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ecided to go to Gallaghers steak house in tampa for dinner today to celebrate my 62nd. birthday. We had 5:00 oclock reservations as we have animals to take care of and did not want to get home late. My nightmare begins about 3:45 as I was getting off of the veterna sexpressway oonto spruce. A message pops up that says oil at minimum. I had car serviced 2K miles ago and had to add 1 quart in about 500 miles, so I thought this was a little strange. I looked at the service and it said everything was ok except the micro filter needed service. Traffic was heavy, and I was nearing the entrance to the mall, so just as I turned into the mall the message low oil pressure pops up and to stop and exit the car asap in a safe place. That is what I did. Before I could accomplish this engine was not sounding very good. I parked and got out of the car. It has oil dripping from the front to the rear and a film about half way up the sides of the cars. The front wheels are litterally dripping oil. There is oil everywhere. I phone BMW roadside assistance (I have another name for them) and reported the problem. They said a wrecker would be out in less 55 minutes. I phoned to change my reservation until later. About an hour and a half the wrecker shows up. He tilts his bed and hooks the cables up and try's to pull the car up, but it doesn't want to move. I had the car in nuetral. I told him we could probably start the car and drive it up, but that it was probably not a good idea. He said he could pull it up but I would have to sign a waiver stating the they were not resposible for any damage they caused. He also stated that they would have to unload it in their yard and load it back up tomorrow as reeves was closed today. I would not agree. We walked across teh street and rented a car and went to dinner. After dinner, I called BMW "assistance" and after being placed on hold for 30 minutes was told a wrecker with a wheel lift would be their in less than 55 minutes. I hung up the phone at 8:40. At 10:00 I phones BMW again and they got the wrecker people on the line and they told me they would be there in 30 minutes. At 10:40 I called the wrecker myself and she told me they only got the call 52 minutes before. She also told me that they were not informed of a wheel lift, but this truck did have one. She told me the wrecker would be there in no more than 20 minutes. At 11:15 we called BMW and told them to forget it as we had to get home. We were going to be over 4 and 1/2 hours late getting home to take care of the animals. My wife was to say the least pissed. We road around the mall for another 10 minutes looking for security to let them know we were leaving the car there, but could not find them. The wrecker had not showed when we left the property at 11:25 I can handle most situations when I am given truthful facts. BMW assistance and the wreckers they use sure did drop the ball. I guess that I was not meant to celebrate anything today. My m5 is an 06 with under 18K miles on it. I will have to deal with this tomorrow. I am sure the engine is shot. I am wondering if the oil filter could have come off or loose. My car is completely covered underneath with oil. I had other plans for tomorrow than to spend my day with this car. My car is about 60 miles from my house sitting in a mall parking lot.
Mike Meyers:sad1:
ecided to go to Gallaghers steak house in tampa for dinner today to celebrate my 62nd. birthday. We had 5:00 oclock reservations as we have animals to take care of and did not want to get home late. My nightmare begins about 3:45 as I was getting off of the veterna sexpressway oonto spruce. A message pops up that says oil at minimum. I had car serviced 2K miles ago and had to add 1 quart in about 500 miles, so I thought this was a little strange. I looked at the service and it said everything was ok except the micro filter needed service. Traffic was heavy, and I was nearing the entrance to the mall, so just as I turned into the mall the message low oil pressure pops up and to stop and exit the car asap in a safe place. That is what I did. Before I could accomplish this engine was not sounding very good. I parked and got out of the car. It has oil dripping from the front to the rear and a film about half way up the sides of the cars. The front wheels are litterally dripping oil. There is oil everywhere. I phone BMW roadside assistance (I have another name for them) and reported the problem. They said a wrecker would be out in less 55 minutes. I phoned to change my reservation until later. About an hour and a half the wrecker shows up. He tilts his bed and hooks the cables up and try's to pull the car up, but it doesn't want to move. I had the car in nuetral. I told him we could probably start the car and drive it up, but that it was probably not a good idea. He said he could pull it up but I would have to sign a waiver stating the they were not resposible for any damage they caused. He also stated that they would have to unload it in their yard and load it back up tomorrow as reeves was closed today. I would not agree. We walked across teh street and rented a car and went to dinner. After dinner, I called BMW "assistance" and after being placed on hold for 30 minutes was told a wrecker with a wheel lift would be their in less than 55 minutes. I hung up the phone at 8:40. At 10:00 I phones BMW again and they got the wrecker people on the line and they told me they would be there in 30 minutes. At 10:40 I called the wrecker myself and she told me they only got the call 52 minutes before. She also told me that they were not informed of a wheel lift, but this truck did have one. She told me the wrecker would be there in no more than 20 minutes. At 11:15 we called BMW and told them to forget it as we had to get home. We were going to be over 4 and 1/2 hours late getting home to take care of the animals. My wife was to say the least pissed. We road around the mall for another 10 minutes looking for security to let them know we were leaving the car there, but could not find them. The wrecker had not showed when we left the property at 11:25 I can handle most situations when I am given truthful facts. BMW assistance and the wreckers they use sure did drop the ball. I guess that I was not meant to celebrate anything today. My m5 is an 06 with under 18K miles on it. I will have to deal with this tomorrow. I am sure the engine is shot. I am wondering if the oil filter could have come off or loose. My car is completely covered underneath with oil. I had other plans for tomorrow than to spend my day with this car. My car is about 60 miles from my house sitting in a mall parking lot.Mike Meyers:sad1:
