M5 warranty cost?

[mrobbie]

Anyone got any pointers for a warranty on an F10 M5? Can see it is around £1700 for BMW warranty. Any other recommendations?

M

[VeeTenM]

I would just stick to BMW one

[mmm-five]

VeeTenM said:

I would just stick to BMW one

Ditto.

Anything else is just false economy...but make sure you follow the warranty terms to the letter, as even the newer provider of the BMW one has been known to argue the toss more than the previous providers.

[MDifficult]

VeeTenM said:

I would just stick to BMW one

Yup, I would agree

That said, depending on value, mileage, provenance, risk appetite etc, seriously consider running without one and putting the money in the bank instead. At £1,700 a year, after three years you've got a big enough chunk in the bank to manage everything bar a total blow up or gearbox explosion.

Appreciate that it doesn't give you the same 'worry free motoring' feeling but it's what I do on my M5 and although there's been some tasty bills, so far I'm well up.

Touch wood

[Sp00ks]

Just got rid of my F10 M5 as I needed a 7 seater, embarrassingly I spent more on the BMW warranty and road tax than I did on fuel. I only got it last May, did a 2000 mile road trip around the highlands and another 2000 miles on a few long trips to Wales etc but other than that the car pretty much sat on my drive untouched. My warranty cost £119 a month for named component, with £250 excess and no recovery. Of course my car had zero faults, only a warning saying the battery was getting low after sitting untouched for 3 months, it fired straight up though and was golden.

My car was a 2015 with 42000 miles and FBMWSH when I took out the warranty.