Nose job in Harrogate

[burriana]

The German this time!

When you leave your neighbour enough room for their car plus, about three or four feet at each end, you don't expect them to manage to do this!



Luckily, there is no problem with blame and it will be straight over to the insurance company. However, I want to be the one to decide who does the work.

BMW main dealer is the first port of call, mainly as we will be looking for a loan car for however long the repair takes.

On an earlier thread, both Steve Ullman in Starbeck and Chris Gregory in Knaresborough have been recommended.

Can anyone see any flaws in these options or recommend any other course of action?

Thanks in advance.
al

[tjob]

I'd not go with BMW. I've had big issues with them with my mums mini, and I've seen some bad work from them on Detailingworld after cars have had paint, and yes that's the Harrogate BMW...

I'd go CG as usual

[mybrainhurts]

burriana said:

The German this time!....we will be looking for a loan car for however long the repair takes.

As you have more than one car, why not keep premiums down for the rest of us by foregoing this right?

[quattroTom]

mybrainhurts said:

As you have more than one car, why not keep premiums down for the rest of us by foregoing this right?

It's not as if he can claim whiplash now is it...

[gemini]

CG would be my choice

[VXED]

gemini said:

CG would be my choice

Did a superb job fixing the front clam on my vx and did a few bits extra for a very reasonable price.

[burriana]

mybrainhurts said:

burriana said:

The German this time!....we will be looking for a loan car for however long the repair takes.

As you have more than one car, why not keep premiums down for the rest of us by foregoing this right?

Rather a pious quote from someone who does not know all the facts.

So because of somebody else's monumentally bad driving, you think it fair that I should use the Testarossa for the 100 mile round trip to work every day at a cost to me of an extra £100 in fuel per week?

[burriana]

Cool - Chris Gregory is coming round to take a look this evening.

Thanks for the recommendations chaps

Oh, and MBH, now that my indignance has bated, the likelihood of me bothering with a loan car is very slim as I don't believe in unnecessary claiming if we are not going to be without the car for too long.

The last time this happened to my car it was away for a month however, during which the Boxster S loan car was greatly appreciated and greatly used!

[mybrainhurts]

burriana said:

Rather a pious quote from someone who does not know all the facts.

So because of somebody else's monumentally bad driving, you think it fair that I should use the Testarossa for the 100 mile round trip to work every day at a cost to me of an extra £100 in fuel per week?

No I don't, sorry. In your circumstances you would be justified.

However, your choice of loan car could still help the general situation. One was revealed recently at £300 a day, which is taking the piss a little bit.

[falkster]

It was probably me that suggested Steve Ullman. He's a bit quiet but he's very good.

[burriana]

It was Christian

Chris Gregory came up to look at the car last night and he is taking it away today to get on with it as soon as the insurance have given the go ahead.

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

[gemini]

Is he leaving the t350?

[madbadger]

gemini said:

Is he leaving the t350?

I had a Z4 as a replacement car once, so you could argue that a precedent has been set that they are 'like for like'.

[burriana]

gemini said:

Is he leaving the t350?

Yeah, said I could see what it could do, but I turned him down on the basis that it only has half an engine

[gemini]

Yeh but tyre fitting is easy!

[burriana]

And decidedly better than the NO engine I currently have in the Citroen

Turbo went bang on it last night leaving me a nice bill of over £1000. Great!

[gemini]

Comes in threes mate