Best BMW garages & suppliers

kdevitt

Am running a survey at the moment to try and find the following:

* Servicing - Best Independent
* Servicing - Best Main Dealer
* Aftermarket parts supply
* Service parts supply
* Best Bodyshop

The result will be based on a combination of the companies good votes and bad votes, and as such I'd like as many votes as possible to get more accurate results. The voting is open until the 14th March. You don't need to fill in all categories - and its anonymous.

The Good: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R2RNK9F
The Bad: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RCKTV8P

kdevitt

This is running for another 6 days if anyone wants to vote!

Cheers

Victor_M

Done

kdevitt

Thanks for the votes - the breakdown of the results is attached!

jayok

Wow - surprised not to see AC Cars in the Independent Garages list. I find them quite good. I thought others did too.

kdevitt

jayok wrote: »

Wow - surprised not to see AC Cars in the Independent Garages list. I find them quite good. I thought others did too.

AC came in firth, behind 3Rock Diagnostics. They received a lot of votes in 'the good' vote, but almost the exact same amount of votes in 'the bad' section, leaving them with a score of 1. I think its fair to say that opinion on them is evenly split between people - which the votes echo.

Their scores were -
Value - 5.32
Turnaround time - 5.4
Quality of work - 5.96
Knowledge - 7.17
Avg - 5.96

jayok

I wonder then what the bad experience that people had with them? Maybe I am missing something?

kdevitt

Have opened voting on this for the new year - exact same format and links as last year.
Would appreciate you taking a few minutes to fill the surveys out if applicable - the more votes we have, the more accurate the result.

Might just add - if you are voting - 'The Good' is the voting form for companies that you would recommend to people, 'The Bad' is for companies which you would not recommend. As simple as that sounds, some people got confused last year and it skewed the results.

Thanks

The Good: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R2RNK9F
The Bad: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RCKTV8P

kdevitt

For anyone interested - this years results:

Best Independent:

1: Scully Autocare
2: Courtney BMW
3: 3 Rock Electronic Services

Best Main Dealer:

1: Murphy & Gunn
2: Frank Keanes
3: David Prentice

Best Aftermarket Supplier:

1: Otto
2: CDi
3: Bmminiparts.co.uk

Best Service Parts Supplier:

1: Murphy & Gunn
2: Otto
3: Bmminiparts.co.uk

Best Bodyshop:

1: Carcraft
2: Murphy & Gunn
3: ACE Autobody

biko

Can you add location or are they all in Dublin?

kdevitt

biko wrote: »

Can you add location or are they all in Dublin?

Everyone except David Prentice BMW (Portadown) and Bmminiparts.co.uk are in Dublin!

mal1

I didn't see this in time to vote and I have used a few of them. Although, who are 3 Rock?

I have yet to have a really bad experience with any of them. Price is often what makes the difference.

voxpop

mal1 wrote: »

I didn't see this in time to vote and I have used a few of them. Although, who are 3 Rock?

I have yet to have a really bad experience with any of them. Price is often what makes the difference.

3Rock = bimmerchris. He works from a garage in Sandyford