BMW E36 specialists recommendations

[speng]

Hello all. I have a mint E36 owned for about 14yrs now. My regular mechanic has retired and I now need to find someone whom I can trust to do all the little jobs he used to do. The car has wanted for nothing but I have maintained it regardless.

I ask if you can give me the best recommendations please. I live in the London Surrey area so anywhere around this region would be most suitable.

I heard there is a place in the Hayes area but I cant remember the name.

Many thanks in advance.

[Mr Tidy]

TWG Automotive in Camberley have looked after all my BMWs for the last 5 years - they have been great.

Will, the Principal, is ex-Sytner and used to race an E36 Compact so I'm sure he could keep your E36 in good health!

If it isn't that local, he does have a courtesy car (Mini) that's either £10 or £15 a day (can't remember which), but if you want it you'll probably need to book your car in well in advance - but IMHO it's well worth it.

Good luck anyway.

[Cheib]

CPC in Amersham

http://www.cpcpe.com/

They’re the go to people for a lot of owners of cars like the E46 M3....they specialise in BMW’s of the E36,E39,E46 era. When I was last in there a guy had brought his E46 M3 up from Wales to be worked on such is there reputation!

[chan61922]

P & R bmw in Hayes? There’s a few decent places in Hayes area

[Touring442]

BMR Performance near Gatwick.

http://www.bmrperformance.co.uk/

[duff]

BMS in Leatherhead are very good.

[tonyinbrighton]

Like Speng I'm looking for a long term maintenance partner, in my case for my trusty E39. I've seen BMS recommended before and I intend to book my car in there (I believe Martin Hind at Dartford Transmissions is the E39 guru but that's an awkward place to get to from where I live).

[speng]

Thank you very much guys. So much choice.

I will do some more research on each of the above.

I was also thinking to ask them to do the bbtb manifold conversion. As said before I hardly ever drive this car maybe 1000 to 2000miles a year if that.

Thanks again.

[Dave0321]

Gilberts in Ealing

[Touring442]

Dave0321 said:

Gilberts in Ealing

Christ, are they still going?

[LanceRS]

Touring442 said:

Dave0321 said:

Gilberts in Ealing

Christ, are they still going?

Are they not just some sort of secondhand car dealer now?

[Dannbodge]

TWG gets my vote too.

They're also close enough to Camberly that you can walk in and get some food/do some shopping to pass the time.