2nd Service Cost

[iamjim]

Mine was done on 1201. Not a mile more. I would be cautious over high RIS services.

[DazC]

Originally Posted by ajfoggy

I was told past 1700 voids warranty.

I was also told you had 500 miles grace (1700 miles max) for the RIS.

[SO17]

Originally Posted by DazC

I was also told you had 500 miles grace (1700 miles max) for the RIS.

I was told 1200 + or - 100 miles. I swear they make it up as they go along. Has anyone got anything definitive on this ???

[Wills2]

Originally Posted by SO17

I was told 1200 + or - 100 miles. I swear they make it up as they go along. Has anyone got anything definitive on this ???

It's been a point of conjecture for years for all the M cars, many people especially as the cars get older and enter the "enthusiast" market won't touch an M car unless it's within 100-200 miles or so of the 1200.

But who knows, I guess you're better off with one that has been serviced on the button than not.

[Doso]

Here's the scanned copies of the invoice

Looks like I got absolutely smashed on the spark plug change! don't know why it is coming up with F10 M5 for the air filters & spark plugs

[Doso]

Originally Posted by RWDpetrol

Hang on! You bought the car with 14k miles and just had 18k miles service? I swear BMW say they only sell AUC cars that don't require any work for another 8k miles. That's how it was when I bought my used M5. I would double check this.

I'm guessing the £1200 service is because of additional work needed, and if so, I would go back and say unacceptable on an AUC.

Kinda, I bought the car back in June and the car was saying it needed servicing in 6 months (December) or 7000 miles. I'm the kind of person who doesn't believe in 20,000 miles engine oil life so I bought it in early

[Ashway]

Originally Posted by Doso

Here's the scanned copies of the invoice

Looks like I got absolutely smashed on the spark plug change! don't know why it is coming up with F10 M5 for the air filters & spark plugs

They've seen you coming bud, no way I'd be paying that for a service only 4 months and a 2200 miles after I'd bought it. I'd also check out the RIS bet its not even been checked before being sold as UAC.

Are the air filters and plugs for the F8X the same part no as the F10?

[derekh929]

The micro filter on the f30 is £20 and the same in the F8X so another rip off , £500 plus vat for plugs I'm shocked Pagani Money

[Wills2]

I had a look on the main forum regarding this it appears that the spark plugs get changed every 3rd oil service regardless of mileage.

Quite a lot has to be taken off the engine to get to them so labour will be the defining factor in the charge.

I'll getting a new car if they try and charge me £1200 when it needs servicing, great excuse!

[dopper99]

I wonder what the first item is: "Service - standard scope" at £26?
Why is there two air filters?
As said, plugs seem a rip off.

Out of interest, the column "AW" looks like the labour charge, so 2.00 is £26 (or 1.00 is £13). But what does the 1.00 or 2.00 represent in terms of a unit of time? 5 minutes? 10 minutes?
I assume its 5 minutes then that would make the hourly rate £156


If my assumptions are correct, they have charged 2 and a half hours to change the plugs.

[notused]

Originally Posted by Ashway

They've seen you coming bud, no way I'd be paying that for a service only 4 months and a 2200 miles after I'd bought it.

This is the key thing, cost is whatever it is, but you shouldn't be forking out so soon after buying. Did you buy and service from the same place? If so, I would want a full refund on the service, no buts.

[Ashway]

Originally Posted by dopper99

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Why is there two air filters?
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because there are two, one on each side of the engine bay, I changed mine myself for K&N items was a bit fiddly with the carbon strut brace but slackened it off and definitely a diy job

[Johnraiders]

Hi

So in theory.....if you bought a pre reg with 11 mile street on the clock, it's officially used, so would you get the RIS when due for free, based on the BMW logic of you won't need to service it for 6 months, I'm guessing not......can't see anything now on BMW site about buying used and servicing will have been carried out.

Thanks

John

[SteveC]

My previous M5 had a Service Pack so the more it got serviced, the better value I got. I bought the car new and unregistered in December from dealer stock, drove it the requisite 1200 miles and had the RIS done in March.

Car came back showing something like 16,000 miles to next service. Over about 14 months I drove roughly 10,000miles, the service indicator showing a consistent 6,000 miles to next service. Suddenly in June, the car showed <Next Service Due>, so I booked it in.

I asked my SA why the car's service indicator suddenly skipped 6,000 miles and he told me that the 2nd service was scheduled based on the car's production date, which was June.

This is obviously illogical, because the 2nd service should depend on either mileage or the date of the first service. However, if this is indeed the logic used, it is possible that a car with lowish mileage whose service schedule is based on production date could schedule the wrong service.