espritv8
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I'm not sure what you are talking about garages changing stuff that doesn't need to be done but as I said these cars are 13 years old at their youngest. If something is looking a bit crusty or I know fails at mileage I will suggest changing it. How many M3s do I get in with ORIGINAL fuel filters and psi regulators, pissing oil psi valves that the cheaper "Euro Shop" changed the RMS, Clutch delay valves still installed, or my personal favorite big ass hose clamps around the throttle bodies.... I really enjoy working on these cars, I really really do but knowledge isn't cheap neither are repairs. I do agree that there is lots of DIY stuff that owners can and should do but don't call me up asking for my tools or my old school paper manuals.
I shouldn't have included all garages, because it would not be true, and I was aiming most franchised regular shops. But lets face it finding a trusty place you can get big jobs done isn't easy. Nowadays, cars are a lot more reliable than 20years ago, and more and more stuff can't be done by your regular shop. So some of them have a hard time to keep up financially, and do what they can to inflate your invoice. Happened to me before many times that a 150$ job became much more expensive than that.
And it's now just any garage that will touch an euro. Brought my S4 to my neighborhood garage and he didn't even want to take a look at it.