F10 M5 £2.6K bill
Discussion
JCHill said:
I'm just about to hit 60,000 miles.
Original discs front and rear and still on the original pads on the front.
Recently had rear pads changed though (56,000 miles) with the vast majority of my journeys being motorway mileages.
You can't be on the original pads on the front surely at 60K miles!Original discs front and rear and still on the original pads on the front.
Recently had rear pads changed though (56,000 miles) with the vast majority of my journeys being motorway mileages.
After further investigation.
It was a major service due which costs £900, this isn't just on mileage, it takes into account how it has been driven.
The discs were just below BMW's recommended level (this is to do with the mileage and my type of driving!)
and the pads well its again down to mileage and driving.
Westerley Exeter as a gesture of goodwill offered 10% discount on parts.
I think the bottom line is that its an expensive performance car and it has been driven fairly hard for the past 34K miles
It was a major service due which costs £900, this isn't just on mileage, it takes into account how it has been driven.
The discs were just below BMW's recommended level (this is to do with the mileage and my type of driving!)
and the pads well its again down to mileage and driving.
Westerley Exeter as a gesture of goodwill offered 10% discount on parts.
I think the bottom line is that its an expensive performance car and it has been driven fairly hard for the past 34K miles
JCHill said:
I can see that now!!
P13TR0 said:
Did you authorise the new pads and discs? Unless you have been living on the track, this doesn't add up. I could understand new pads, but it looks like they have pulled the "we need to replace the pads and discs at the same time" line. My local BMW dealer is notorious for this. I have also been told I need new control arm bushes after an inspection - they were a little embarrassed when I pointed out that they had only just changed them 3 months earlier under warranty.
It's a shame, but it seems like you can no longer trust the service departments at BMW. Either they are wilfully trying to extort money, or they have idiots inspecting the cars and making the recommendations - it's probably a bit of both!
Yes they did ask .. It's a shame, but it seems like you can no longer trust the service departments at BMW. Either they are wilfully trying to extort money, or they have idiots inspecting the cars and making the recommendations - it's probably a bit of both!
May be I should drop down and have a look at the discs they took off.
Not sure what I can do now other than chalk it up to experience. The discs weren't warped they were worn. Remember skimming previous TVR discs due to warping but these were just worn. Will have to get down there to see them if they haven't already chucked them. Thing is I know the pads at the very least needed replacing as the computer was telling me that. So really its just down to whether the disc needed replacing at £1k.
4941cc said:
The thick end of 600 horses and two tonnes add up to brakes being a pretty high wear an dtear item, especially if you use all the performance quite often, M5s of all generations can have quite significant variability in the rate at which they will get through brake components due to variations in driving styles.
With the advent of traction control systems now able to apply brakes individually and at different loads each corner to maintain stability as well as using the brakes to rein in excesses of power from leadfootedness (most modern performance cars, not M5s specifically), it's pretty easy to go through them quite quickly - and they've never been particularly inexpensive components, specific to the model as they tend to be, with attendant "M tax".
Less right foot and they'll last longer. But then why have an M5, some might wonder...
Thanks 4941ccWith the advent of traction control systems now able to apply brakes individually and at different loads each corner to maintain stability as well as using the brakes to rein in excesses of power from leadfootedness (most modern performance cars, not M5s specifically), it's pretty easy to go through them quite quickly - and they've never been particularly inexpensive components, specific to the model as they tend to be, with attendant "M tax".
Less right foot and they'll last longer. But then why have an M5, some might wonder...
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