I used the dealer in Panama for my '07 F650GS single in 2010. They were quite professional when doing my 40,000km service but seemed to take quite a bit longer than the time they told me it would take.
While I managed to do everything in Spanish, there were English speaking service folks around as well.
I wasn't entirely happy with their work. They failed to test the brakes after replacing the brake fluid. I ended up crapping my pants in Panama City traffic when nothing happened when I applied the front brake. They were subsequently fine for the rest of the trip. I suspect they had pushed the pads in to get the wheel off and failed to squeeze the lever a few times to get them back where they belonged after they were finished ....or whatever. Also, 4 weeks later my battery was bone dry while in some small mountain town in Mexico. There are definitely all kinds of reasons that could happen in 4 weeks but I suspect that they never checked it as part of the 40,000km service. I failed to check it as well, so there you have it :-)
That was my personal experience and others may have had a different experience. Having said all this, I've actually had much worse service in the US and I'd consider Panama to be in the "average" range for BMW service.
...Michelle
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