Insp II

[deka]

Valve clearances done, nothing needed.
Diff and gearbox oils changed, both bought from BMW. He had the print outs BMW use for the service to follow and talked me through the list when I picked up the car. (he was even wearing his BMW overalls... )

I had similar quotes from a couple of other Indi's in the area too. Brake fluid was done at the price of just the fluid, since it wasn't actually asked for, he just did it whilst he was there.

out of interest who/where did you get the work done.

 

[playalistic]

Most, if not all of the techs from Murketts jumped ship to Elms: http://www.elmsbmw.co.uk/service/

So use them rather than Murketts. You won't find better M servicing IMO. You should expect to pay around £850 for Ins II, make sure you call around as they will pricematch within the dealer network.

Playa, any idea which of the three Elms dealerships they jumped to? I will need an inspection II in around 2 months time

It's the Cambridge one: http://elmscambridgebmw3-px.rtrk.co.uk/

 

[markos]

Most, if not all of the techs from Murketts jumped ship to Elms: http://www.elmsbmw.co.uk/service/

So use them rather than Murketts. You won't find better M servicing IMO. You should expect to pay around £850 for Ins II, make sure you call around as they will pricematch within the dealer network.

Playa, any idea which of the three Elms dealerships they jumped to? I will need an inspection II in around 2 months time

It's the Cambridge one: http://elmscambridgebmw3-px.rtrk.co.uk/

Thanks for that! I will definitely get a price off them

 

[Herminator]

Valve clearances done, nothing needed.
Diff and gearbox oils changed, both bought from BMW. He had the print outs BMW use for the service to follow and talked me through the list when I picked up the car. (he was even wearing his BMW overalls... )

I had similar quotes from a couple of other Indi's in the area too. Brake fluid was done at the price of just the fluid, since it wasn't actually asked for, he just did it whilst he was there.

out of interest who/where did you get the work done.

I got his details from PistonHeads. DWMotorworks. Be warned, the website is a home made one and he's no artist

 

[markos]

Just to update this, I’m due my Inspection II in around 900 miles (2 months for me), so I’ve booked the car with Elms BMW in Cambridge/Cambourne. For £799 I’m not sure anyone else can beat that, certainly not within comfortable driving distance from London. Thanks for the recommendation/heads up playalistic

 

[pvr]

Is there a list of what is different between Insp I and Insp II ?

 

[mmm-five]

Is there a list of what is different between Insp I and Insp II ?

• Spark Plugs
• Gearbox Oil
• Differential Oil

About £100 extra for the plugs, £100 for the gearbox oil change, and £100 for the diff oil change - so about £300 more than an Inspection 1.

 

[pvr]

Thanks, that makes it clear

 

[john56]

Is there a list of what is different between Insp I and Insp II ?

• Spark Plugs
• Gearbox Oil
• Differential Oil

About £100 extra for the plugs, £100 for the gearbox oil change, and £100 for the diff oil change - so about £300 more than an Inspection 1.

Wow!! The mind boggles, never done these three jobs on a Z4 myself but done them on more vehicles than i care to remember, usually, if on a ramp, would take max 1 hour so god knows how much they must be charging for oil and plugs in fact im struggling to think how you could make the jobs last an hour.
Its an absolute disgrace and we are all being ripped-off just to get a BMW stamp in the service book. :x

 

[mmm-five]

Wow!! The mind boggles, never done these three jobs on a Z4 myself but done them on more vehicles than i care to remember, usually, if on a ramp, would take max 1 hour so god knows how much they must be charging for oil and plugs in fact im struggling to think how you could make the jobs last an hour.
Its an absolute disgrace and we are all being ripped-off just to get a BMW stamp in the service book. :x

Well, even if it only takes them an hour, that will be £120-£160 alone.

Spark plugs are about £17 each, so there's another £100.

Couple of litres of diff and gearbox oil will easily add the 'missing' £40.

Mine won't be going to BMW for it's next Inspection, as it's not going to make much difference to the value of a 60,000 mile car anyway - assuming it was being sold - and I'll be saving £80 a month on warranty payments too!

 

[pvr]

You can only sell privately then as you know. The dealer took my 82k X5 as it had full bmwsh. They would not touch it otherwise.

 

[original guvnor]

You can only sell privately then as you know. The dealer took my 82k X5 as it had full bmwsh. They would not touch it otherwise.

I should imagine it will end up at an auction rather than their forecourt with that mileage but the full BMWSH probably gives them more confidence of shifting it for the price they worked on when doing the deal with you on the new X5.

Are you picking it up tomorrow PVR?

 

[srhutch]

You can only sell privately then as you know. The dealer took my 82k X5 as it had full bmwsh. They would not touch it otherwise.

Bringning my first ///M into the equation I think it's down to the individual dealers what they do, some dealers won't take non BMW serviced cars, and some will take ///M cars that haven't had a service for 32 months.

 

[SteveNotto]

You can only sell privately then as you know. The dealer took my 82k X5 as it had full bmwsh. They would not touch it otherwise.

Bringning my first ///M into the equation I think it's down to the individual dealers what they do, some dealers won't take non BMW serviced cars, and some will take ///M cars that haven't had a service for 32 months.

Unless a used car has a BMW main dealer service history then it can't be resold through the BMW AUC scheme.Dealers are therefore likely to offer less for the car without a FBMWSH as a result.

 

[mmm-five]

Unless a used car has a BMW main dealer service history then it can't be resold through the BMW AUC scheme.Dealers are therefore likely to offer less for the car without a FBMWSH as a result.

That might be what they claim (especially to lower your trade-in valuation), but in practice it is only needs to have been maintained in accordance with the BMW schedule, using BMW-approved parts, to be able to be sold as AUC.

I've been to see AUC cars with non-approved tyres, non-approved wheels, non-approved brake pads/discs, specialist/indy service history - all supposedly completely fine to be offered with the AUC warranty.

Don't know if they'd change their mind once you tried to make a warranty claim or not though, and the one I bought was standard except for the CSL wheels.

 

[pvr]

You can only sell privately then as you know. The dealer took my 82k X5 as it had full bmwsh. They would not touch it otherwise.

I should imagine it will end up at an auction rather than their forecourt with that mileage but the full BMWSH probably gives them more confidence of shifting it for the price they worked on when doing the deal with you on the new X5.

Are you picking it up tomorrow PVR?

No - in 2 weeks time and yes, the price was indeed not for forecourt trading but for guaranteeing that they could shift it for the price they offered me (i.e. £1500 more than my local dealer).

 

[Aliv6]

I'm doing the obligatory calling around for prices.

At the moment i'm playing Perth and Dundee against each other and JC's i've had a quote of £950 for! Shocking....Grrrrr

 

[Aliv6]

Well booked in with John Clarks.

£897 all in! IMO not bad. £50 less that initially quoted!