I just bought a pre-owned E39 M5 and was wondering which Bimmer dealerships are cool, and which ones to avoid. I've been having some electrical issues with the car, real minor though. Just wanted to get them fixed under warranty. The car is AWESOME otherwise. Gotta love that V8 torque.

 

Gino goes to the one in Redwood City, but that's because there is a hot chick at the counter

 

go to the one gino goes too....they are all hella cool over their. slip them some bills and they will do any warranty jobs LOLS

 

yeah there nice my wife got one for here graduation from college.. you can get a better family car than that

 

how much did you pay if you don't mind and no pics ??

 

Take it to Dinan in morgan hill no matter what. All of their aftermarket parts will not void BMW factory warranty, but if you need warranty work, we have been pretty happy with Stevens Creek BMW.

 

Here's a pic Preston, I'm too lazy to resize the rest. But yeah, I want to mod her with some boltons and ECU software. I might swing by the shop sometime next week and get some baseline runs in just to see what she puts down stock.

 

I'm a recovering former BMW owner who had to learn a lot of this the hard way:

Most BMW dealerships have totally outrageous shop rates, like $175-200/ hour- which most of their customers can afford and so they don't worry about it. Unfortunately not all dealerships have technicians with the skills to be justified in charging that much.

Once you are out of warranty there's no reason to visit the dealerships, cause some of the best independant shops on the west coast are right here- if you are down by Dinan I'd suggets them too, if you are up near Berkeley Bavarian Professionals on 7th Street is a first rate shop, and if you're over in Marin I'd tell you to visit Bill Arnold in San Rafael.
Not that any of these shops are exactly cheap- but they do have people who really know their stuff, so money spent with them is money well spent.

 

damn John, congrats....I want one of those

i've owned BMW's for like 5 years but i've never owned one new enough to be under warranty

If you ever need service on it check out wolfgangs foreign car service in Walnut Creek.

 

Im a BMW master tech at BMW of mountainview you can bring it to us

 

I bring mine into Palo Alto Bimmer when I have something I can't fix myself. They are really fair priced. The stealerships WILL rip you off. Do some research on indy shops. There are a lot of good ones that keep thier prices low.

 

Yepez has an 04 M3

 

My good friend works at H&B in Berkeley and they're a great shop. Very knowlegable people and relatively normal hourly rates.

-Brian