I wish you best of luck. I hope BMW is better than what follows…they certainly used to be and I can recall them doing preventative fixes many years ago even when I had no actual failure.
With VW my brother had no end of warranty woes and arguments first to do with a sliding panoramic roof where the seals never properly worked and water was getting into the cabin and secondly a poorly fitted windscreen causing similar issues. The seals were either badly installed or just not up to the job but hidden damage arose in both cases and extended outside the warranty period. Both were argued as bodywork not mechanical and so not covered under the fine print.
With Mercedes the issue I have is their inability to diagnose an issue (steering) and fix it properly despite replacing several potential culprits at great cost to themselves and then when the issue (of course it went away for a bit) resurfaced after the warranty expired, wanting £1,000 to fix it. The Mercedes issue was compounded by parts being on back order at the factory itself.
We keep my wife’s 216,000 mile 11 year old Disco 4 because if it goes wrong (rare and usually minor) the specialist we have used for 10 years knows exactly why and fixes it quickly, with the parts on their shelf.
I have a 30 year relationship with this dealership. It has always been good and I’m sure they will do an excellent job.
When the car is in next week they are lending me a 2 Series Coupe for the day as requested. I am seriously considering one of these as my next vehicle, as Mercedes don’t seem to be following the path they told me when they launched the CLE, but we will see.
I will update next week, when we have got the other side of replacing my cars roof.
Other than London taxis , been in a huge number of Land Cruisers , across the Mara, Serengeti, Tembe, Samburu, Caprivi, Kruger not as capable or as comfortable as a Land Rover but a damn sight more reliable.
Currently driving the top diesel…, will before Christmas move to an I5 - so fully electric…., will be interesting to see how I will experience the change. Less range, less top speed (250 versus 215).
They seem to be the choice of various groups in the Middle East as well lol. Toyota has just introduced a new Land Cruiser for 2024, it’s close to 100 grand here in Canada which isn’t a surprise.
Just did a build and added a few accessories on the Toyota Canada website and a premium edition(not the very top of the line) came out to $92,000. Taxes would be added to that so my guess of 100,000 is pretty close I’d say.
I appreciate the land cruiser trades on its robustness and ultra reliability but it seems a bit strange to push the price up so very high and not offer a more refined six cylinder power plant. Its not as if Toyota are lacking such a power plant in their inventory. Maybe the relative crudeness goes with the overall image? Irrespective, no doubt these will sell like hotcakes.
Very limited on launch to 3k units in Europe……fuel economy hit to the rest of the Toyota range. May be more available when the mild/full hybrid becomes available.
