So I buckled and the car's going into Cooper Thames Ditton Thursday for its inspection 1.
I've been quoted £550 less £90 because I'm supplying my own oil, and the chap I spoke to knew precicely what he was talking about. They need it two days so they can do the clearances cold and I have the utmost confidence in them.
The sorry collection of "specialists" I spoke to depressed me: "I suppose it needs some spark plugs does it?", "That car definitely has hydraulic tappets", "Yes we'll use your oil instead of ours, but we'll still charge you for ours", etc.
It remains to be seen how many extra jobs are found by the main dealer, but I'm pleased to be keeping up my full main dealer history (apart from one oil inspection from a "specialist")
And the ECU man should be calling soon with my extra 35lbft :)
Andy