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1. 1. KtheKuwaiti | April 16th, 2007 at 9:41 am

   Its because you went to the dealer .. send me the list of parts; I can do a breakdown of what you really need to do and where.

2. 2. Zorbon | April 16th, 2007 at 9:43 am

   Dealers make their money from repairs and maintenance. 7aram Mark. You might as well invest in a new car.

3. 3. naser | April 16th, 2007 at 9:53 am

   alghanim are rip/offs when it comes to maintenance. i once has a fault with my car and they billed me for 680, i took it to a well known garage that deal with German cars and i ended up paying 320,talk about a difference

4. 4. Mark | April 16th, 2007 at 9:56 am

   Well I found the biggest culprits.

   Fixing the sunroof headliner (the shade thing that opens and closes for the sunroof), plus replacing the rubber around the door, plus replacing the rubber around my small rear windows costs KD738 with labor.

5. 5. nibaq | April 16th, 2007 at 10:07 am

   first your pants now your car.

   What next?

6. 6. michael | April 16th, 2007 at 10:09 am

   I really love the Jeep dealer. Do they at least give you a free rental with all that BS?

7. 7. Mark | April 16th, 2007 at 10:11 am

   this is the BMW dealer

8. 8. Saxostar | April 16th, 2007 at 10:18 am

   Is it worth paying this much for a good service ?

9. 9. Mark | April 16th, 2007 at 10:26 am

   No its not, its worth this much to pay for mechanical problems but not for superficial problems.

   I think I am going to go ahead and have them fix the mechanical and some other problems but ditch the main 3 superficial problems that will cost me 700kd to fix. That should bring the cost down by nearly half.

10. 10. The Stallion | April 16th, 2007 at 10:30 am

    I do not think it’s a good idea to take a car to the dealer to get it repaired if it doesn’t have a warrenty on it!

    My Land Cruiser forexample! I went to Al-Sayer to get the brakes and clutch done and they were charging me about 350 and they said it will be even more if they need to do other things!

    I took it to a garage in Shwaikh and got all that and more done for less than 200!

11. 11. Ra-1 | April 16th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    Same here, have to pay over 1350 KD! but its okay to talk 2 me ‘dad is going to pay’ :p

12. 12. Do Veto | April 16th, 2007 at 10:46 am

    Ouch! If you are paying KD 1.5K, I’m sure the dealer will be extremely friendly.

13. 13. equalizer | April 16th, 2007 at 10:50 am

    They have to be friendly, its the only thing stopping murders from happening on site.

14. 14. Carlsb3rg | April 16th, 2007 at 10:58 am

    Thats why you have to think if u can afford maintenance first before you think if you can afford an European car.

15. 15. salem | April 16th, 2007 at 11:13 am

    nibag
    the pants isue were TriStar the BMW motorcycle dealer which is diffrent than car dealer
    For marks pants we have an explanation for the big delay!! i guess mark is happy with pants isue

16. 16. michael | April 16th, 2007 at 11:14 am

    Mark, Yeah I know it’s for BMW, I’m just saying that I like the Jeep service :)

17. 17. Amer | April 16th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    i totally agree with Carlsb3rg, and good luck mark!!

18. 18. Mark | April 16th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Salem i dont think he was talking about those pants lol

19. 19. NoNoWa | April 16th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    All I can say is DAAAAAMN!!!!! I know this feelin cuz Audi’s are just as expensive to repair!!!! Thats a hell o lot of money!!!!

20. 20. purgatory | April 16th, 2007 at 11:53 am

    Just get a lexus.

21. 21. A E R O | April 16th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    Advice: Get an extended warranty to cover you in case poop like this happens. GCC warranty is one of the companies that offer this service http://www.gccwarranty.com

22. 22. Marzouq | April 16th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    Too much for all that! Something must be something with all the damn margins they have. Like you said fix the mech problems and leave the rest, too much of a rip off!

23. 23. Amjad | April 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

    “Fixing the sunroof headliner (the shade thing that opens and closes for the sunroof), plus replacing the rubber around the door, plus replacing the rubber around my small rear windows costs KD738 with labor.”

    OMG .. These superficial problems will cost KD738??? .. Damn .. that’s really … TOO much

    God bless you :-D

24. 24. Ray | April 16th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    BMW dealers have the same reputation everywhere - clean, friendly, knowledgeable, but robbers all the same. Here in Canada, the spring oil change “special” for my wife’s relatively new Honda Accord was $C 29.99 including parts, supplies and disposal charges. The same service for my Bimmer 3-series was $C 349 - the dealer told me it was so high because the technician had to be thorough when doing the work! The spring service charge for my Jeep Grand Cherokee was ZERO as I was given a no-charge lifetime routine maintenance (including all oil, fluid and filter changes and minor maintenance such as lights, fuses, etc.) card as a promotion when I purchased the Jeep.

25. 25. Faisal | April 16th, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    make sure you get your discount .. If you are persistant they give 15% on BMW parts. If they are out of stock and get some parts from the local market, they won’t discount them. I fell for that trap since i thought they can discount local parts as well, I ended up paying 900 KD.

26. 26. Ryan | April 16th, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    Alghanim is a total rip off. Try Royal Garrage in Schwaik. I’ve used them exclusively for the last 3 years for service on my VW and have never had any problems….. And they’re extremely friendly.

27. 27. EniGma | April 17th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    olllaaaaaaAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well that’s BMW for you :/ I just had to pay 125KD to replace ONE TYRE!

    Like you said, the rubber and sunroof are totally unimportant. 700KD 7arameya

28. 28. arabainfox | April 17th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    LOL our old car wasn’t even worth the labour charges :D

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