My beast had it's MOT on Saturday. The only thing they found was one of the mid mounted exhaust mounts had snapped due to corrosion. The one on the other side is quite corroded too. He passed it but strongly recommended changing the mount(s) ASAP.
I was more than happy to accept this and obediently phoned the dealer this morning to order the offending parts naively thinking that they would only by a few pounds seeing as they were simple brackets. I figured on £20 or so.
I needed to buy:
2 off 18301407091 - upper bracket
2 off 18301407092 - lower bracket
4 off 07119905394 - bolts
I was shocked to find that these cheap, mild steel brackets cost me £75 for the set.:nono:
Now I know that this is an M5 and BMW's are never cheap to repair but this is highway robbery. I'm convinced more and more that BMW hike the prices of parts which are dealer only. I told the stealer he should be arrested and are now getting them made for me by an exhaust specialist.
Rant over - thank you
I was more than happy to accept this and obediently phoned the dealer this morning to order the offending parts naively thinking that they would only by a few pounds seeing as they were simple brackets. I figured on £20 or so.
I needed to buy:
2 off 18301407091 - upper bracket
2 off 18301407092 - lower bracket
4 off 07119905394 - bolts
I was shocked to find that these cheap, mild steel brackets cost me £75 for the set.:nono:
Now I know that this is an M5 and BMW's are never cheap to repair but this is highway robbery. I'm convinced more and more that BMW hike the prices of parts which are dealer only. I told the stealer he should be arrested and are now getting them made for me by an exhaust specialist.
Rant over - thank you