Service plan value?

[Ken Figenus]

Have touched on this elsewhere but doesnt look like £399 for a 3yr/36,000 mile service plan for my incoming F11 535d makes any sense based on service intervals being about 18,000 miles and the bigger service being the even numbered ones? I might just scrape a second service out of them if I do at least 13k miles pa but if I don't I lose the second service and have paid over the odds for one basic oil service. Plus it was registered in Oct 2016 so have 'lost' about 3 months worth of mileage ( I assume plan will start from date of reg rather than date of purchase - would ask dealer but salesman is 'always with a customer' or only answers half of any emailed queries).

Are my man maths working?

[Ken Figenus]

Following up on this they have offered 5yrs/50,000 for £575. This pretty much guarantees small service and big service and vehicle check +brake fluid yr 3. Looks better than cost going direct to dealer but insisting you do the microfilters yourself (for £20/10mins cost rather than £180) !

[Ken Figenus]

Fox- said:

575?!

I was told the service pack pricing was fixed by BMW UK and it was 800 quid for a 5 Series older than 90 days but before first service.

They did state it was £800 after March so yes it does seem to be a 3 month offer. Worth taking I think but damn the cashflow hit!!! Shame teh dealer couldnt offer this as I could have planned the financing a bit better,

[Ken Figenus]

3d service will likely be at 54,000 won't it? How do you get condition based servicing down to 16500 miles each! E61 used to be about 17000 I think.

[Ken Figenus]

smashy said:

Guess you will get 2 serices in costing £200 each as you say marginal

Are you including the 'all important' microfilter here - they charge £180 for this comedy alone!

[Ken Figenus]

Think I'll get 2 services (aka 'engine oil change'...) at effectively £287.50 each and hopefully will include a brake fluid and 'inspection' too. If I play it mileage right! Have 2k on car now and looks like service interval is a computer say yes 18k...

>edit< this was a response to a post that seem to be gone now<

Edited by Ken Figenus on Saturday 25th March 11:44