BMW Z4 servicing - Fox maybe?

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Hi all,

A colleague at work has a bog standard 2.0 or 2.2 Z4 on an 05 plate which is coming up for an inspection 1 service, and the local BMW garage (Sytner in Solihull) has quoted £285 for an inspection 1 service :eek:. That seems to be taking the michael a bit as she questioned and it seems for nearly £300 all they do is a normal oil/filters type service.

Is there any type of offer that BMW have on (sure I read something about 4 plus, or was that 6 plus?!) or will they price match an indy/let you take your own oil?

The car is on some type of HP/personal contract agreement and she will check if it has to be done at BMW, it just seems massively expensive for they type of service an indy will charge about £120 for.

Any suggestions?

Ta. :cool:
 
Haggle with them, I got Sytner Solihull to knock off over £300 their initial quote when I had my inspection one done.
 
[TW]Fox;15767067 said:
That service is £217 under BMW Value Service which IIRC all main dealer should now offer as its a BMW UK offer.
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Sytner Group certainly offer this. I've spoken to our local dealer about it and they said it's a group wide thing at least.

EDIT- This page leads you to believe that it's only for the 3 and the 5 though...
http://www.sytnersolihullbmw.co.uk/service/value_service/
 
I'd also suggesting buying your own oil. It saved me £50 +VAT on my last service.

As for dealer prices they do seem to vary. I had my Inspection II done in November and prices started from £220 (+Oil) at Sytner Nottingam all the way to almost £400 at Knights in Stoke.
 
A pretty E46 :p

I've got an Inspection II coming up soon (1,500 miles - which at my rate of late will barely be a month!). Will let people know how I get on with that one!
 
Quite, a service pack for an inspection 2 is about 90 quid at the lowest price and the oil about 70 and it books at what 3 hours work so your indy is like 15 to 20 quid an hour or not using genuine parts?
 
[TW]Fox;15770381 said:
Quite, a service pack for an inspection 2 is about 90 quid at the lowest price and the oil about 70 and it books at what 3 hours work so your indy is like 15 to 20 quid an hour or not using genuine parts?
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Maybe he provided his own oil? Would seem more realistic?
 
If it's oil/filters, do it for her? Honda took the pee with the quote for my last service which was an oil/filter change and what amounted to a visual inspection, did it myself and saved about £100 quid.
 
PiKe said:
If it's oil/filters, do it for her? Honda took the pee with the quote for my last service which was an oil/filter change and what amounted to a visual inspection, did it myself and saved about £100 quid.
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Honda have always taken the Michael as far as servicing quotes are concerned, I get the impression that their mechanics must use gold plated latex gloves.
 
PiKe said:
If it's oil/filters, do it for her? Honda took the pee with the quote for my last service which was an oil/filter change and what amounted to a visual inspection, did it myself and saved about £100 quid.
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if its under a HP / lease they may stipulate it has to be done at a VAT registered garage.
 
[FONT=&quot]Just for peoples information, i've got a quote from my local BMW Specialist and he wanted the following:[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Inspection II £211 inc VAT (inc Air filter, oil, oil filter, microfilters + spark plugs).[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Brake Fluid change £30.31 inc[/FONT]


Cooper BMW Colchester are currently seeing if they can match it so i'll post back when they get back to me!
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