I was going to keep my service history full BMW, but at £612 for an oil service at Sytner, I don't think so. Apparently, BMW don't offer an oil service, even tho that is what my car says it wants. Bye bye BMW.......hello Autobhan Halesowen, my local indi.
£612 for an oil service? I think not
- Thread starter AldridgeZ4
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That must be wrong....surely?!
It was for Oil and micro filter. It would be £200 if i went against BMW advice and just changed the oil. I started to argue that the car had an inspection 1 last time and was due an oil service, as per the laid out service plan......but thought what am I doing? Why argue? Phoned the indi who agreed an oil service was due and quoted £200 for oil and filter, still steep, but they have good reviews and are used to working on the S54. Also, I need to get a relationship going with a local indi for future works.
In fact I’ve just realised that BMW are even bigger thieves than I initially thought.
An oil service for a Z4M is £200, yet an oil service for an E46 M3 is £285.
Both cars share the same engine and take the same amount and grade of oil (5.5 litres of 10w60) so how on earth did they work that one out. :?
An oil service for a Z4M is £200, yet an oil service for an E46 M3 is £285.
Both cars share the same engine and take the same amount and grade of oil (5.5 litres of 10w60) so how on earth did they work that one out. :?
R60BBA said:
I'm sure you are correct and I tried to explain a few times, but she wouldn't listen. Never mind, hopefully I can develop a good relationship with my indi. I need a few things doing over the next 12/18 months, so it will be good to make contact and have a look around in a couple of weeks.
AldridgeZ4 said:
It gets worse, check my latest post.
But going forward and with the age of these cars, I wouldn’t trust a main dealer unless I had bought a car from them and it was the same service manager from day one.
It’s good that you’ve found and indie and should no longer have to put up with such farces.
I am lucky a very good Indi BMW garage is very close to my home. Guy called "Mark Purcell" . He use to look after my old mans E46 M3 Cab.
When the stupid bracket broke on my exhaust t'other week, dad phoned Mark up last min of the day and he looked at what was causing the issue. He had a quick look over my "M" and told dad it looked a pretty clean example. He was told that we wanted him to look after it, which is why he made some time so we knew what to tell the dealer what needed fixing.
When the stupid bracket broke on my exhaust t'other week, dad phoned Mark up last min of the day and he looked at what was causing the issue. He had a quick look over my "M" and told dad it looked a pretty clean example. He was told that we wanted him to look after it, which is why he made some time so we knew what to tell the dealer what needed fixing.
