Is this service plan worth it?

[Ken Figenus]

Now been offered a 5 yr one for £575. Its HIGHLY unlikely anyone will make the 3d service though due to a typical 17,000 mile service interval (as per previous E61 535d experience) or the 5 year limit - its calculated so that you have just broken the mileage limit as you are due the third service as i see it: Also a service without the £25 microfilters is £180 cheaper - seriously So good guys or shifty Arfur Daley type crooks:

Routine servicing lasts for 5 years from date of registration or 50,000 miles (whichever occurs first).

Approximate servicing costs for the items covered if you pay for them individually are as follows:-

Oil & Micro-filter service £383.00 *** due at approx 12-18,000 miles.** or when car is 2 years old
Brake Fluid service £99.09 ***due at 3 years old
Vehicle Check service £112.54 *** due at 3 years or approx 35,000 miles
Oil & Micro-filter service, Air Filter & Fuel Filter service £568.53 *** due at approx 24-36,000 miles.** or when car is 4 years old
Oil & Micro-filter service £383.00 *** Dependent on mileage. Would normally be 12/18,000 miles after previous Oil Service.
Free Engine oil top ups

Pricing includes VAT

• Mileage is approximate and is dependent on personal driving style, the vehicle’s on board computer will accurately display service requirements and countdowns.
• *Prices are to be confirmed with a key read.

[VerySideways]

Ken Figenus said:

Oil & Micro-filter service £383.00 *** due at approx 12-18,000 miles.** or when car is 2 years old
Brake Fluid service £99.09 ***due at 3 years old
Vehicle Check service £112.54 *** due at 3 years or approx 35,000 miles
Oil & Micro-filter service, Air Filter & Fuel Filter service £568.53 *** due at approx 24-36,000 miles.** or when car is 4 years old

That lot adds up to more than £575, so if you're keeping the car for just over 3 years you'll be about even and if you keep the car for more than 4 years you're quids in as that 4 year service (24k-36k miles) is effectively free.
Unless you're doing lots more miles, in which case the break even point is actually sooner.

Or am i missing something?

[aeropilot]

Ken Figenus said:

Now been offered a 5 yr one for £575.

Take it!

[Sheepshanks]

Ken Figenus said:

Also a service without the £25 microfilters is £180 cheaper - seriously

I guess that's why they're "all important".

Am I missing something though? Even if you can chop bits out of it, the services you've listed come to way more than £575. Of course what BMW want it to get you regularly into the dealership so they can sell you other stuff, especially pads and discs.

Edited by Sheepshanks on Tuesday 14th February 17:11

[aeropilot]

Given that officially unless its on your order form dated before 31st Dec, dealers shouldn't be offering the old 5 yr service pack, only the pointless new 3 yr one, I'd be biting their chuffin hand off and not even asking the question!!!

[Ken Figenus]

OK guys - cheers! This one was offered direct and I look forward to breathing so much easier with my 'all important' regular fresh microfilters and a trying to cram in the third service by any means possible. How do you get the car to ask for that 3d oil service before 17,000 miles passes after service 2? Hammer it when cold and over-rev it a lot LOL

[Actually this one has an oil temp gauge whereas the E61 had nothing - it makes me disproportionately happy to have this 'you can release the beans now' gauge]

[Ken Figenus]

VerySideways said:

That lot adds up to more than £575, so if you're keeping the car for just over 3 years you'll be about even and if you keep the car for more than 4 years you're quids in as that 4 year service (24k-36k miles) is effectively free.
Unless you're doing lots more miles, in which case the break even point is actually sooner.

Or am i missing something?

I cant see one getting to the third service mate - its all designed against that and the car probably is software designed to avoid it! The car is 'connected' and the servicing is stored in the car. Big Brother

To bust the 50,000 mile limit you need to do 10,001 miles pa over 5yrs

If the servicing is actually every 17,000 miles at 9999 miles pa you wont ever get to the point of needing a 3d service.

Catch 22! Short and curlies. Its an OK-ish deal but their trump card are the £180 microfilters...

• My knowledge gap is how the condition based servicing thinks...

[VerySideways]

Ken Figenus said:

VerySideways said:

That lot adds up to more than £575, so if you're keeping the car for just over 3 years you'll be about even and if you keep the car for more than 4 years you're quids in as that 4 year service (24k-36k miles) is effectively free.
Unless you're doing lots more miles, in which case the break even point is actually sooner.

Or am i missing something?

I cant see one getting to the third service mate - its all designed against that and the car probably is software designed to avoid it! The car is 'connected' and the servicing is stored in the car. Big Brother

To bust the 50,000 mile limit you need to do 10,001 miles pa over 5yrs

If the servicing is actually every 17,000 miles at 9999 miles pa you wont ever get to the point of needing a 3d service.

Catch 22! Short and curlies. Its an OK-ish deal but their trump card are the £180 microfilters...

• My knowledge gap is how the condition based servicing thinks...

Isn't it mileage OR time though?
So xxx miles or 2 years.
Xxxx or 3 years.
So wouldn't that service be due based on time, wether you've done the mileage or not?

[Ken Figenus]

Routine servicing lasts for 5 years from date of registration or 50,000 miles (whichever occurs first).

[aeropilot]

VerySideways said:

Isn't it mileage OR time though?
So xxx miles or 2 years.
Xxxx or 3 years.
So wouldn't that service be due based on time, wether you've done the mileage or not?