On 23/06/2005 23:28 Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The driver's exterior door handle broke on mine, and I got a new one. Its
fixing is unusual in that you don't have to remove the interior door trim
to get at it - it's all done via a small hole in the door jam. Which is
sealed by a sort of plastic grommet

Kudos then to BMW for making what I expect would be a rarely replaced
item easy to replace. So many times you come across things that are a
major job which, for the sake of a couple of millimetres, would be a
doddle - vehicles from the BMC/BL stable used to be notorious for that,
although even Ford goofed with the infamous Pinto engine where the
camshaft had to be removed from the back of the head rather than the
front thus necessitating removal of the head (or pulling the engine and
gearbox).

which breaks when you remove it.

Oh dear, and they were doing so well ;-)

Went to the next nearest dealer later, and a *proper* store man who looked
like he might get dirty on occasion went straight to it.


Hope you took a pic of him as they are a rare breed :-)

Parish