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Originally Posted by puckybadger
Good independents are fine but with my $80K high tech F15 I like the real thing, BMW authorized service. The difference in labor rate here in Milwaukee is almost nil, so what are you saving.
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I am almost at 50k and debating this as well.
So far my maintenance has been 4 oil changes (plus some on my own) and one pair of wiper blades.
Brakes will likely last through 60k and cost around $1000 and an hour of my time. I am really struggling to see how you can break even on extended maintenance. 100k miles means 5 oil changes at $85 of oem parts. That's 850. Let's say they give you a LOT of wiper fluid, diesel additive etc. So round up to $1000. Plus a brake change. Bmw charges close to 2k. It costs under 1k in oem parts. So I'm at 2000 of maintenance.
What other costs come in to get you to break even here? I'm assuming extended maintenance is around 4K.
Thanks..