Sorry lads i dont quite get it,Peter has a yearly service on a new plus 8 for just over 400 quid my mate takes his roadster with 4k on the clock to the same dealer and is charged nearly 500.To cap it all they then say it costs from 2 to 2.5 k to run an Aero,somebody has got their sums wrong or giveing the customer and potential new owner miss information.I stuck a new set of front pads on the car around feb time and they were around sixty quid.Lets not put people off buying a mog.
Em
Williams Invoice S169412 if anyone wants a copy...
BMW Oil Filter: £12.80
Shell Helix Ultra 6.8L: £67.66
Sundries: £10.00
Sump plug washer: £1.95
Total Bits: £92.41Labour: £252.00
VAT: £68.88
Total: £413.29Why cheaper than the last Roadster service I had?
No time spent on the front suspension.....
No time spent checking and greasing splines...
This is a basic service and no other work done. Future services will be rather more, when brake fluid and engine coolant need changing.
The air filter no longer needs the wing removed, it is accessed from a panel under the car. On earlier cars it is wing off every 10,000 miles. This adds to the cost very significantly.
The big one for me will be when the plugs need changing, that is wings off, at 60,000 miles.
It seems that a new Aero based car is cheaper to run than an older S1, S2 or S3 because MMC has improved access to certain service items with the arrival of the S4 and 4.8L engine.
