I had already been on to Shiply and received some reasonable quotes the cheapest being 20% of the £1,200 I was quoted by a local company - not sure whether that included 2 nights at the Aylesbury Sheraton!!After some consideration, I am going to trailer it down on a trailer hired from McIntosh of Brechin - £39 per day. Given the nature of the fault(s) on the car I think it is best to talk face-to-face to try to explain all the various cut-outs/misfires/non-starts. The choice of company appears to be between DS Automotives in Aylesbury, the only APS dealer or Abbey Motorsport who seem to be very highly rated in various repairs/tune-ups on this forum. Have to get the de-mountable tow-bar on my X3 to work first though. Shame I can't use a more local company but there you go! Cheers
Honestly if I was you take it to Abbey.
I know they arent cheap and stuff like that but trust me they will fix the car for you. Mark is always helpful and knows his stuff. I dont let many mechanics near my car as most are crap but I would leave him with the keys no problems. I do get that they are miles away but they WILL most likely fix it for you. There would be nothing worse than getting it 400miles away to another garage who doesnt know. Good luck with whatever you do mate