Omega Owners Forum

Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Crazycarzowner on 26 February 2014, 18:33:19

Title: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Crazycarzowner on 26 February 2014, 18:33:19
Well we got our BMW back today with a brand new engine............................................................?


4 hours later.....................Broke-down & back on the transporter to HQ  >:( >:( >:(   ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: martin42 on 26 February 2014, 18:34:34
Cant beat german engineering ;D ;D
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Crazycarzowner on 26 February 2014, 18:35:42
More like the grease-monkeys at BMW!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: omega3000 on 26 February 2014, 18:36:38
 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Hope you had time to run it in  :-\
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: 05omegav6 on 26 February 2014, 19:23:07
Guessing the engine wasn't the problem then ;D
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: pscocoa on 26 February 2014, 19:33:21
BMW UK no doubt. We had similar issues with Audi UK until they sent someone who knew what they were doing a few months later...
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Crazycarzowner on 26 February 2014, 19:42:00
It coughed spluttered then died at a set of lights, with a horrid smell of diesel. There's a catastrophic leak somewhere. Probably find out that someones not tightened something up correctly after the engine transplant.  ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Andy B on 26 February 2014, 19:45:17
Just get it sold .........

one careful owner!  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Crazycarzowner on 26 February 2014, 19:48:04
We've got about 5 Mundeo 2.5 Turbos at HQ going cheap soon, cylinder heads gone on all of em and at 09/10 plates not going to repair em.
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: TheBoy on 26 February 2014, 19:54:14
My brother's X5 (yeah, I know, idiot, but he will only consider BMW) keeps going back with a gearbox fault, has done for years. Well, last year, they declared it needed a new £7k gearbox. So after a couple of jars of Vaseline he drove it out of the dealers, and got down the road before realising it hadn't made a jot of difference.

Mind you, these are the same mongrel dealers that stuck it through an automated car wash on its first service. If that wasn't bad, they left the sunroof open at the time.

He still uses them for all servicing  ::)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 February 2014, 20:04:58
Well, people will drive around with a blue and white "idiots target" on each end...


What do they expect? ::)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: TheBoy on 26 February 2014, 20:08:13
Well, people will drive around with a blue and white "idiots target" on each end...


What do they expect? ::)
I'll grant bro one concession, its awfully quick from a standing start. Oh, and its a V8. Shit, that's 2 concessions ;D
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Vamps on 26 February 2014, 20:30:50
BMW UK no doubt. We had similar issues with Audi UK until they sent someone who knew what they were doing a few months later...

And I believe you also mention Ford......... :o Begs the question, is it the Car's fault? After all, they have one other thing in common!.................. ;) ;)
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 February 2014, 20:44:04
BMW UK no doubt. We had similar issues with Audi UK until they sent someone who knew what they were doing a few months later...

And I believe you also mention Ford......... :o Begs the question, is it the Car's fault? After all, they have one other thing in common!.................. ;) ;)

One target, four targets. All the same really ;D :P
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: aaronjb on 26 February 2014, 21:46:04
There's a German fella at work who will only buy Audis..

He'll also only take them to Audi in Germany for servicing - he doesn't have anything good, or even remotely good, to say about mechanics in this country.. ;D

To be fair, he's not had any faults since he started doing that  :o
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: Bigron on 26 February 2014, 21:58:40
Back in my youth (ah, SO long ago....), I used to lust after a BMW MOTORBIKE - they don't seem to attract the same sort of bad press and bollocking idiot drivers - do they?

Ron.
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 February 2014, 21:59:13
Now them Mr Aaronjb. You've opened up a train of thought there that could make this thread very very long indeed.

...no, not going there. Not after the week I've had/lots of us have had, no doubt.
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: pscocoa on 26 February 2014, 22:11:49
Now them Mr Aaronjb. You've opened up a train of thought there that could make this thread very very long indeed.

...no, not going there. Not after the week I've had/lots of us have had, no doubt.

And the week is not over yet..or is it? :-\
Title: Re: As Victor Meldrew once said "I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
Post by: TheBoy on 26 February 2014, 22:13:54
Now them Mr Aaronjb. You've opened up a train of thought there that could make this thread very very long indeed.

...no, not going there. Not after the week I've had/lots of us have had, no doubt.

And the week is not over yet..or is it? :-\
Of course not, its only Monday...