Service Light Intervals - How many miles do you get?

[JJM]

I noticed today that the service lights in my E39 528 SE dropped down from 5 to 4 green bars, this covers about 3 months since the last service and just under 1,700 miles.

I know the intervals are based on time, distance and how hard the car is driven, but how does this distance compare to other E39's and other BMW's?

Cheers,

Jonathan

Edited by JJM on Sunday 27th November 20:59

[FrankNBeans]

Well, 500 miles in and I'm still sitting on 3 green bars... (528 sport).

[dcb]

JJM said:

I noticed today that the service lights in my E39 528 SE dropped down from 5 to 4 green bars, this covers about 3 months since the last service and just under 1,700 miles.

I know the intervals are based on time, distance and how hard the car is driven, but how does this distance compare to other E39's and other BMW's?

I usually get about 3K to 3.5K miles per bar, so about 16K to 18K
between services.

1700 miles in three months implies you aren't using the car much.

[JJM]

dcb said:

I usually get about 3K to 3.5K miles per bar, so about 16K to 18K
between services.

1700 miles in three months implies you aren't using the car much.

That's pretty good mileage, you're right I only use the car at weekends and only do about 5k per year.

@ Frank - is that over a long period of time?