I think its more a threat to call the rozzers if you leave than a threat not to give you the keys back (if they were telling the truth about the brakes and not making it up it would be a criminal offence to drive the car on the road).
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I think its more a threat to call the rozzers if you leave than a threat not to give you the keys back (if they were telling the truth about the brakes and not making it up it would be a criminal offence to drive the car on the road).
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They offered to fix your car in a manor they are capable of, you'll need to take it to a repair shop if you want to re-use your old exhaust.
As far as i know BMW's come with Stainless Steel exhausts from factory which usually last the life of the car not like other car's where exhausts fall to bits in a few years.... I might be wrong though...
Surely the fact that you have no legal right to retain the keys is a valid defence for this?
The actual hangers are often formed from hollow tubing, not always. but very often. And the exhaust wouldn't need to be removed to weld a new hanger on...what is it they say about fools and money...
Maybe that's true for relatively new cars, but I can't recall any car I have ever owned having exhaust hangers formed from hollow tube. They have always been solid bar.
Depending on where the hanger mounts they may well have to drop the exhaust a fair bit to get enough access, and as Lopez has said if the hanger has rotted to that point, chances are the box is pretty ropey as well. Expecting something like this to be done for a tenner is incredibly optimistic, I can imagine KF charging a tenner to replace a rubber mounting.
Hmm, I've not read that before, it would explain the long life of this system though - I was under the impression it had a stainless system as an aftermarket when I bought the car, but subsequently found out this is on my Dads current Merc, not the BMW....
I'm sure Fox will come along & put us right, but I'm fairly sure BMW oem exhausts are not stainless.
Also if the hanger's failed all the load of that end bit of pipe will be hanging off the rest of the exhaust, probably breaking the horrible rusty welds where it goes into the next silencer in the system. So that's probably why they want to replace the next section back.
That is cheap. Where's that branch? Have replical CSL's on my 330D in a 275 rear (from memory) and couldn't find much for under £260 each.
They quoted a friend of my mums £600 to change the discs, rear shocks and a single rear spring a her Tigra (after they failed it's MOT on those items).
I gave the car a once over and all the bits that 'failed' were fine. The discs had a very small lip on them, the shocks had the minutest bit of oil residue on them and the paint had flaked off a spring. Told her to take to else where and save £570 but she insisted the parts be changed.
Done it myself for half the price in 90 minutes and made £120 from it. I would imagine with a lift and air tools they'd be able to do it in half the time and get the parts for less. No idea how they can justify charging so much!
Complete rip off merchants.
I gave the car a once over and all the bits that 'failed' were fine. The discs had a very small lip on them, the shocks had the minutest bit of oil residue on them and the paint had flaked off a spring. Told her to take to else where and save £570 but she insisted the parts be changed.
Done it myself for half the price in 90 minutes and made £120 from it. I would imagine with a lift and air tools they'd be able to do it in half the time and get the parts for less. No idea how they can justify charging so much!
Complete rip off merchants.