Whilst rebuilding the engine, I took a couple of vists to my local BMW dealer to buy some gaskets and small parts. To get the right parts I qouted the engine number and VIN number on the side of the ECU to the spares man .
With typical BMW efficiency he was able to quickly trace the registstration of the original car and a data sheet showing the original cars specification, colour and options, etc. from 25 years ago.
I thought this was wonderful and then forgot all about it until this week I get a nice letter in the post from the service manager suggesting that my car (the scrapped donor car) is due a service and MOT...


Not only that but they offer a free collection and delivery service!! I'd like to see them try!
But you can't knock them for trying to deliver a premium service.