So i might pay Bay Diagnostics a visit

explicitdwk · #1 07-28-2009, 09:15 PM

Found out my rear bumper is bent and the exhaust is uneven on the left as well. all the while I'm getting pretty bad milage aprox. 11.7 mpg and range of aprox 125. service advisor said there may be a "kink" in the exhaust and BMW of manhattan want close to $1,600 to get it done. i may be going from NYC to Pittsburgh in a few weeks so i wanted to get it fixed, do you think the exhaust affects my fuel economy? i went to an indie shop today in queens, they thought the exhaust is fine and the guy was very stubborn on the idea that ONLY the bumper was uneven and wanted $200 for it. I've read some great reviews about bay diagnostics in brooklyn, input anyone please? what should i do??

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explicitdwk · #2 07-28-2009, 09:24 PM

also, the x IS under factory warranty because it is an 06', with 21k so it will be until march of next year. will allowing an indie shop work on it void or affect its warranty in anyway?

Weasel · #3 07-28-2009, 09:45 PM

Nope, shouldn't. The only way it would affect warranty repairs is if the issue is directly caused by the damage/work done.

Tleong · #4 07-29-2009, 09:14 AM

I would recommend checking out B.D. They are very nice people who will thorougly test your car and tell you if there is a problem or not.

Ldiggs910 · #5 06-15-2010, 10:25 AM

did u ever take car to BD?

chefwong · #6 06-15-2010, 11:29 AM

I highly recommend Bimmer Clinic out in Elizabeth.

Bay Diagnostic left my car on the streeside parked, for afterhours pickup (which I requested since I decided to not proceed with their work) with the doors unlocked.

Ldiggs910 · #7 06-15-2010, 12:56 PM

Hey Admins, are we allowed to discuss our experience with site sponsors? It seems like its so taboo.

Chefwong I'd love to hear your experience. Its rare someone brings their car to a shop and then doesnt have the work done.

Anybody else's experience?

chefwong · #8 06-15-2010, 01:22 PM

They were a easy local 15 minute drive to them...
I had a couple of nig nag stuff to be replaced under warranty as well as horn going out. Bearing I had a extended warranty and all labor/materials was covered and had a Brio horn that to replace the defective horn, I wanted the warranty to eat the costs on parts.. I was advised after dropping it off, they don't work with any non OEM parts. So I decided to forgo the repair and have them just leave the X parked outside where *their X* was when I dropped off the car earlier in the day. It was right on the streetside - right in front of their shop.

It's not a big issue to some....or maybe it is, but there are quite a bit of stuff going on with my car, as well as a audiophile caliber audio upgrade. I don't think it was mere hindsight as they did not know how to lock the car before putting the key under the sun visor. That is my only negative experience with them.

Bill over at Bimmerclinic is VERY fair on pricing and labor and all he does is Bimmers....

THK · #9 06-15-2010, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by explicitdwk

service advisor said there may be a "kink" in the exhaust and BMW of manhattan want close to $1,600 to get it done. I've read some great reviews about bay diagnostics in brooklyn, input anyone please? what should i do??

The service advisor has a kink in his brain. Go to someone who can check the vehicle out.

Oh yeah, the $1,600, you could give it to me, and I will check your exhaust for a kink.

Ldiggs910 · #10 06-15-2010, 02:16 PM

oh ok. My X is there now. I was supposed to have a 4 wheel alignment back in Jan. Back in January there were several problems. The X was tracking straight, but the right driver's side tire had been wearing unevenly.

Now I know all e53 X's have a bit of squat that causes the tops of the rear tires to arch towards each other, but if you looked at my X from the rear, it was visibly and clearly drooping to the left side. The top of the left wheel visibly angled more towards the body of the car than the top of the right wheel.

They'd had it since Monday and while working on it to exonerate oil leaks and replacing a MAF under aftermarket warranty, they "found" the thermostat was bad.

I'd previously had no problems with under/overheating as my needle always stayed right in the middle and my thermostat had been replaced less than 20,000 miles before. I told them to skip that repair and they said they couldnt because there was a sensor in the thermostat that since it was bad wouldnt allow the ses light to be cleared. They'd also misread my aftermarket warranty and thought the thermostat was a repair that'd be covered under the warranty.

But it wasnt so heeding their advice which went against my own train of thought (and my bank account's too) they replaced the thermostat too.

As I said before, I'd dropped the car off on a Monday after calling them the week before to let them know I'd be dropping the car on Monday. By Wednesday, my car still wasnt finished and I was having this work done so I could go on a NYC to Vermont ski trip which I was leaving Friday. That meant I needed my car back at the very latest Wednesday. When I was calling Wednesday and then Thursday, the car still wasnt ready and I started rushing them because I'd explained the week before when I made the appt that I needed the car for a road trip on the following Friday.

So they were telling me the earliest it'd be ready was early Friday morning. Finally they called back and said I could pick it up Thursday afternoon. As I was paying my $1400 bill (NOT including the warrantied work) they mechanic says, "hey your car seems to still be pulling a little bit but that might be due to your studded snow tires".

I'm saying to myself, "ok well who's car did you drive because mine was never pulling left or right, I was just having uneven tire wear and the left rear wheel was visibly canted more than the right".

So i explained that the car never pulled and thankfully was still not pulling. So now after taking the snow tires off and putting the summer wheels back on, I am still having uneven tire wear/feathering. So its back at the shop today to be "realigned" because apparently the alignment didnt work the first time.

My mechanic told me Im supposed to get a computerized printout of the specs? I dont know.

Also, I forgot about how I was told that the oil filter housing gasket was leaking and that was the reason for my excessive oil consumption even though I never had a spot on the ground and I park in the same parking spot every day.

I'm still consuming 1 quart every 900 miles or so...
So I'm not saying... but I'm saying...

Any thoughts???

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