Voice Activation in the UK
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Originally Posted by SG535d' date='Jul 1 2005, 11:58 PM
Will tell you tomorrow. Car needed to be kept in overnight, so I'm collecting it tomorrow (hopefully!!).
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OK, so software upload has worked, but now the car has changed (due to new cpu) so it needs a new SO(?) number. This can't be downloaded, so it's being sent on a CD from Bracknell overnight. The car is still at the garage, hopefully pick it up tomorrow?
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Originally Posted by SG535d' date='Jul 4 2005, 08:10 PM
OK, so software upload has worked, but now the car has changed (due to new cpu) so it needs a new SO(?) number. This can't be downloaded, so it's being sent on a CD from Bracknell overnight. The car is still at the garage, hopefully pick it up tomorrow??
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we'll see what the cost is.............???????
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btw, the 750 has the voice recog. and it is true brilliance!!!
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Originally Posted by Doctor Diesel' date='Jul 5 2005, 05:50 AM
...and have to slum-it in a 750i til its ready!..ho-hum
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Which dealer are you using? I'm using the one in Kirkcaldy.
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Well......Dealer called ....CCC won't accept software update for voice......sorting it out with bracknell so meantime, swapped the 750i for a brand new E61 diesel sport to run around in til they get it sorted...fair doos in my mind.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Diesel' date='Jul 5 2005, 04:16 PM
Well......Dealer called ....CCC won't accept software update for voice......sorting it out with bracknell so meantime, swapped the 750i for a brand new E61 diesel sport to run around in til they get it sorted...fair doos in my mind.
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SORTED...got it back today, works a treat and the garage honoured the option price as I had ordered it from new...?270 all up.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Diesel' date='Jul 6 2005, 01:43 PM
SORTED...got it back today, works a treat and the garage honoured the option price as I had ordered it from new...?270 all up.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
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Glad you got it sorted - my dealer quoted practically the same (?280) 2/3 months ago, but i know of people who've had it done for ?150ish -
so i still can't justify that expense
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Originally Posted by IMU' date='Jul 6 2005, 02:09 PM
[quote name='Doctor Diesel' date='Jul 6 2005, 01:43 PM']SORTED...got it back today, works a treat and the garage honoured the option price as I had ordered it from new...?270 all up.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
In Uk, the part is ?165 plus vat and the labour is costed at 2 hours....another ?160 plus vat!! so big thanks to the dealer for sticking to their promise.
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Glad you got it sorted - my dealer quoted practically the same (?280) 2/3 months ago, but i know of people who've had it done for ?150ish -
so i still can't justify that expense
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[/quote]My dealer, Damon Hill in Warwick (UK) rang me today and left a message to say the voice option is now available but the price has gone up. When I origonally ordered it they quoted about ?260, the price today is now a whopping ?672 .
Frankly I think they are just taking the piss. They did say when the order was originally put on hold that they would honour the lower price but I can't see them moving that much.
If anyone can give me a definitive price for the work in the UK and the dealer they used, I will try and use that to squeeze a better price from them.
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The "official " cost is the parts...(now 195 GBP including vat) and 12 units of workshop time (ie 2 hours) all bmw workshops work on the unit system where 1 unit is 10 mins.
different garages/dealers charge different rates for their units...generally highest inside M25 and reducing as you go north (with the exception of major cities)
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different garages/dealers charge different rates for their units...generally highest inside M25 and reducing as you go north (with the exception of major cities)
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