I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone and anyone
using this ng who may have taken any offence whatsoever at my recent
outbursts within the 'E39 Lemon' thread.
That is, everyone except one person who has continuously and constantly
taken every possible chance to have a go at me because I dared to "insult" a
particular model of bmw. What I actually did was queried the wisdom of a
suspension design that so readily gives or transmits vibration issues at the
slightest hint of any wear or imbalance. My opinion at the time was that the
design was not tolerant enough of any slight minor imbalance or wear,
regardless of how good a "driving machine" it was.
That particular person tried to tell me what was wrong with my car, a car
that he had never even seen or driven, and failed to accept that certain
items he told me needed replacing (note, he told me they needed replacing,
not that they were worthy of checking!) had been checked and were ok. He has
constantly failed to accept what was actually proven to have been causing
the symptoms despite being told on more than one occasion and seems to
genuinely believe that he is right, everyone else is wrong. In his eyes, I
am not entitled to have an opinion of my own - unless it conforms to his
beliefs, beliefs that include the idea that the dealer was in the right and
the garage that discovered the true cause were "dodgy".

Here is a recent quote -
"If I remember things right you refused to accept advice from me and others
on what was actually wrong with your car and how to fix it, preferring to
believe some dodgy garage."  but this contradicts his previous
"Of course, every make of car will have its lemon or two. Add in a poor
dealer and you have the answer."
- which backs up my explanation.

Please excuse me for going on at length on this subject, but I am sorry,
some people just provoke me too far with their blinkered, self-opinionated,
self-righteous, know-it-all, better-than-you attitudes.
Again, if I have offended anyone other than the obvious, please accept my
apology.
Badger.