An oven dilemma

I think we need to take a bit of a reality check when we speak of Miele products. There is no doubt that the are extremely well engineered, in fact some would say over engineered. I speak with some experience as in a former life I used to manage a department selling them along with other premium brands. I even had a Miele washing machine which lasted about 12 years before it needed expensive repairs. The subsequent Bosch machines have lasted almost as long at half the price. Mind you if you were to fire a rocket launched grenade at either my money would be on the Miele in terms of survival!!! These day I suspect its fairly unusal to keep an oven as long as the OP has even if its continued to work perfectly. If money is no object buy what you want, even a Miele but if you want value there are other brands that will work as well and also give a reasonable life. 

David

There aren't too many moving parts in an oven, fans might fail. Non moving parts like thermostats might fail and lights might need replacing. Something might work lose, a door might need adjusting, a glass panel break but modern ovens are well insulated and heat up quickly and there are lots of relaible ones out there! (My Cannon dual fuel has lasted ten years, with one small part adjustment.) 

(What fires your cannon?)

Enthusiasm...which falters on occasions.

It is starting to look bad for the old oven, the parts we thought we had found may not fit.

OH has found some real Miele parts, but that would  put the cost up to over £100, and the door seal they claim is the one for our oven does not look anything like the current one. 

A universal seal that does look like ours is widely available for about £25, so we could get that, but the glass lamp cover is difficult to find at a reasonable cost.

How can anyone justify £49 + postage for a bit of moulded glass?  

Maybe you could flog the old one to a museum?

It is starting to look bad for the old oven, the parts we thought we had found may not fit.

OH has found some real Miele parts, but that would  put the cost up to over £100, and the door seal they claim is the one for our oven does not look anything like the current one. 

A universal seal that does look like ours is widely available for about £25, so we could get that, but the glass lamp cover is difficult to find at a reasonable cost.

How can anyone justify £49 + postage for a bit of moulded glass?  

Have you looked on ebay for alternative suppliers?  There are glass bulb covers on there (state they are Miele) for upwards of £20.00 plus postage of £7.29 from Germany.  Obviously I don't know your model, but it might be worth a look there for the door seal as well.

Or possibly here, too (different looking glass)

Thanks Val, we are still searching and have sent a query to espares re the sizing of that  last cover as it looks about right, but when we enter our model number it says it will not fit.

Door seal seems to be much easier to find.

Maybe you could flog the old one to a museum?

Over the years we have seen quite a few things the same as ones  we have owned, in museums........a TV, a radio, a Hoover, a calculator, a computer, and 2 telephones.

A G Plan coffee table identical to one we still have was featured on one of those Antique programmes on TV just a few months back!

I suggest that you telephone Horders, Electical appliances in Gloucester Rd Bristol. ( 0800 318419) They are main Miele  agents and have never let us down in the past, including both of the items that you need, and our oven is well over 20 years old too.

TF