Hi guys
Okay first thing's first, I apologize for my outburst on Facebook, thinking about it now it was stupid of me to make that statement. It is true I've been helped a lot by my friends who I met during my years being a member of the vwcsa. Not to mention new friends like Andy who has been a stand-up guy since day one.
I am saddened that Arbee, Ash and some of my other acquaintances have badmouthed me and shared my moment of anger on a site dedicated to BMW enthusiasts - why not message me first and ask me why I posted the message first? It was obvious what the outcome would be by posting it here.
To clarify, my message was posted in anger and pure frustration, and I'll be the first one to admit that it's because of my very limited background with BMW's. My out-lash was more a general comment brought about by my frustration in acquiring decent information regarding the diagnostics of my car.
Anyone who knows me, knows that everything on my car must be 100% as it should, and after hours and hours of scouring the internet and reading forums trying to figure out what the obscure error codes mean, I was left with absolutely no concrete answers. If I go to the BMW dealership, I ask for advice from the technicians and bluntly get told that I need to book the car in without even listening to my thoughts on cause of the errors. It's just been very frustrating for me.
As for the people jumping on the bandwagon and calling me a douche, and to stick my cheap coilovers (really, you judge my car based on how expensive my mods are??) in my nought, and to crawl back into the hole I came from? That is uncalled for, you do not know me personally.
Ask anybody that knows me personally, and they will tell you how many hours I've spent helping them fix their cars, fitting mods, driving out to their houses at 23:00 at night to help them get their cars running for work the next day, getting up at 4:30 in the mornings, washing my car, driving to events and helping set up the timing equipment, sweeping the roads, packing cones, providing technical advice and assistance etc the whole day, and then go home burnt to a crisp.
I am a car enthusiast before anything else. So please, reserve your comments if you do not know the type of person I am.
So once again, apologies are in order from my side - I hope this hasn't tarnished my reputation going forward, but I guess that's wishful thinking.