[Melita]

Hey does anyone know how they break down the final price for oil change and filter on this car? Every place I call can’t give me a final price. I want to understand why ~ please help

[Tenac]

My dealer says 229$ for the oil change. That includes inspection and top up of any fluids. Not sure why that would be hard for your dealers to give you a price. lol

[Melita]

Thank you, the reasons I get are “it’s complicated” “special oil” lol

[Tenac]

Originally Posted by Melita

Thank you, the reasons I get are “it’s complicated” “special oil” lol

No No No its the same they use on all the other models as well. It might take a few more quarts but that's about it.

[Melita]

Wow ~ thank you!

[__AD__]

Ask for the value service pricing and see if they bite. ~139USD

[Tenac]

Originally Posted by __AD__

Ask for the value service pricing and see if they bite. ~139USD

yeah good call out, my dealer offers that twice a year for a couple weeks.

[F92]

Originally Posted by Melita

Hey does anyone know how they break down the final price for oil change and filter on this car? Every place I call can’t give me a final price. I want to understand why ~ please help

Nearest Mobil, buy the oil for around $90 on FCP Euro, pay for the filter and labor there for $50-60. All in all, $140-150 every 5k miles. Not bad.

[mikerx5]

Originally Posted by F92

Nearest Mobil, buy the oil for around $90 on FCP Euro, pay for the filter and labor there for $50-60. All in all, $140-150 every 5k miles. Not bad.

Are you changing the oil every 5k on an m850? It feels like 10k is too long

[coupeforjoe]

Originally Posted by mikerx5

Are you changing the oil every 5k on an m850? It feels like 10k is too long

After mine oil change the dealer set the next service for 9K or one (1) year which ever comes first for the M850.

[snowbimmer]

Originally Posted by coupeforjoe

After mine oil change the dealer set the next service for 9K or one (1) year which ever comes first for the M850.

Wow. My dealer doesn’t want me anywhere near the place until 10,000 more on the clock. (The one year year thing never seems to come up.)

[F92]

Originally Posted by mikerx5

Are you changing the oil every 5k on an m850? It feels like 10k is too long

Yeah. I drove about 50k miles on my M850i from 2019-2023 & I changed the Oil at a shop about every 5k miles.

BMW “recommends” every 10,000 miles just so they don’t have to do it every 5k miles lol.

So, they’re basically only obbligated to give you a free oil change less than 3 times on your brand new car.

I just think it’s better to do it every 5-7k miles.

[F92]

Originally Posted by snowbimmer

Wow. My dealer doesn’t want me anywhere near the place until 10,000 more on the clock. (The one year year thing never seems to come up.)

Lol I feel like they say every 10k miles because the service is free and they don’t want you coming in a lot.

For me, $150 every 5-7,000 miles wasn’t an issue.

I don’t think these cars or really any performance car should wait 10,000 miles every oil change. Even if it’s stock.

[mikerx5]

All of this make sense. It feels uncomfortable waiting until 10k. I was doing the M6 every 2500 miles - thanks all

[Hornethandler]

I'm in the 5K camp as well.

What is everyone’s opinion on changing the oil every 5K, but only doing the filter every 10k?

The reason I’m asking is because I have the 3 year free service, but plan on changing the oil—I vacuum the oil from the dipstick tube—myself every 5K.

So, is it ok to do the filter every 10K?

Edit: Sorry, I just realized I hijacked this thread; I'll start a new one.

[AmooManiak]

Watch out for their "specials." BMW in Chicago area offered me a $129 special only to charge an additional $100 for a mandatory scope to reset the light.

Would have been happy to pay $229 up front, but this bait and switch tactic will definitely make me not want to use this dealership again.

If they do this for something as simple as an oil change, imagine what they do for the more complicated things where the customer is not aware.

[F92]

Originally Posted by AmooManiak

Watch out for their "specials." BMW in Chicago area offered me a $129 special only to charge an additional $100 for a mandatory scope to reset the light.

Would have been happy to pay $229 up front, but this bait and switch tactic will definitely make me not want to use this dealership again.

If they do this for something as simple as an oil change, imagine what they do for the more complicated things where the customer is not aware.

My Sisters X6M had an issue with the rear air bags leaking, so her car would sit very low in the back and it got to the point where it was near impossible to drive because it would bounce so bad….

I went to BMW (knowing it was the air bags) and they showed me a $5,000+ invoice with so many different things that didn’t need to be fixed. Like the actual suspension & what not.

Thankfully for this forum, I knew it was the air bags because it was a common issue with these cars.

Ordered them for $400 on FCP Euro & got them replaced for $300 labor at a nearby shop I know.

Car had a chassis warning the first week after changing them and if it sat for long, the car would continue to drop again, but I think it was just adjusting (?) to the new parts. Car sits normal now, doesn’t give that message on the iDrive screen and I “saved” $4,500 (LOL).

BMW is an absolute scam and sham.

[Tenac]

Originally Posted by F92

BMW is an absolute scam and sham.

No arguing your point here I agree they are above and beyond. Just remember dealers have to follow OEM recommendations and they replace what they are told too. It is always good idea to have a independent shop you trust. However once with my old F150 the cam phasers known to go bad started to fail. Ford quoted a high number as well just like your situation because they replaced more than just the phasers. This not being TSB covered or recall I took to independent shop they did the job well and did exactly what I asked of them. Truck ran great for awhile than had a catastrophic failure, that same shop then said yeah we should have replaced basically everything on the list that Ford gave me. LOL you win some you loose some.

[F92]

Originally Posted by Tenac

No arguing your point here I agree they are above and beyond. Just remember dealers have to follow OEM recommendations and they replace what they are told too. It is always good idea to have a independent shop you trust. However once with my old F150 the cam phasers known to go bad started to fail. Ford quoted a high number as well just like your situation because they replaced more than just the phasers. This not being TSB covered or recall I took to independent shop they did the job well and did exactly what I asked of them. Truck ran great for awhile than had a catastrophic failure, that same shop then said yeah we should have replaced basically everything on the list that Ford gave me. LOL you win some you loose some.

Don’t you worry me now! 😂

[Tenac]

Originally Posted by F92

Don’t you worry me now! 😂

Don't worry something like that only happened once too me and cost me 16k then sold truck for a loss. lol

[F92]

Originally Posted by Tenac

Don't worry something like that only happened once too me and cost me 16k then sold truck for a loss. lol

Damn man, sorry to hear that.

I don’t have experience with Ford’s but outside of that catastrophe, I heard they were very reliable.

I guess all cars have a batch where something could go wrong.

[eldyf93]

Originally Posted by AmooManiak

Watch out for their "specials." BMW in Chicago area offered me a $129 special only to charge an additional $100 for a mandatory scope to reset the light.

Would have been happy to pay $229 up front, but this bait and switch tactic will definitely make me not want to use this dealership again.

If they do this for something as simple as an oil change, imagine what they do for the more complicated things where the customer is not aware.

Next time let them do the oil change and then look for instructions to reset the light yourself. It's easy with the control stalk.