Recommeded BMW specialists in or near West London?

[wax lyrical]

To look after my E93 335i. Within 30 min drive of Uxbridge, say. All input appreciated!

[duff]

CPC Amersham

[hyphen]

Birds Auto in Iver (not used myself but seem to have a good reputation)

also http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by hyphen on Thursday 3rd November 09:14

[Wombat3]

Might be slightly outside the 30 mins depending on traffic - BMS Surrey in Leatherhead.

[Choppers]

I'll second CPC. I've been taking my cars there for years & Phill is a bit of a BMW guru - nice chap as well

[aeropilot]

wax lyrical said:

To look after my E93 335i. Within 30 min drive of Uxbridge, say. All input appreciated!

With a 335i in Uxbridge, then I'd second going to Birds, especially as they are just around the corner in Iver.....they've done stuff on my 135i on a number of occasions.

There's also Jason at BW Chiptune in Hayes.

[SuffolkIan]

Phil Crouch at CPC would get my vote.

[wax lyrical]

Thanks All! I'll try Phil at CPC first and see how things pan out.

[stevewak]

SuffolkIan said:

Phil Crouch at CPC would get my vote.

Absolutely. He starts and finishes early so you can get Underground back into town for work.

[ladderino]

Another vote for Phil at CPC, lovely guy.

Spent ages explaining the problem with my car to me when he was clearly busy with other things.

[RiccardoG]

Good luck getting hold of CPC... I was a customer for 3 years but I've now given up after several times of calling, explaining what I'm after to his assistant and getting no reply. Very frustrating!

I've taken to going to A1BM in Stevenage instead and they're fine (although turned out more expensive than a main dealer for brakes and for servicing...).

[stevewak]

RiccardoG said:

I've now given up after several times of calling, explaining what I'm after to his assistant and getting no reply. Very frustrating!.

There is that.

[RiccardoG]

stevewak said:

There is that.

And such a shame too as he was great, but I just didn't manage to get a booking in.

OP, if its just for servicing, have you considered the main dealers? I've been happy with both HR Owen in Park Royal and BMW Battersea (which I understand is BMW HQ owned). If your car falls within their older cars scheme they are often hard to beat price wise. For example, A1BM did my oil service for a little less than MD but then turns out that the microfilter wasn't included so by the time I went back (London to Stevenage) and paid for the microfilter it was more expensive (thankfully balanced by a bit of saving on getting the ABS sensor replaced on the same occasion).

[aeropilot]

RiccardoG said:

OP, if its just for servicing, have you considered the main dealers? I've been happy with both HR Owen in Park Royal and BMW Battersea (which I understand is BMW HQ owned). If your car falls within their older cars scheme they are often hard to beat price wise.

As the OP is in Uxbridge, Berry Heathrow is a much nearer main dealer to him, and they've done 1 service on my 135i, and were OK (of course if OP works in central London then there are better main dealer options in that regard.....as you say, HR or Park Lane. I used Park Lane for service a few times when I worked in London)

Again, even Birds is convenient for that, only a 10 min walk to Iver station on the GWR into Paddington.