Sevice Courtesy Car: What Will I Get?

[essexplumber]

I've booked my X3 in for a service at Elms Stansted and I've got a courtesy car while they have mine. What will it be?

In my head I know it will be a poverty spec 116d but in my dreams the guy will say "We only seem to have the M5 avaliable today sir"

Theres always hope I suppose.

[Ozone]

I went through this when I went to one of the BMW Sytner garages and got a Cooper S, I asked about the M5 loaner but that got laughed off (no surprise really). At least I got to try a new Mini and realise they are not for me.

Good luck

[fjord]

Dammit i spent ages tyring to find the 'because you really want a bmw' pvoerty spec 1 series poster and couldnt

[essexplumber]

Ozone said:

I went through this when I went to one of the BMW Sytner garages and got a Cooper S, I asked about the M5 loaner but that got laughed off (no surprise really). At least I got to try a new Mini and realise they are not for me.

Good luck

That would do, although I had that engine in my old 207 GTi.

[ucb]

I got a Mini Clubman Cooper D, which seemed no more practical than the regular Mini and wasn't quick.
So much for M car ownership!

[essexplumber]

I have also just discovered that I can't spell "service"

[Sam.F]

I find you can literally end up with *anything* from BMW or MINI depending what they have when you arrive - when I had my JCW I had an X3 35d for example while a couple of weeks later my Dad too his 335d in and got a 116i... I imagine there will be quite a few 114is coming on line in the near future though!

[il sole]

you need to get friendly with the salesmen, then book the service through them and then you can choose something better! I can say from experience that it pays off for them as I took my wife's old 118d into Woods Salisbury once and they gave me a 330i coupe for the day and I ended up buying a used one!!!

[dave_s13]

My E61 525D went in recently for the software update and battery thing.

Got a 316D.

I can see how the 3 series could be a great car, just not that one, uurrgh.

[essexplumber]

F25 X3 3.0D M sport auto. Bloody lovely it is, full cream leather, every extra avaliable. It feels very fast in sport mode, just a shame I have to give it back tomorrow

[northandy]

A Mini "first" for me, so basic it didnt even seem have aircon.

[essexplumber]

northandy said:

A Mini "first" for me, so basic it didnt even seem have aircon.

What did you take in?

[northandy]

essexplumber said:

What did you take in?

Just a 118d m sport (f20)

Although its suffering from timing chain rattle thats been going on a couple of months, so thought they might have been nice to me

[Stuart Thompson]

When my sisters Alpina B3.3s went in she got an 335i cab.