You sound like a real jerk, but I'll try to overlook that. I noticed that
your E-mail address goes through an anomymizer. I don't blame you for not
wanting people to know who you are.

My chosen garage seems to have done a very good job aligning my car and for
only for $49. I've done some checking around and there are a lot of BMW
owners who have work done at this location. Do you think that aligning
wheels on a BMW is so complicated that it warrants over three time the cost?
I think not.

I expect my cars to go at least 200k with no major problems. If I didn't
then I'd buy American and pay much less than I do for Honda/ Acura or BMW.

Thanks for the advice to do a search on resetting the light, but some fine
people here gave me the link to a couple of good sites which tells exactly
how to do this.

Also, I do recycle my oil; the Arabs pump it out of the ground and I pour it
back. Recycled.
Just kidding, but it's no more of your business to tell me to recycle
something than it is mine to tell you what to drive or how many kids to
have.


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> "Stan Dowiat" > wrote in message
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>> After having the BMW dealer price a 4 wheel alignment at $181, then
>> finding that a local tire store could do a good job for $49
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> I doubt they would even come CLOSE to doing a good job. When you get your
> new tires and they wear badly and unevenly you will find out it was money
> wasted.
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> I'm betting that there
>> are very few reasons I would ever take my 97 528 with 111,000 k miles to
>> the dealer.
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> Like they know the car? But if you have a good mechanic who you trust
> there is no reason to take a car that age/mileage to a dealer for service.
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> A guy at work said an installed battery would cost about $300. I
>> found a BMW site which tells what type brand of $100 Diehard fits and
>> works fine. Are these kind of price at the dealerships normal?
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> Yes and no. Depends on the dealer.
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>> Usually I change the oil in our cars myself. On the BMW there are the
>> "service lights" on the dash that come on and tell you how long till
>> ervice is needed. Does anyone know how to reset that yourself?
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> Do a search. It's been covered about 98,877,987 times. Make sure you
> change the filter with each oil change, and USE THE BMW PART. Aftermarket
> bargain filters are crap. AND PLEASE-dispose of the oil properly.
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