Expensive Oil Change!!
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The intake air filters will always be changed in a BMW service.
Then add the oils and the oil filter change.
Also the brakes are checked and radiator fluid.
I also had a brake fluid change.
My first service costed about 300 Euros.
Then add the oils and the oil filter change.
Also the brakes are checked and radiator fluid.
I also had a brake fluid change.
My first service costed about 300 Euros.
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The air filter is done on every third oil service now with the BMW diesels. Has been that way since the LCI was launched and is why the air filter no longer shows as a service item in iDrive. Brakes are checked according to iDrtive as well unless the car is in for the chassis service.
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Without full BMW service history you loose alot of value on the resale of the car. Doesn't matter so much as the car gets older if you keep the history or if the car is leased (though there are still limitations as to what you can do with a lease car). But when the cars are still relatively expensive for a couple of hundred pounds you'd be nuts to start doing stuff yourself on it as you will loose money in the long run(depending how long you keep the car of course). Also not such a major thing but if you take the car out of the BMW network for servicing you can forget any goodwill should anything major break down out of warranty.
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Hi,
I started off at that sort of price, shopped around a few BMW dealers and managed to find one that did the oil & filter change for £120 in October.
I also managed to negiotate with a local dealer to get the brake fluid replaced for £84 and they collected it and dropped it off, started at around £140.
Now working on Vechicle Check, so far down to £94 from £134 !!!
You've got to haggle.
Good luck
Raj
BMW 520d, 2006
I started off at that sort of price, shopped around a few BMW dealers and managed to find one that did the oil & filter change for £120 in October.
I also managed to negiotate with a local dealer to get the brake fluid replaced for £84 and they collected it and dropped it off, started at around £140.
Now working on Vechicle Check, so far down to £94 from £134 !!!
You've got to haggle.
Good luck
Raj
BMW 520d, 2006
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So those extra few 100's that you think you "save" by DIY'ing oil changes and all the jazz, can actually cost you a few grands when or if you have to sell your car.
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Not sure how is it in the States atm, but in Europe a car can lose about 10%-20% of it's value here if it doesn't have a perfect service book with BMW-only maintenance.
So those extra few 100's that you think you "save" by DIY'ing oil changes and all the jazz, can actually cost you a few grands when or if you have to sell your car.
So those extra few 100's that you think you "save" by DIY'ing oil changes and all the jazz, can actually cost you a few grands when or if you have to sell your car.
I suppose, but I'd much rather save money 'now' than hope I get it back later. I make sure all oil changes are done at a service shop where I get a receipt. This way I have proof of the oil change and the ODO reading.
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I think it works different in the states though. I keep reading about CPO or something don't most of you in effect lease the cars then hand them back after a certain time? Most people in Europe buy the car so any loss on the second hand value directly comes out of their pocket rather than when the lease company try to sell it? Another thing is that the cars are more expensive here so the loss through not having a full service history could well be higher.
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Hi,
I started off at that sort of price, shopped around a few BMW dealers and managed to find one that did the oil & filter change for £120 in October.
I also managed to negiotate with a local dealer to get the brake fluid replaced for £84 and they collected it and dropped it off, started at around £140.
Now working on Vechicle Check, so far down to £94 from £134 !!!
You've got to haggle.
Good luck
Raj
BMW 520d, 2006
I started off at that sort of price, shopped around a few BMW dealers and managed to find one that did the oil & filter change for £120 in October.
I also managed to negiotate with a local dealer to get the brake fluid replaced for £84 and they collected it and dropped it off, started at around £140.
Now working on Vechicle Check, so far down to £94 from £134 !!!
You've got to haggle.
Good luck
Raj
BMW 520d, 2006
which dealers did you manage to get these prices from?