kentvette
CCCUK Member
Here's something that's new to me.....
A friend of mine over there in the UK was recently talking to a BMW "non-franchised" mechanic (ex "proper BMW" I gather) who was telling him about registering a new battery with the car - a process that apparently involved syncing it to to the car's computer. It means that the car will only accept a genuine BMW battery, or , in the case of my friend who has a "Rustang", a Ford battery.
I'd never heard of this and, I have to say, on the face of it, it sounds like tosh! Anyone else come across it? Oh and of course, it costs £20 to do the registering, after the £240 for the Beemer battery!
A friend of mine over there in the UK was recently talking to a BMW "non-franchised" mechanic (ex "proper BMW" I gather) who was telling him about registering a new battery with the car - a process that apparently involved syncing it to to the car's computer. It means that the car will only accept a genuine BMW battery, or , in the case of my friend who has a "Rustang", a Ford battery.
I'd never heard of this and, I have to say, on the face of it, it sounds like tosh! Anyone else come across it? Oh and of course, it costs £20 to do the registering, after the £240 for the Beemer battery!