F10 535d servicing quote

[Welshbeef]

Hi

After some advice - my car is due a service in a thousand miles so I went to BMW to see what it needed and a quote for the work.

Oil change
Vehicle check
Fuel filter
Oil filter
Air filter
Pollen filter

And it was apparently a special offer price £532 inc vat and a wash.


Does that sound right price wise ?

Also on the idrive it only shows oil and vehicle check not the other bits - though I'd assume that the oil filter and air filter would be changed at every oil service.

Seems pricy to me especially as the Vehicle check could find other stuff.

[Welshbeef]

It's 72k now.

Oil change is normally £160-180 depending that's due to the quantity of the oil and the super long life oil used.


I'd be interested to know how to do the pollen filters and air filter. Basically they read it from the key so unless you can tell the car it's done then it assumes service not carried out

[Welshbeef]

I've no issue at all with getting it done is was more is the price ball park right + why don't they change the oil filter and air filter at every service ?



Previously I've priced the independent and there was £15 in it so given it would be FBMWSH v Indy it simply didn't make sense.


Given the next car is going to be an interesting petrol maybe F10 M5 or its competitors I wonder if a chat with one of the salesmen would lead to getting such a car for the day when it's in and that may result in a future purchase? Possibly as I've bought from there before speak with the actual salesman I dealt with to see if strings could be pulled

[Welshbeef]

Monty Python said:

I know it's crazy - £99 just for the coding.

http://www.bimmerscan.com/bmw-battery-registration...

To think a few months ago I was going to take my battery out to help a neighbour kick start his .... Would have been a nasty hit £

[Welshbeef]

Mr_Yogi said:

Have you tried the BMW website, should give you a standard price for servicing, just enter your reg. Shows the prices for all service items. It sometimes looks ok until you add it all up

https://www.bmw-service.co.uk/

Yes that's £30 more than the price I was quoted.

Thing is apart from them reading my key fob the I drive says oil change and vehicle check which according to that link would only be £240 not the £530 odd I've been quoted.

I wonder how many people strictly go via the idrive servicing so it's oil change only but then no one would ever change the fuel filter or air filter.

[Welshbeef]

Mr_Yogi said:

I guess it depends on your warranty status and whether you take it to a indy or not. I'm not even sure how many Indy's can read or update the keys? I had the nasty shock last year, when I was expecting just an oil service from the indo in the idrive, but then got told I needed some filters changed too. I need rear pads (and I bet discs too) soon but I'll be getting a few quites first.

But what is the frequency of
Fuel filter
Pollen filter
Air filter

It certainly doesn't appear to be with every oil change - and given oil changes are every 25k ish miles that's at least 50k on the same filters! Surely that cannot be right?


When I had my fiat Coupe 20V Turbo every 12 months I'd replace
Oil
Oil filter
Pollen filter
Air filter
Fuel filter

With additional items every other year
Brake fluid
Coolant flush
Spark plugs
Air con regas

Seems modern cars get drastically less things changed in services/maybe tolerances are much better now and as such don't wear out as quickly?

[Welshbeef]

butch_ said:

Welshbeef said:

It certainly doesn't appear to be with every oil change - and given oil changes are every 25k ish miles that's at least 50k on the same filters! Surely that cannot be right?

Is that an exaggeration or has it really taken 25k miles for the condition based service computer thing to ask for the oil to be changed?

Sorry for not answering any of your questions, but I'm considering a 535i or d and there's confusing information on the interweb on the oil change intervals.

Nope.

It is condition based servicing so if you drive it like a racing car maybe you'll need to change in 5k miles whereas if your sat on the m way 8 th gear smooth driving etc then it could be higher.

My previous E90 330d pre LCI servicing for oil changes flagged up between 18-24k miles (it changed due to my job changing).


Basically the idrive tells you when it's due and always tells you how long is left / based on the driving it has had to date.