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if you "drop in" a car for "a service", you are getting a.. service. aka, get the basic parts replaced/sorted at their knowledgeable reputation and hopefully prevent bigger/further damage and keep your car on the road. every single one of those items are all good important parts that should be replaced, unfortunately the kms is never a good judgement of a condition of the car and this is the biggest problem with NZ car sellers and buyers who think LOW KMS? --> NO PROBLEMS!! Now, all those things are relatively easy replacements if you choose to order the parts and DIY but this requires a level of skill or at least help. Sure you can save a few bucks but in exchange you spend your time and effort. Therefore, a service exists the way it is. Another dealer bullshit is that they will always claim the car is "serviced" upon arriving from Japan. This is 99% of the time just outright lies. At most, they apply a thick layer of greasy cleaning product all over the car and engine bay and usually top up the engine oil instead of draining/replacing it properly. To be honest, if you bought your car 6 months ago and you have done 11,000kms already, you should DEFINITELY do an oil change. It should be done roughly every 10,000kms not every 1 year or 20,000kms. Also, with the 116i, be careful with the air intake hose, it will probably crack soon if it hasnt already.

New clutch, flywheel, shifter bushes, rear main seal and a bunch of gearbox seals in the 525i on the weekend. The car is transformed! Had some fun when I went to Coombes Johnson to pick up a seal, USD1.47 on FCPEuro and $58.90 at BMW

A couple of points are being missed here. The OP has indicated he has mechanical warranty by expressing the $350 excess. Which means it must be serviced according to the specifics of the warranty provider. He cannot service or repair the vehicle himself if he want's to maintain that warranty. He is also over the mileage between services as most warranties require the vehicle to be service every 12 months or 10,000 km whichever occurs first. What warranty company is it Joseph ?

VTNZ wof check for my partner's Mazda Poo (2). Passes with an advisory that rear brake pads will need replacing in the next 12 months. It has drum brakes in the rear.

Function 1 - Steering Function 2 - Horn Function 3 - Airbag ?

Wiper blade and micro filter cost is retarded, that's the sort of sh*t that gives european cars a bad name. Buy the blades and microfilter overseas and fit them yourself. The rest isn't too bad.

first episode of what looks like a great series edit - thanks admin for putting this in the right place !

Opps, many apologies Chaps,...yes, its been awhile,..just so you have not been waiting with baited breathe all these years,....I ended up selling the car to a mechanic for 2.5k for his wife,...unsure how it turned out. Oddly enough, I reverted to the dark side and ended up buying a 2005 Mitsubishi Diamante VRX with 61K on the clock (and, would you believe it, '540' in the number plate!!) after having a good run with an earlier VR model. It was on special at a dealer for not much more than I paid for the BMW. It has been nearly 3 years of completely trouble free motoring since. NB: when I picked it up, I wondered if I had done the right thing,..it felt slighty 'tinny' and cheap inside as well as being noticeably noiser [and slower ;-)] - guess that was a part of why one was $145k new versus $49k...(although I had second thoughts about BMW build quality when the plastic lines to the windshield washer bottle split and had to be replaced,....they were hard and had just cracked from age but I thought why scrimp on material like that,..and what did that mean for what else was waiting in the wings....? Still,...it was a beautiful car and I may well be tempted into the light again,....and I thank you all for your earlier support and assistance.

Photo credit: BMW Group

Yeah that was what I was thinking. I think the car was sitting rotting since imported from Japan and has not been serviced until I bought it. Then I drove +10,000km without service which is bad. Learnt life lesson through mistakes and your comment.

I have a launch and the BMW Dis if you need a scan.

Those white dowels turned my brain to fudge. You insert them from the outside and then grip the inside (square portion) an twist them 90* to lock them in place... much easier with the spoiler off.

Diff fluid was changed using a full synthetic penrite - I forget the exact grade but it was something like a 75w140 with LSD additive. that was about 18-24 months ago, so perhaps worth changing soon but i don't think its urgent. (I ve driven about 7-8000ks in the last 2 years)

True, Estoril Blue is a great colour. On the F10 M5, like this one, the colour is Monte Carlo Blue - slightly darker shade.

theres no logic to it,you just have to suck it up if you want to run a bmw, along with water pumps and various other parts. It certainly hard to justify to any sane person like your wife when your car just keeps soaking up money compared to her bulletproof japper which in the 116 category is no worse in any way than the bmw bmw owners are masochists

Im also in Wellington and have a code reader just in-case you didnt get sorted.

Given the content of recent VTNZ adverts, I assume this is OK on NZ roads?

Ah I should have said it was the suspension air bag It went pop and gangster low. Chinese replacements are super cheap, but it would seem the quality is questionable.

Spent a couple of hours making her look pretty. Took a photo of her sitting there looking rather pretty.