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The Towequipe website quotes £137 for the westfalia dedicated loom for the new 5 series and an extra £25 for the additional loom for fridge / battery charge facility. These kits include all relays etc etc.

Have used this supplier several times for dedicated wiring kits and these looms are original equipment kits as stated on their website.

The above just shows us all what the "stealers" rip us off for!

Dave

£380 to add a loom costing £25.

Admittedly loom has to be run from front to back of car requiring removal of trim etc, but simply plugs into loom at rear of car and connects to fusebox at front.

Cannot take more than an hour, have done this on several cars cannot imagine the BMW being any "harder".

£380 -£25 = £355 some hourly rate!!!

Dave

Quote: Originally posted by Davebelcanto on 11/4/2011

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The Towequipe website quotes £137 for the westfalia dedicated loom for the new 5 series and an extra £25 for the additional loom for fridge / battery charge facility. These kits include all relays etc etc.

Have used this supplier several times for dedicated wiring kits and these looms are original equipment kits as stated on their website.

The above just shows us all what the "stealers" rip us off for!

 

Dave

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 11/4/2011

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It appears that this post is getting very much like 'Dragon's Den'. You initially ask for help but you didn't declare all the major facts as such, that it was actually a brand new car, then we find out after that it's not your car either but a company car which doesn't belong to you. Then you happen to criticise my comments saying that I think you are a mug for paying out ridiculous sums. Maybe I'm missing something here but I've heard enough and for that reason......I'm out!

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I've just ordered a new mondeo that will come with the 13 pin socket but will not be wired for the fridge or battery, the guy who serviced my caravan the other week said this was common with Ford and VW.

 At at the point of ordering my new car  i could specify a tow bar or no towbar with no option to say what the use was for.

I also agree with Fionaw1971 new car or not, company car or not the question was did anyone know if it was possible to save money rather than paying through the roof for a rip off dealer part

Bessie  

No ordered online like most company cars

bessie

REF:  I also agree with Fionaw1971 new car or not, company car or not the question was did anyone know if it was possible to save money rather than paying through the roof for a rip off dealer part

Bessie  

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This is the exact point that I was trying to clarify. As the BMW in question is a company car then Fiona1971 may not be able to have the work done elsewhere due to the terms and conditions of the lease. It may state the the work is to be undertaken by a BMW dealer only and if this is the case then Fiona1971 will not have the option of cutting the cost of having the extra loom installed elsewhere that's needed to charge the leisure battery and operate the 12v refridgerator and will have to pay whatever the salesman states. I hate to see people being ripped off but sometimes we have no choice when comes down to the legal facts such as this. You have to cross the legal technicalities first otherwise Fiona1971 could be in breach of the agreement any electrical work is conducted elsewhere. Many don't seem to understand where I was coming from on this issue but you have to be aware that anyone can offer advice on what steps to take next but the advice could be wrong by not knowing the full facts and the last thing Fiona1971 needs is to be in breach of the warranty or lease agreement. Please accept my apologies if my comments caused any offence but it wasn't intented that way.

Ok, the reason I didn't mention it was because it wasn't relevant - there are no terms of the lease per se as far as this car goes so we wouldn't be in breach of any terms and conditions but possibly the warranty which is what I have been trying to find out.   I also get what Tentz is saying but when the majority of car manufacturers do wire their towbars with full twin electrics then it would be helpful if those in the minority would provide at least some small print to make prospective purchasers aware of this - you shouldn't have to find this out on a forum which is how we were first made aware. 

The BMW towbar is more expensive because its automated i.e you push a button in the boot and it comes out from the underside of the bumper and therefore no bumper cuts are required - of course its debatable how useful this actually is as with all car gadgets but this is what we got - had we known it would end up costing us £400 more than what was already paid out Im sure we would have thought again.

I think we will probably end up just booking it back in at the BMW dealer having learnt a lesson for the future.

Thank you Bessie for your comments