E60 M5, AKA the wallet drainer.
Discussion
chrismc1977 said:
Had a quick skim through the thread.
As an observation I’m not sure I’d be willing to entrust major works on such a specialist car to a company that uses FB messages to communicate- seems brave! Alarm bells would be sounding the minute a good old telephone or email couldn’t generate a response....
Wishing you well on a speedy & skilled repair however!
fb is actually a very good tool for businessesAs an observation I’m not sure I’d be willing to entrust major works on such a specialist car to a company that uses FB messages to communicate- seems brave! Alarm bells would be sounding the minute a good old telephone or email couldn’t generate a response....
Wishing you well on a speedy & skilled repair however!
easy to see if you are over due on replying to messages (IE FB business pages can knock your rating down if you do not reply to every message)
can see if any messages are still awaiting action (IE unread / marked unread)
can see if your messages are read
written trail of comms for both parties.
TheAngryDog said:
Early indications are positive.
I do now have a dilemma. When I get the car back, do I keep it or sell it? I am tempted by a Jaguar XF-R and by an Audi S4 V6T, both with some mods.
You deserve some good luck. Fingers crossed.I do now have a dilemma. When I get the car back, do I keep it or sell it? I am tempted by a Jaguar XF-R and by an Audi S4 V6T, both with some mods.
Honestly, sell it. I've had this to a much, much less costly degree and I never really trusted the car afterwards to the point it affected the enjoyment of ownership.
You may not avoid spending money on the new one, but it'll be money spent in the pursuit of something positive, not that feeling you're just peeling notes off and chucking them into a black hole.
TheAngryDog said:
Damn. It was running fine then reverted back to s
t running again. Initial thoughts were VANOS solenoids, but it looks like it probably is the pump. Good news is that it doesn't look like a bearing failure.
Well that’s a result of sorts, at least the work done previously looks ok.t running again. Initial thoughts were VANOS solenoids, but it looks like it probably is the pump. Good news is that it doesn't look like a bearing failure.I’d keep it a while, like a month or two to see if you can enjoy it or if the experience is ruined.
At least get some of the value of the repairs!
If it were me, I would be selling it as soon as it's up and running properly again. Even IF it behaves, I would always have that nagging doubt in my mind that it was about to force another huge bill on me as soon as I started to trust it again.
Reading between the lines of your posts on this thread, I think you know that's the correct move too
Reading between the lines of your posts on this thread, I think you know that's the correct move too
TwistingMyMelon said:
If that was me, the minute I get it back I'd sell it/WBAC
Good luck sounds a right utter ballache
Id then get something solid and simple as I couldn't take the extra stress!
As soon as I hear modified Jaguar Id run a mile
Audi s6, keep standard Job Jobbed
What is so bad about modified Jags? Good luck sounds a right utter ballache
Id then get something solid and simple as I couldn't take the extra stress!
As soon as I hear modified Jaguar Id run a mile
Audi s6, keep standard Job Jobbed
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