Maintenance plan on a leased 1 series

[Jono L]

Hi all,

Hope you don't mind me asking - I did try to have a look through the forum but couldn't find anything.

I'm probably insulting most of you by saying I'm going to get one of the new FWD 1 series on lease. The quote for maintenance works out at £900 over the 3 years.

Would anybody recommend the plan or am I best to avoid? I've heard BMW garages are expensive but how much servicing can a brand new BMW that will do 10k a year at max need?

Thanks in advance.

Jono

[E-bmw]

Not sure if you can take them out on a leased car, I thought they were just for "bought" cars.

Are you leasing direct from BMW or a third party?

[Jono L]

Through a third party, but i had assumed it would be BMW

[edthefed]

£900 over 3 years on a 1 series ...they are pulling your pants down !

Service is every 2 years or as dictated by the car..generally every 17-21,000 miles.which comes first

Brake fluid change after 3 years.

Thats all you will get for your £900 !

[Jono L]

edthefed said:

£900 over 3 years on a 1 series ...they are pulling your pants down !

Service is every 2 years or as dictated by the car..generally every 17-21,000 miles.which comes first

Brake fluid change after 3 years.

Thats all you will get for your £900 !

I suspected that might have been the case, very much appreciate the response!

[edthefed]

BMW were doing 3 yrs/ 36000 mile service packs for £399 on the 1 series until recently until people realised it was cheaper just to pay

[SteBrown91]

Normally on leases the maintenance package includes tyres aswell. Unless you are doing very low mileage you will probably need a set of fronts which will be around 180-250 each as they will need to be runflats and BMW star rated.

So 900 over 3 years you are basically covering your costs on a monthly if it does include tyres.

[Powershift]

SteBrown91 said:

Normally on leases the maintenance package includes tyres aswell. Unless you are doing very low mileage you will probably need a set of fronts which will be around 180-250 each as they will need to be runflats and BMW star rated.

So 900 over 3 years you are basically covering your costs on a monthly if it does include tyres.

Not for this bmw model. F40 1 series don't come with run flats.