On the joys of a free market in cars

 BMW have replaced the AirFlow Meter on my car. I’d been vaguely underwhelmed by the 4.4L behemoth’s performance since I acquired it six months ago. Smooth and quick but not heart-stopping. In the last week performance was dire and I knew something was wrong.

Staggering service from BMW (Fawdingtons), helpful, friendly, quick. They over delivered—said it would be ready mid-afternoon yet had it done by eleven. And they even arranged a taxi at their expense when my wife mentioned we’d planned to get the bus across town to collect it. They cleaned it too. This was an out of warranty repair on a second hand car not even bought from them.

This then is capatalism, red in tooth and spanner. Endless ruthless competion with Merceedes and others have driven them to such desperate ends as offering a 20% discount on labour, coffee and taxis.

The government in this country used to do cars and still does schools and hospitals. Personally I wish they’d stop doing schools and hospitals and let BMW or someone else have a go.

Oh yes, the new AirFlow meter; well I can do no better than quote the master, Clarkson: “Powwweeer“.