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TANKSLAPPER
12-04-2010, 02:43 PM
Further to my recent thread http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4133
BMW in Germany reckon it is my Actuator which is faulty and the cost is 2400 euro. My car has just covered 50,000 miles
Has any one had a failed Actuator and how much did it cost ?
:smt089
DazBlackCSL
12-04-2010, 03:15 PM
Further to my recent thread http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4133
BMW in Germany reckon it is my Actuator which is faulty and the cost is 2400 euro. My car has just covered 50,000 miles
Has any one had a failed Actuator and how much did it cost ?
:smt089
FOOK :bigcry:
You not got warranty, or is it not covered ?
Not heard of or had ...
TANKSLAPPER
12-04-2010, 03:22 PM
No warranty:banghead: This is the only failure I've had in this car.
mattCSLnut
12-04-2010, 03:22 PM
Further to my recent thread http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4133
BMW in Germany reckon it is my Actuator which is faulty and the cost is 2400 euro. My car has just covered 50,000 miles
Has any one had a failed Actuator and how much did it cost ?
:smt089
Bugger ! :119: Is that 2400 Euro all in, fitted & fixed or just for the part ? You might want to consider getting a quote from a UK BMW Main Stealer or a decent Indy. :whistle:
TANKSLAPPER
12-04-2010, 03:47 PM
Bugger ! :119: Is that 2400 Euro all in, fitted & fixed or just for the part ? You might want to consider getting a quote from a UK BMW Main Stealer or a decent Indy. :whistle:
I think that's all in , just e-mailed them to make sure it includes the VAT.
I'm fooked because I got a trackday booked at the Ring on Monday with flights and euro tunnel all paid for. so I stand to lose £600.00
I could get it cheaper in England but then I would have the cost of shipping the car over here.
DuncanR
12-04-2010, 04:01 PM
Not that it will make you feel any better mate, but tell Marc to collect you from Koln Airport on Saturday afters, and he can have the job !:thumbs:.
2 views.
1 - Trailer car home €800, lost TD €500, lost tunnel fare €50, car at home not repaired, loss €1,350.
2 - Repair in the Fatherland €2,400, TD with the boys, beers, banter and birds afterwards ...priceless ...for anything else ..borrow the Burrells Mastercard !! car at home repaired.
Loss €2,400. Difference €1,050, Architects hourly rate say €80 ??, 1050/80 = 13 hours, fook it mate you will have to do a 4 1/2 day week instead of your usual 3 to pay it off !":thumbs:
Silver Bullet
12-04-2010, 06:04 PM
Could always have been worse T.............Get the wallet out and bend that card boy!:blalalala::beer:
Good luck with it mate
shane@mbtech
12-04-2010, 06:30 PM
Hope you get it sorted mate,:beer:.
Mine is off the road at the minute, getting new vanos gears fitted
Bounce
12-04-2010, 06:59 PM
Hope you get sorted mate,when the SMG goes wrong its usually expensive,unless its the salmon coloured relay.:bigcry:
mattCSLnut
12-04-2010, 07:42 PM
I think that's all in , just e-mailed them to make sure it includes the VAT.
I'm fooked because I got a trackday booked at the Ring on Monday with flights and euro tunnel all paid for. so I stand to lose £600.00
I could get it cheaper in England but then I would have the cost of shipping the car over here.
Yeah... of course you're on this one as well T$... Hmmmm :smt017 looks like you'll have to bite the bullet and get it done before this coming weekend. Double bugger :banghead: but in the long run this seems the best solution :whistle:
mattCSLnut
12-04-2010, 07:50 PM
Hope you get it sorted mate,:beer:.
Mine is off the road at the minute, getting new vanos gears fitted
I see you're keeping the Murketts boys busy. :hahaha: Seems more and more E46 M3s are having the same Vanos issues as the E36 M3 EVOs :whistle: Mine had the whole Vanos system changed under warranty @ 59K miles, about 18 months ago @ BMW Park Lane in London.
shane@mbtech
12-04-2010, 10:15 PM
I see you're keeping the Murketts boys busy. :hahaha: Seems more and more E46 M3s are having the same Vanos issues as the E36 M3 EVOs :whistle: Mine had the whole Vanos system changed under warranty @ 59K miles, about 18 months ago @ BMW Park Lane in London.
I noticed it noisy on a recent "spirited drive", so called it a day at lunch time.;)
Need the fucking thing back now, got to fit suspension, brakes, bushes, seats and a geo before next friday. Not enough hours in the day.
mattCSLnut
12-04-2010, 10:58 PM
I noticed it noisy on a recent "spirited drive", so called it a day at lunch time.;)
Need the fucking thing back now, got to fit suspension, brakes, bushes, seats and a geo before next friday. Not enough hours in the day.
What's happening on Friday ?... you're not threatening to come over to the Ring TD this coming weekend, R U ? :whistle:
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