Indi For Servicing OK with PCP?
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Liverpool
You'll have to check your own T&Cs in your own PCP as there may very well be different conditions to anyone else's here - although that should have been a question you asked when you took out the PCP 
You could always ring the supplying dealer to check, but I don't know whether they'd be honest or not.
You could always ring the supplying dealer to check, but I don't know whether they'd be honest or not.
£257 seems steep for an oil service.
Still, an indi will be £150 anyway, since £80-£90 of the cost is oil/filter etc...
I was quoted about £185 for my oil service at BMW, which is well worth doing if your car is on PCP. It'll probably de-value it more than the £100 difference if it doesn't have FBMWSH to insurers or the owner of the car come trade in/swap or whatever else.
Dave
Still, an indi will be £150 anyway, since £80-£90 of the cost is oil/filter etc...
I was quoted about £185 for my oil service at BMW, which is well worth doing if your car is on PCP. It'll probably de-value it more than the £100 difference if it doesn't have FBMWSH to insurers or the owner of the car come trade in/swap or whatever else.
Dave
mmm-five said:
£60 for oil and filter? Where are they buying those from?
My Edge 5W30, with the spare 1-1.5L left over, and filter, were about £90, not sure on labour because of the other charges on the service, ie, checks and levels around the car. I think it was an hours for me.
I'd rather DIY it really, because I don't even trust independents to do a job well. However, I had to trust someone this time, so I went to a decent independent, but they were not ultimately much cheaper than BMW. However, I trusted them, while I don't trust BMW to tie their own shoe laces.
Dave
Mr Whippy said:
All from my regular recommendation of OpieOils.
£56.68 is the registered member/use price before any other 10-20% extra discount they usually have. Currently the code 'GEN11' will get you this oil, including delivery for £56.16 (delivery is normally £7.99).
They used to give you two 4L bottles, but now they've reduced the price they only give you 7 litres. Although if you change the search criteria to a 3.0i (I chose the 3.0si, but it's the same oil choices anyway) then the 8 litre version is still available, but for £64.55 (the Z4M kit is also £64.55, although there are no alternate/cheaper choices).
You can save another £5 if you use Fuchs Titan GT1 5w30 in place of the Castrol Edge 5w30.
My indy/specialist/guru charges me 30-45 mins labour at £45/hour.
They do seem pretty cheap...
So what combination do you need to use to get the full discounts? Register with them, and then also put in the community code for here?
I went on there but it was about £90 with postage and 8L of oil. Such a huge discount then... wonder why they don't just offer it that cheap already as I doubt many bother buying off them at the normal prices!?
Dave
So what combination do you need to use to get the full discounts? Register with them, and then also put in the community code for here?
I went on there but it was about £90 with postage and 8L of oil. Such a huge discount then... wonder why they don't just offer it that cheap already as I doubt many bother buying off them at the normal prices!?
Dave
Mr Whippy said:
You register with them, stating which club/forum you're associated with. Once you get your login information you'll instantly get 15% discount.
Every so often you'll also see forum posts on here or lots of other forums stating their new special offers (or by email if you sign up to them). Sometimes it's a 1-2 day special on a specific brand, and other times it's a month-long, across-the-board 10-30% reduction, for which you'll see a discount code in the forum post/email.
Then you use whichever code gets you the biggest discount - you have to be logged in, then add the product to the basket and then put the code in and recalculate to get the final price. The service packs are cheaper than buying the oil by itself (don't know why), and look in the drop-down for both 3.0i and 3.0si as they use the same oil but the prices/amounts might be different.
I only buy when there's an offer on.
