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I don’t think it would have helped if the OP had the car serviced within the BMW dealer network. The issue is that he bought the car from a non-BMW dealer. As the car is out of warranty BMW have no legal liability to fix it. He has no contract with BMW, as it was bought out with their dealer network.
My understanding is, by law, the only one liable for this issue was the supplying dealer (ie the one he bought it from). However with the OP not going straight back to the supplying dealer, he has lost the chance to be able to get anyone else to pick up the tab for the repair.
What I will say is that, I understand why the OP got the car serviced outside the dealer network, if this case is an indication of their abilities. Their diagnosis is that one turbo needs replaced, but to be on the safe side they also want to replace the engine and the other 3 turbos. Basically there diagnostic process just seems to be “replace everything and that’ll fix it”. I expect a more accurate diagnostics process than that!
I will also say that the BMW dealer should have made the customer aware of the costs involved, before any major strip down. Although the OP was naive to expect any form of goodwill.
This is a very sobering story of what can go wrong, when buying a used premium car at a significant cost saving over a new one. I’ve also seen quoted on this forum before, that the costs of maintaining a premium car are based on its price when new, and not it’s very much reduced second hand value.
Is it an option to sell the car, as is, through Copart?
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