E61 M5 - yes another service question

[ant123456]

I have owned my E61 for a year now and it had a majour service when I picked it up.

I have only covered 7k in 12 months and I drive is telling me that the oil is not due for 8k.

I always service my cars yearly regardless. what is the schedule for these cars?, wait for I drive to throw a service?

Car is under mondial warranty so important it's done as per schedule.

[AW10]

That all sounds correct. But no harm in changing the oil and filter halfway through the factory recommended interval.

[ant123456]

So the factory interval is when the I drive tells you?

[AW10]

Yes, it's condition based servicing. Factors in use profile, number of cold starts, your star sign, phase of the moon, etc. It's not a fixed time or distance. I would guess that if you used the car 100 miles on one day every month you could go years without an oil change.

[TheAngryDog]

Personally I would always service an M5 yearly, if not twice yearly depending on mileage (I service every 6,000 miles) as potential M5 owners could be a bit funny about a service being carried out every two years.

[ant123456]

It will be serviced every year, just wanted to make sure I understood how the schedule worked.

[cosworth330]

Every 3rd oil service you change diff oil,SMG oil and engine oil. If you read the service book it will explain this bit this will not come up on the I drive, it will just say 'oil service due'

Not sure where you are in the country but I took mine to Stephen James BMW dealer Ruxley Bromley Kent for its service and then got invited to a free trackday at Brands Hatch which was fantastic. They had Tom Chilton doing free passenger rides in a F80 M3 also plus open pit all day for me. They said they are planning to hold one of these events every year for their M power customers, whether they will hold another one I don't know but it was a nice surprise when I got the invite in the post. Might be worth using them if you are in the South East.

Simon.