I raised the boat analogy so..
Anyhow, I leave you with this thought. More people drown in cars than drown in the sea in the UK. On that basis health and safety should be demanding we all wear life-jackets in cars..
Oliver S.
OK, my second (and last) attempt to lighten the mood a bit:
Nice one Oliver, so... now a life jacket should be obligatory together with the Irvine flying jacket, flying helmet and goggles for a M3W, especially if it is in Spitfire Green with the decals and bullet holes.... Tally Ho Skipper
Finally, for some balance.
I've just totted up our new BMW tally, which stands at 15 (in amongst other makes), over the last 25 years or so. I am a self confessed demanding customer, but can honestly say and I've only had three problems in that period to offset against many tens of thousands of miles of reliable motoring. The first was a new set of front floating discs and pads on an M3 Evo, which was my own fault really for leaving the discs wet for a lengthy period after washing the car. The other two problems relate to my current 320d Touring, the first being a new clutch needed and detailed elsewhere on TM, the second being a load compartment cover unit replaced under warranty due to an annoying rattle. I'm aware, via a long term friend who was a BMW Dealer Principle, that BMW turned away from the principle of "The customer is always right" for reputation management purposes, to a more "litigious" stance some years ago. This is probably why dealerships have to jump through hoops more these days to get warranty work agreed by BMW HQ. Given the stories of some customers' totally unreasonable expectations of warranty support, I have to say that I'm hardly surprised. Nonetheless, given the Morgan links to BMW, I'm also a little surprised that some of the BMW ethos hasn't either rubbed off, or been demanded as part of the ongoing liaison.
