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It’s not servicing so much as parts. A friend recently had a 4 year old car written off by insurance after a minor front end shunt. He was incredulous so bought
by CraigJPerry 2y ago
It’s not servicing so much as parts. A friend recently had a 4 year old car written off by insurance after a minor front end shunt. He was incredulous so bought the car back from the insurer as part of his settlement BUT the car is still off the road because the laserlight headlights are just over £5000 each from BMW and there’s no second hand ones of the right type available in the UK currently.
It’s quite a lot cheaper to rewire the car for the more common and cheaper Xenon HID headlight (it’s only £300 2nd hand) but a fairly big job with ZERO support from BMW for the conversion.
- fakedang 2y agoTo be honest, that's a very BMW problem. Good enough reason to stay away from BMW (or any German car really).
- FireBeyond 2y agoHardly just a BMW/German problem. How long are Teslas sitting in shops waiting for parts, these days?
- brookside 2y agoOne reason the most minor of collisions are so expensive to repair is that car designs no longer include bumpers.
- potato3732842 2y agoBumpers that left the car drivable (i.e. lights still worked and stuff) after an X mph impact were required in the US in the 80s. People complained a ton about those and how they made cars look ugly.
- asdefghyk 2y agoWhen I consider to purchase a car, I investigate the cost of spare parts and repairs. Also are their spare parts available from other than the original manufacturer?