Sorry to keep the followers of this thread in suspense, the car was back on the road about a week after the last post, but at a cost ! Spoke to the dealership, " any abnormal warranty is up to BMW" spoke to BMW " Any abnormal warranty is up to the dealership " The final bill came to almost £900,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but after all my kicking off they give me 2 options £250 and drive away or £400 with 2 year parts and labour warranty so took the latter, so hopefully we can look forward to putting some miles on it if the sun ever decides to shine!