If you're in San Fernando Valley area and need some BMW TLC, give
Corner Automotive in Sherman Oaks area a shout or visit. It's a small BMW specialist indy shop opened back in 2018. Arthur is the owner and a master data tech at BMW prior, nice and direct. Straight to business. Pricing is definitely better than dealership, pretty standard for an indy shop. 2-year warranty on their work and parts. I was referred by a friend who went there. They definitely took care of me.
www.cornerautomotive.com
14855 W Magnolia Blvd unit c, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
They recently extracted a broken valve cover bolt (all the way back of the N55 engine) and salvaged it without costing me an arm and leg. They also let be borrow the loaner car for the weekend and Monday. The other guy initially started work is named Steve, also a BMW tech with experience. Both showed me their initial finding upon removing the valve cover.
All I can say is that MINI CORSA (North Hollywood) fucked up on my valve cover bolt in process of drilling for extraction (a year and some months ago, and they only carry 1-year warranty). Additional gasket sealant was use to try to cover up oil seepage. Therefore, they skipped the corner bolt and NEVER mentioned a thing to me when I picked up my car with a smile. This is unacceptable. And some of us heard good things about them before...
I'm just telling like it is. Definitely unacceptable as a customer who heard good things about them. Maybe if you need some basic work done, exhaust installation, brake job, oil change, or minor tune up on your expensive cars, they're the go-to.