BMW indie or specialist

[crankedup]

In my patch we have warne, they do seem to be good at what they do, but any others out there to choose from. Don't mind an hours drive or so from Bury st edmunds.

[andy118run]

I take my BMW to Clive Atthowe in Norwich. They seem to know what they're doing.
Looking at the website, they describe themselves as German Car Specialists.
I particularly like them as it's walking distance from my house. Not sure I'd make the trip from Bury but worth having a browse of their website.

[mickh32]

I have used a company in Claydon who have always been reliable.

http://www.fasttest.co.uk/

[Khaki Suit]

A Reeve in Kings Lynn

https://www.arperformance.co.uk/

Or if a normal model then Hemingstone BMW in Ipswich.

[cjb44]

crankedup said:

In my patch we have warne, they do seem to be good at what they do, but any others out there to choose from. Don't mind an hours drive or so from Bury st edmunds.

Have used Tim Revett for many years on all sorts of prestige cars. He is a trained Jaguar man and always has many prestige vehicles on site when you visit. Great bloke and very fair pricing. Located on the estate next to Marlows in Bury.

[crankedup]

Thanks guys for all the recommendations, my car is an 'M' model, the e46. I have the inspection two coming up later in the year and definitly want a quality job on the car. It could well be my local will be fine but I like to have more than just one card in the wallet.
Thanks again I will have a look at those garages.

[eccles]

I've heard good things about Hemingstone garage on the B1078, just out of Coddenham, been there for years as well.

[Rory J]

I used to regularly use Hemmingstone for my M3 but following a poor experience a few years ago I now only use Warne in Bury.

Hemingstone, were fairly good up until that point though.

[crankedup]

Thanks again, taken my car into warne for some seals to be replaced. They are only a mile down the road for me nd thier customer car park was full of 'nearly new' cars, always a good sign. Inspection 2 will be due come late Autunm, they gave me. verbal estimate for the job, I knew the big service would be costly so no shock there. I was encouraged when told that the valve shims need checking at this service and bring the car in day before job booked in so a cold engine could be worked on

[simon3000]

you could have a word with mark at mkg on chapel pond hill.he is ex warne,not sure if he does bmws though

[crankedup]

simon3000 said:

you could have a word with mark at mkg on chapel pond hill.he is ex warne,not sure if he does bmws though

Thanks, I will bear in mind, decided to give warne a first crack.

[scratcher_]

There's a great company in Milton Keynes called DeutschTech.
A little over an hour away, but people travel far and wide to use them for BMW services, tuning, repairs and such

[crankedup]

^^^^^^^
Thanks, but just that bit to far.

[snortdavis]

I used Warne for an inspection II on my E46 M3. You'll be just fine.

[crankedup]

snortdavis said:

I used Warne for an inspection II on my E46 M3. You'll be just fine.

Thanks for that, they have carried out an oil service and a couple of small jobs, they seem professional and charges reasonable, in view it's. BMW!!
They did tell me that inspection2 will include the valve gaps check. I assume the car will be with them for. couple of days.

[kurt535]

Im late to the party but I used to use

Bensten:http://www.benstenmotors.co.uk

[snortdavis]

crankedup said:

Thanks for that, they have carried out an oil service and a couple of small jobs, they seem professional and charges reasonable, in view it's. BMW!!
They did tell me that inspection2 will include the valve gaps check. I assume the car will be with them for. couple of days.

How did it turn out? If they haven't had it in yet, best bet is to drop it off at the end of one day, and if they're not too busy, they should be finished by the end of the next.

Just had my wife's Mini back to Warne on Friday for diagnosis of a misfire. As I suspected, two ignition coils were bad. They did the diagnosis and replacement in an hour. 100 quid + VAT, which isn't too bad considering the parts were 58 quid.

[crankedup]

snortdavis said:

crankedup said:

Thanks for that, they have carried out an oil service and a couple of small jobs, they seem professional and charges reasonable, in view it's. BMW!!
They did tell me that inspection2 will include the valve gaps check. I assume the car will be with them for. couple of days.

How did it turn out? If they haven't had it in yet, best bet is to drop it off at the end of one day, and if they're not too busy, they should be finished by the end of the next.

Just had my wife's Mini back to Warne on Friday for diagnosis of a misfire. As I suspected, two ignition coils were bad. They did the diagnosis and replacement in an hour. 100 quid + VAT, which isn't too bad considering the parts were 58 quid.

Car has been in for an oil service along with a few minor niggles to be sorted, worked out fine. They gave me a quote/estimate for the inspection 2, encouragingly they asked for the car on the evening prior to the service day. The estimate was £725 which they advised was including checking valve clearances.
Barely used the car since my purchase last October, done about 400 miles.

[snortdavis]

That's a fair enough price.

Weather's getting better. Get that thing out on the road.... or even better -- the track!

[crankedup]

snortdavis said:

That's a fair enough price.

Weather's getting better. Get that thing out on the road.... or even better -- the track!

Last track day I drove must be 25 years back, I know it's shameful. Memorable day out at Snetterton for all the right reasons and hugely enjoyable. However, my car then, TVR 400se, was never the same again, everything seemed to shake loose!
The next track day, again Snetterton, was on my sons race bike, a full on 1000cc fire breather complete ready for BSB grid.
I was so slow that the slicks and brakes cooled down to the extent that I was hopeless. Great experience though which taught me just how high the skill level is to get these things around a race track.