To set the scene.
I have dropped the kids at Dreamworld for the day.
Then Proceeded to The Glades Golf club.
It was a great run in the Beast and we arrived an hour before our Tee time.
So the Golf Pro I was with Mr AB, was very impressed with the Beast.
We had our round. The Golf Pro was no longer impressed as I gave him a caining. (I won by 14 Strokes)
So we get back to the Beast.
I jump in and its a little hot, so I go to Start the car quickly.
Jumped on the clutch, knocked it in neutral, fired the car up, I was still in one motion jumping in.
My wet shoe slipped off the clutch, and went BOING.
The car was running fine in Neutral. I Placed my foot back on the clutch, and if felt easily pushed to the floor.
It Stayed there. I am thinking WTF.
I turned the motor off. Put my foot under the clutch, and it sprung back up softly, but sat unusually higher than the brake pedal. I pushed it back in and It stayed on the Floor.
Oh Dear. This is not good. Its Sunday afternoon. I'm 50 miles from home, and Teenage Kids are at Dreamworld having a ball.
I call BMW Assist. Go back to the bar, and have a few to calm the nerves.
A BMW Tech arrives. Looks at the pedal. Pushes it to the floor, then lifts it out. Checks under the hood. Removes the Carbon filter. Has a look . Puts the filter back and says it will have to be towed. Most likely Master Cylinder.
Now I am thinking Here we go. They are all going to blame the Uber Clutch. But there is nothing wrong with the clutch. I was parked and my wet foot slipped of the pedal, like side stepping it, and it seems like the Pedal has disconected.
I am thinking at worst the connecting rod has popped out?
SO anyway, the Tow truck arrives. BMW Assist arrange a rental car. The Tow guy was good and careful. He dropped me and Mr AB at the rental place.
We picked up a Mitsubishi Magna. (Don't ask). And made it back to Dreamworld with some smiling children that got to spend the whole day at Dreamworld. (I was incontact with them the whole time on cell phone. They loved it.
So they Tow the vehicle to the nearest Stealer. Gold Coast, mine is at Brisbane, 60 miles away.
I ring the Stealer, this is the one that has the CSL I was looking at. They have the car, and assure me , they will take care of it, and someone will ring me.
On a side note, I had the Beast booked in on this very Monday at Brisbane BMW for its end of warrenty checkup. Yoda will be 2 at the end of the week.
So I have to cancel the End of warrenty check, after being told The Gold Coast guys could and ould do it.
I ring them 5 hours later, to see there progress, and I get a CLOWN, that tells me, they are exceptionally busy today. They have not even looked at my car. They are taking care of customers that had a booking first. WTF.
Now here is a little piece of information I could have used about 5 hours ago. He said I didn't ask.
I said my car was already booked in at Brisbane BMW . For $100 bucks I could have forwarded it to them as I was already booked.
I said, I was considering purchasing my next BMW from these guys (Maybe the CSL) and now these Clowns tell me this.
The guy said, would I like to speak to the Service Manager, I said No. I just wanted someone to take a look at it to diagnose it.
So 15 minutes later the S.M calls to say he did not apprehiate me calling them clowns and they had arranged with Brisbane BMW to accept the car.
I had to authorise it.
"AUTHORISED"
2 Minutes later, Brisbane BMW are on the phone. Authorised.
So Now the Beast will be Towed back to My Dealer.
When I said to the SM of the Gold Coast that I was considering buying my next vehicle there, he said, "That has nothing To do with US, That's sales."
Well O.K. I can accept that. I wonder if he can accept me driving my new BMW, back down there and Letting the entire sales staff know why , I didn't make the purchase from them? Maybe they could see it a little differently, Like Sales has EVERYTHING to do with AFTER SALES SERVICE.
Any guess on the Clutch?
MJ
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