A £50 laser alignemen turned into a £629 bill for me today..

[Tyson1980]

There was a screw in one of the rear RFT's on the Z4. Was meaning to replace the Bridgestone's with FK452's as they were verging on the limit, just not this month!!!!!!!. The brake pads were verging on the limit too..

So four new FK452's, new front brake pads, wheel balance and a full alignment turns into a very expensive day!!!!!!

And all i went in for was for a full alignment.

So the car (excluding fuel) has cost me approx 3p for every mile i have ran it. Pretty cheap considering...but still....

[brillomaster]

you mean £3 per mile, right? if it is 3p per mile for a Z4 where do i sign?

[Ozzie Osmond]

Imagine how you would feel needing tyres and brakes on a £500 snotter!

[gareth.e]

brillomaster said:

you mean £3 per mile, right? if it is 3p per mile for a Z4 where do i sign?

+1

[mybrainhurts]

If this was a RapidQuickFastFudge place, I hope you checked the pads yourself.

Last time I used one, they asked for £613. I got it fixed by an independent specialist round the corner for £75.

[soad]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Imagine how you would feel needing tyres and brakes on a £500 snotter!

True, that's (potentially) worse- hits wallet pretty hard.