1 Year and 21k miles in an E92 M3.... Running Costs

MacRS4 · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:11

Thought you may be interested in 1 year's running costs in an M3, running relatively high mileage at 21k.

Anyways, you can see the figures here.

Not quite sure why I keep so much info on my phone, but there you go. Fuel I had to record as I used to get it paid for by my ex-client - who now, bizarrely, has gone bust :eek:

AndrewNR · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:42

So remove the warranty and your upgrades it isn't too bad.

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Why do BMW owners seem to be the only sort to get warranties?

Done 80k in my ep3 in 8 years and it has had one failure that a warranty might cover and it cost me £400 to fix. 8 years of warranty could have cost about 3k or so.
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Other than that, nice stats.

teenwolf · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:48

Lots of detail excellent write up.

So after all that are you getting a different car ?

Tute · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:48

Because the BMW warranty is a good 'un and worth having, especially on a car like an M3 that could throw some serious bills. Sure, you might not have any problems but it's all about the "peace of mind" factor.

Personally, i'd pay the £900 for it.

MacRS4 · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:50

bunnox said:
Lots of detail excellent write up.

So after all that are you getting a different car ?

Thanks, and yes I think I am. My mileage has dropped significantly in the last couple of months. No idea what though! Keep thinking 911 or a C63 AMG.

MacRS4 · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:50

Tute said:
Because the BMW warranty is a good 'un and worth having, especially on a car like an M3 that could throw some serious bills. Sure, you might not have any problems but it's all about the "peace of mind" factor.

Personally, i'd pay the £900 for it.

Yup, that was my thoughts too. If it the mileage were a lot less....? I'm not so sure.

panthro · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:53

Great write up thanks. Often considered doing similar mileage in another E92 M3 as I really miss it, but after seeing those figures I'm quite happy in my diesel civic.

[TW]Fox · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:55

AndrewNR said:
So remove the warranty and your upgrades it isn't too bad.

<trollmode>
Why do BMW owners seem to be the only sort to get warranties?

Premium cars are often too complicated for their own good therefore a warranty is very well advised. Trouble is the Mercedes warranty is approriximately 8 billion pounds a year and not many people on here tend to buy Jags etc. The BMW warranty is reasonable value, therefore it comes up a lot on this forum.

AndrewNR · 21 Feb 2013 at 22:58

Tute said:
Because the BMW warranty is a good 'un and worth having, especially on a car like an M3 that could throw some serious bills. Sure, you might not have any problems but it's all about the "peace of mind" factor.

Personally, i'd pay the £900 for it.

Aye, I agree with any proper 'm' car but people paying pretty high sums on 320d or 325i m sports?

I like the e92 m3, got a kyosho 1:18 model of one. Hopefully drive the real thing soon and a lancia delta integrale evo 2.

[TW]Fox · 21 Feb 2013 at 23:00

AndrewNR said:
Aye, I agree with any proper 'm' car but people paying pretty high sums on 320d or 325i m sports?

The full warranty package on a 320d or a 325i, assuming sub 60k miles, is not a high sum at all. Infact without the super-awesome breakdown recovery its under 500 quid a year. Even less if you add an excess.

Tute · 21 Feb 2013 at 23:01

AndrewNR said:
Aye, I agree with any proper 'm' car but people paying pretty high sums on 320d or 325i m sports?

I like the e92 m3, got a kyosho 1:18 model of one. Hopefully drive the real thing soon and a lancia delta integrale evo 2.

I *think* the BMW warranty is less on the non-M cars like the 320d/325i but i'm not 100% sure on that, you'd need to ask [BMWWiki]Fox.

[Edit] Beaten, battered, bruised, etc.

rG-tom · 21 Feb 2013 at 23:12

[TW]Fox;23809568 said:
The full warranty package on a 320d or a 325i, assuming sub 60k miles, is not a high sum at all. Infact without the super-awesome breakdown recovery its under 500 quid a year. Even less if you add an excess.

mine is only £50 a month including the uber amazing breakdown cover wouldve been about £490 annually but if you pay annually and you go over the mileage break points (60k/100k) your warranty goes up to the next tier, where as monthly it stays the same forevermore

(i know you know this already, just letting other people know

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But it does appear to have gone up recently