BMW MOT check for £109
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I'm from N Ireland so our MOT rules are slightly different than GB. The test is carried out at specific MOT centres and costs about £40 if you book it in yourself.
My car (BMW X6) is 4 years old in September and we bought it last October at 3 years old. I have AUC warranty as well as service pack and MOT protect - only issue being that MOT protect isn't applicable in N Ireland.
My local BMW garage contacted my saying that for £109 - they will call at my house/workplace, give me a spare car, take my X6 for 2 days, check it over, MOT it, and then bring it back to me. Hastle free.
Now, I've seen this movie before....but with Land Rover. I took up their similar offer and got stung £90 for new wipers front and back window. Ripped off!
My instinct is to just take it to MOT myself but then I though, the car is under warranty. If I fill the washer bottle, change the wipers myself, check all the bulbs etc....there should be nothing to do. For BMW to make it worth their while, they may end up changing some parts that aren't totally ready to be changed - just to get their moneys worth....and with the car being under warranty, I won't be charged. At least I get some new parts that I won't need to replace once the actual warranty runs out.
What do we think? Should I or should I not?
My car (BMW X6) is 4 years old in September and we bought it last October at 3 years old. I have AUC warranty as well as service pack and MOT protect - only issue being that MOT protect isn't applicable in N Ireland.
My local BMW garage contacted my saying that for £109 - they will call at my house/workplace, give me a spare car, take my X6 for 2 days, check it over, MOT it, and then bring it back to me. Hastle free.
Now, I've seen this movie before....but with Land Rover. I took up their similar offer and got stung £90 for new wipers front and back window. Ripped off!
My instinct is to just take it to MOT myself but then I though, the car is under warranty. If I fill the washer bottle, change the wipers myself, check all the bulbs etc....there should be nothing to do. For BMW to make it worth their while, they may end up changing some parts that aren't totally ready to be changed - just to get their moneys worth....and with the car being under warranty, I won't be charged. At least I get some new parts that I won't need to replace once the actual warranty runs out.
What do we think? Should I or should I not?
Thanks for the replies.
The good thing about N Ireland is that the MOT check is done by an independant government body, in specific MOT centres.
So if BMW tell me I need new bushings (I'm not sure if AUC warranty would cover that?) I can still say to the BMW garage, 'no thanks, just send it through the check anyway' and that way, the independant MOT test will tell me the 'true' picture.
A lot of people here in NI don't send the cars to a garage for MOT checks, they simply take it to the MOT centre, see what the MOT centre says and if it fails, then they repair only what needs done (rather than what a garage might 'think' needs done)
Because our MOT centres are an independant body and don't actually carry out any work on the cars, they are totally impartial when they look at a car as they don't make any money out of repairs- the only thing they actually do is observe/check over the cars for faults and give you a report at the end and off you go.
The good thing about N Ireland is that the MOT check is done by an independant government body, in specific MOT centres.
So if BMW tell me I need new bushings (I'm not sure if AUC warranty would cover that?) I can still say to the BMW garage, 'no thanks, just send it through the check anyway' and that way, the independant MOT test will tell me the 'true' picture.
A lot of people here in NI don't send the cars to a garage for MOT checks, they simply take it to the MOT centre, see what the MOT centre says and if it fails, then they repair only what needs done (rather than what a garage might 'think' needs done)
Because our MOT centres are an independant body and don't actually carry out any work on the cars, they are totally impartial when they look at a car as they don't make any money out of repairs- the only thing they actually do is observe/check over the cars for faults and give you a report at the end and off you go.
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