills in 10 minutes, but decided I didnt want to do the inlet (bonnet) grills because of the flimsy clips...Never again though!

[Chip]

When I signed up, for these things, I got a free 12 year thing with wipers and everything