Inspection II service for E46

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:52

Hi BMW gurus,

My E46 compact is due its inspection II at 56k in the next couple of thousand miles.

The local dealer will do this for £319 which is not too bad, however a local specialist will most likely do it for cheaper.

The car has full BMW history from new, is it worth keeping this up or should I just go to the specialist considering its 9 years old now?

Joe T · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:54

Specialist (assuming you know them and they are any good).

[TW]Fox · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:59

It's not worth messing about at that money, its good value.

It probably won't have a huge effect on its value but in a world of cheap BMWs run on a shoestring a full BMW history example stands out.

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:00

Fair point.

I might have thought differently if it had higher mileage, buts it's still relatively low for the age.

PMKeates · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:02

I wouldn't bother switching to a specialist as it probably won't get much cheaper. Supply your own oil to BMW and you'll save £30 or so on that.

[TW]Fox · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:04

ryanpetit said:
Fair point.

I might have thought differently if it had higher mileage, buts it's still relatively low for the age.

Just had my super low miler serviced by BMW last night

PMKeates · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:06

[TW]Fox;20422723 said:
Just had my super low miler serviced by BMW last night

You've probably overtaken the Olly5 since Senegal took it on. He's done about 1k in 6 months!

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:33

PMKeates said:
I wouldn't bother switching to a specialist as it probably won't get much cheaper. Supply your own oil to BMW and you'll save £30 or so on that.

Didn't know you could do that, thanks for the heads-up.

Is their recommended oil still the mobile 1 stuff?

PMKeates · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:35

ryanpetit said:
Didn't know you could do that, thanks for the heads-up.

Is their recommended oil still the mobile 1 stuff?

It varies depending on dealer. IME typically Shell Helix or Castrol Edge.

[TW]Fox · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:35

Supplying your own oil isn't a huge saving under value service as its discounted anyway.

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:41

Ok, won't bother in that case.

Ta

Will Gill · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:42

living where you do I would get your car serviced by munich legends, considered easily equal to a stealer stamp if not better

Gaygle · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:48

Will Gill said:
considered easily equal to a stealer stamp if not better

...to people that know who Munich Legends are.

Will Gill · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:52

Gaygle said:
...to people that know who Munich Legends are.

I wouldn't sell my car to anyone who objected to their service stamp, biggots

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:23

Will Gill said:
living where you do I would get your car serviced by munich legends, considered easily equal to a stealer stamp if not better

I pass them on the way to work and never even realized....DOH!

I'll check them out, cheers.

[TW]Fox · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:24

I'd object. Dont like the way all the signs on the building are as close to BMW ones as they can get... you can easily think its a franchised dealer :eek:

NVP · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:41

Definitely agree with keeping it at BMW, the Value servicing they provide for cars of the E46 era is pretty close to the cost of a decent specialist so it makes sense keeping the history and you get piece of mind.

Good idea that BMW had with value servicing, must have made them a pretty packet seeing as they end up keeping good customers with them for a lot longer. Do any other brands offer this type of deal for their older cars?

ryanpetit · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:46

Just requested a quote from Munich Legends, I like the sound of them picking the car up and dropping of a loaner.

Took a look at their stock list out of interest... :O http://www.munichlegends.co.uk/independent-bmw-dealer ....dribble

Probably the reason why I never noticed them if they look the same as a normal dealer!

[TW]Fox · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:47

Be interesting to see what they quote.

NVP · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:50

ryanpetit said:
Took a look at their stock list out of interest... :O http://www.munichlegends.co.uk/independent-bmw-dealer ....dribble

£33k for an '03 E46 M3 CSL... sold! Blimey, didn't realise they still demanded such a high price.