Guess the repair bill

[mik]

Ffs.

You can always take it to another body shop of your choice - might forfeit your entitlement to a body shop courtesy car, but it’s not like you’ll be stuck for an alternative vehicle from your fleet, so that might be a better option?

[Sundayjumper]

Ffs.

You can always take it to another body shop of your choice - might forfeit your entitlement to a body shop courtesy car, but it’s not like you’ll be stuck for an alternative vehicle from your fleet, so that might be a better option?

That was the body shop of my choice ! It's the closest BMW-approved body shop. It's taken them a week to get back to me to say they're too busy to do it right now. Repeat the process for each BMW-approved body shop, in order of closeness, until I find one with time on their hands ?

And obvs. I don't need a courtesy car. As Carlos says, the threat of having to pay for a like-for-like should focus their minds a little bit.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Can you not just rock up to the bodyshop in person? That's what I did with our 125i a few years back. Chaps at the BMW bodyshop just popped out and did the estimate right there and then and then took all details and liaised with the insurers.

[Sundayjumper]

Right. The job is being transferred from Barons Farnborough, to Sytner Sunningdale. And we start the process all over again.

[Mito Man]

And remember, just because it’s a BMW bodyshop doesn’t guarantee a good job

[Alex88]

Indeed. I hate using BMW for anything tbh. Main dealers are shite.

[Rich B]

There's another reassuringly expensive body shop called fastlane in sunninghill too if you're in the area. There's always high end stuff outside so presumably they are capable. I did get a quote from them for respraying my e92 bumper - definitely not the sort of place you go to spend your own money...

[Swervin_Mervin]

Indeed. I hate using BMW for anything tbh. Main dealers are shite.

Generally I would agree. However, the bodyshop we used up here were superb. Unnervingly vast, but very good.

[mik]

I used to use a small body shop in Glasgow every time mrs mik decided to crudely modify her cars.

He became very busy suddenly and I realised he was doing all the bodywork for the local Mercedes dealership. I always wondered whether customers had any idea.

[IanF]

There's another reassuringly expensive body shop called fastlane in sunninghill too if you're in the area. There's always high end stuff outside so presumably they are capable. I did get a quote from them for respraying my e92 bumper - definitely not the sort of place you go to spend your own money...

Ha! Was just about to say the same thing.. it’s probably where Sytner will take it anyway!

[Sundayjumper]

That would not surprise me in the slightest !

I'm fed up with the whole thing already, it's nearly two weeks since it happened and we have precisely naff-all progress so far. If they can quote me £20k to paint a bumper and consequently write the car off I'll be quite happy.

The possibility of a bad repair and repeat visits to get it sorted and then just accepting a crap job because the whole thing is way too much hard work is giving me flashbacks.

[Rich B]

That would not surprise me in the slightest !

I'm fed up with the whole thing already, it's nearly two weeks since it happened and we have precisely naff-all progress so far. If they can quote me £20k to paint a bumper and consequently write the car off I'll be quite happy.

The possibility of a bad repair and repeat visits to get it sorted and then just accepting a crap job because the whole thing is way too much hard work is giving me flashbacks.

looking at them - fastlane are an approved bmw body shop.

[Sundayjumper]

looking at them - fastlane are an approved bmw body shop.

Bingo. I bet that's who it's going to !

[Sundayjumper]

I'm fed up with the whole thing already, it's nearly two weeks since it happened and we have precisely naff-all progress so far.

Update @ nearly three weeks: naff-all. The job was passed to Sytner last Friday. I've heard nothing since. Right now I am on hold to talk to someone and have been for over twenty minutes. This is abysmal.

[Sundayjumper]

When the same happened to my dad in the X5 the repair bill was £5000 just for the bodyshop repair. The physical paint portion of the quote was silly expensive.

Looks like Mito is the winner. The estimate received (based on them looking at photos, not actually viewing the car IRL) is £4600.

[Gavster]

[Mito Man]

I think all the body shops have been watching Harry’s garage and now everyone is charging concours rates

This is going in on Monday.

New wing mirror was £2000 and to paint it, the door section which the glass mirror exploding chipped and the 6 inch dent above the rear wheel arch is another £6000.

The insurance company thought my dad was taking the piss by taking it to a mate for a quote (as they asked him to take it to whatever bodyshop he wanted) - so ended up sending an insurance assessor round to personally assess. To which he said that £8000 was actually a very fair price

[Rich B]

It's kind of crazy that we still paint cars when it's so costly to fix them, surely precoloured panels could be better. or maybe we do still paint cars because it makes a lot of money!

[RobYob]

surely precoloured panels could be better.

You can have any colour you want, as long as it's black.

[integrale_evo]

If the manufacturers had found a cheaper way to do it I’m pretty sure they’d already be doing it