Yes, I agreed 200% with ichiwan2,
Many friends of mine got their UDMs stranded at these "specialist workshops" with minor problems but when towed to AB, problems solved in a day ( one of my friends changed the water pump and the "specialist mech" accidentally hit the crank sensor that was located beside the water pump & the crank sencor cracked & he's not able to start the car, they tried an error by opening the rocker cover, checked the cam wether crack or not, took-off the block, checked the valves bent or not, then fix back, also cannot start, paid RM4K+ to this stoopid workshop, then towed the car to AB, diagnosed the car and found that the crank sensor was cracked, replaced it and the car can start as per normal, but a lot of smoke started coming out from the exhaust due to the poor workmanship at the engine block, valve, etc......it was a 97 328i. This is an actual story.
bmwturin,
Wow, u own a UK spec coupe, u must be proud of it. I'll contact if I need the parts for the coupe but I haven't bought the car yet.
thanx, bro.