Service History

dangermouse425 · 6 Apr 2012 at 09:56

So my car has beeped at me telling me its due a distance-based service, and its booked in with BMW on Tuesday. However, I want to use it this weekend.

This is probably a REALLY nooby question, but how many miles can I get away with? Does it matter if I don't get it serviced right away and do 200 miles this weekend?

EDIT: It's a sub 60k Z4 and it's an Inspection 2. I'm just wondering if it'd ruin my "FSH" if I was 200 miles overdue a service.

[TW]Fox · 6 Apr 2012 at 10:07

As far as the service book goes its on variable servicing so you can't tell it was 200 over, only the dealer will know.

dangermouse425 · 6 Apr 2012 at 10:17

Cheers, Fox, appreciate the quick response.

Didn't think it'd be an issue, but thought I'd best check.

OllyM · 6 Apr 2012 at 10:45

BMW policy is that they don't mind as long as you don't go more than 1000 miles over.

dangermouse425 · 6 Apr 2012 at 15:16

Cheers for the confirmation, OllyM. It's only going to be a couple of hundred, so I'll be alright. Happy days.

Django x2 · 7 Apr 2012 at 22:16

They don't even really mind if it's over 1k miles either

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2012 at 23:16

Lucero said:
They don't even really mind if it's over 1k miles either

The dealer themselves won't care if its 100k miles over, they will happily perform whatever service you ask for and stamp accordingly. the problems come later in the event of a warranty claim. It isn't the dealer which authorises such things.