Two weeks of putting it off because every place sounded clueless or quoted absurdly is such a familiar experience for BMW owners trying to find transmission help outside the dealer network. The frustration of knowing something is wrong but not trusting anyone to look at it properly is genuinely stressful especially when the car is your daily driver. Finding somewhere that took it the same day and actually diagnosed it properly rather than defaulting to the expensive option is the outcome everyone is hoping for.