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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mizhan" data-source="post: 338684" data-attributes="member: 7942">this is the sad truth about authorised service centres.  i worked at 2 car companies before, and trust me, they are not very different from one to another.most of the aftersales centres' personnel, the people who actually perform the work i mean, are apprentice level; or 'mechanic III'.  there are of course the senior people, but most of them no longer wish to get their hands dirty, some even got promoted to administrative positions or at the very least, became service advisors.  these sifu's at best will only tell the mechanics what/where/how to troubleshoot; but they don't actually pick up wrenches anymore.  as most of you know, many mechanical aspects of BMW's are somewhat a black art.. you need to know what you're doing.  a lot of times, knowledge obtained from tearing a wira or camry apart, is useless when troubleshooting an E60 for example.  even replacing wheel bearings on an E30 requires experienced dirty hands.sorry.. i'm just killing time during my lunchbreak here.  my point is, the best mechanics in town are the independent workshops - these people have the fundamental knowledge, experience, and most important of all, passion to get things right.now i'm sleepy...</blockquote>