Bad News from Elms
 

I'm afraid our favourite tech is moving to pastures new.

Wishing him all the best for the future & hope everything work out.

I take it you mean the one and only Sir Gareth Of Elmshire?

Where's he going to work?

Yes, the one & only. Somewhere nearer home, don't know the garage's name, but he has not gone to a main dealer. Hopefully he will still be able to work on our cars with the added bonus that the hourly rate should be cheaper.

Bummer. I was booked in with Gareth on the 20th May for it's routine service, pads + discs, and a general fine-tooth-comb going over..


Any recommendations closer to home (Nottingham) guys?

Bad news for Elms as they will lose some CSL customers.

Good luck Gareth :thumbs: keep in touch mate:beer:

You will be ok. He is not leaving until the 28th.

He is booked out until he leaves. No new clients.

I tried to get a booking but failed :(

I hope Elms come up with a package to persuade him to stay :(.

+1 :whistle:

To be fair to Gareth he is taking a new opportunity with better pay/conditions so I wish him all the best :beer:

Damn, got my car booked in on Wednesday. Has he left already, or is he working his notice?

Hope we can find where he's moving to and hopefully he's not moving too far away from East Anglia!

He's there until the end of May.

BMw won't match this new one. He's off 28th as Trawler says not too far away up the A1M.

All the best for the future Gareth!!!
Thanks for looking after my car over the years :)

Good luck with the new job Gareth

.. so, what's the recemendations now as to where our cars should go ? Anyone further north ?

He does not leave till end of May

Always had good service at Munich legends

Good luck G !

Me too :beer:

That's good then! See you on the 20th G :thumbs:

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Hi everyone I'm afraid it's true I am leaving at the end of May to go and work for a BMW specialist in Huntingdon ( Bartlett Automotive ) . Gives me the opportunity to do a bit more that I can't do working for a main dealer . I no we have software to remove top speed limiter from the csl . Basically everything main dealer except warranty . I hope some of you will follow me but understand that now no longer at a dealer if you don't . I will post more details in the future . Thanks guys , csl still my favourite cars 😊

You will be hearing from me soon as I need some routine work done.

All the best for the future.

What loan cars do they provide, M3, M5 etc. :whistle:

Wish you well :thumbs:

& thank you for everything, Elms will miss you, and so will many of us who need to get warranty/ BMW dealer work done.

Good luck in your new venture, was a pleasure meeting you in Munich.

Good Luck G
 

Good luck with your new career move Gareth, even if they dont say - bet they will regret you going. Not many techs around with your customer care and attention to detail. Those of us with a warrenty will be particularly sad to see you go. Go forth and prosper my friend.

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I rang up today to try to get a booking with Gareth for BMW Inspection II Service.

Where will everyone be getting theirs serviced now and want to maintain FBMWSH :-) ?

I might use BMW Park Lane. Who is their best technician anyone know :-) ?
PM me or post on here.

Good luck for the future Gareth I wanted you to go over mine E46 M3 CS :-)

He's not moving far away

Best of luck in your new venture :thumbs:

A friend of mine Tom Luckett is a good technician at Park Lane .

Thanks for all the kind words guys 😃

Best of luck Gareth, sorry to see you go.
I'll always remember the running in service, complete with dealer stamp in a Munich hotel basement carpark - legendary :beer:

Is he in BMW Park Lane Battersea or BMW Park Lane Nine Elms ?
Is he senior or master technician of what :-) ?

remember it well....there I was in Leonardo's car park just giving cesil a wipe down after the "damp" anniversary meet and there was gareth armed with his vinyl gloves doing an oil service.......Elms management really are losing out....typical dealer mentality. Huntingdon are the winners, no question about it.

All the best Gareth, your legacy will live on for years to come!
As my boss once said to me "Good doers are hard to find that's why we promote numpties" My thoughts "what does that make you?"

Hope you've made the right move, only time will tell but a least it's a change of scene.

Best of Luck :thumbs:

Battersea and senior tech .

Good times , will remember the looks I got from hotel staff very funny 😃

Best wishes for the new opportunity Gareth.
You'll be missed from Elms for sure.

Good luck with the move, Gareth. I'm particularly grateful to you for all the hard work you put in fixing all the usual CSL issues that my car suffered (new gearbox, top end rebuild, etc), and for making sure BMW honoured the warranty.

My CSL is tucked up in storage now, hopefully get her out soon and bring her to see you at your new gaff.

Gareth.

Get yer head down, you're got loads of work to do before you leave :). No sickies, no vacations, 24/7.

See you on the 20th :beer:

How are you with e36 325?