Service stamp from "BMW (UK) Limited"?

[cava]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 10 October 2024 at 14:37

[Smuler]

Could it be the same dealer as supplied the car , did the PDI?
Have the liscence plates been changed or is there a dealer name on it ; or on old photos of it ?
From the plate or a car check like carzanna work out where it was registered , might narrow down dealers ?

[Andy70]

or the original owner done it himself to save a million quid if BMW done it and bought a stamp off ebay and just made up the numbers lol ;-)

[Fox-]

Does it have a YC/YK/YG type numberplate?

[a4cabrio]

It's a head office service stamp, BMW head office used to be based in Bracknell, now moved to Farnborough & the car was probably a staff car at some stage, phone the service history line on 09062090001 & they'll help with any query, premium rate number though

[PSRG]

I imagine press and demo cars were serviced at the distribution and prep centre at Thorne. Management cars more likely to have been serviced at the nearest dealer, though I don’t expect many management or press/demo (except M cars) ever need a service given how often they’re changed! All “management” (a very broad description, loosely translating to almost anyone that works for a BMW group company in the UK...) cars are distributed from and returned to Thorne before being sold as AUCs though the dealer network. As mentioned above, Yx prefix plates could point to it being an ex BMW UK car, as will bmw.co.uk registration plates rather than ones with a dealer name on

[cava]

Thorne VDC refused to help at all as no customer service function there apparently. BMW UK no help either because no record of the service. In fact, they had no record of the first three services, but I managed to trace the 2nd and 3rd.

[ChrisDT]

I emailed [e-mail] to track the SH on my car and they got back to me within 24 hours.

[Mr Tidy]

Definitely sounds like an ex-BMW (UK) car - my first BMW had "BMW (UK) Ltd" on the number plates.

It was RK04...............!

[PSRG]

2005 was when the switch from Bracknell to Thorne for registering management cars took place; I was doing some with the Group at the time. I had a 330d delivered in April/May with the plate RK05VJA; it’s replacement (petrol!!) delivered in August was YA05ZFP.