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Check their labour rate but a service like that on the e39 (without the brake hardware but with a new battery) + spark plugs at a bmw specialist cost me £1600. The gearbox oil filter was an expensive part, £150 or so.
Edit: Here it is. There’s 2.5hrs fixing an oil leak on there which hopefully wouldn’t apply but it’s a dear old do. Really wish I had a drive.
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Bit of a nightmare getting an MOT booked. Be aware that because of the MOT holiday (or at least I assume that’s the cause), the garages seem to be a lot busier than normal. 10 days was the soonest I could get the e46 done at an Indy. Fortunately I managed to get it booked in for today (the actual date the MOT ran out), dropped it off before work at 6am and posted the keys, and then they even dropped it back round to my place this afternoon as I’m back from work after they shut. And to top it all off it only needed a rear coil spring.
Because they were so good, and now I’m very busy with work I’m tempted to use it as an excuse to pay them to do all the boring service items I can’t really be fucked doing.
Current list would be:
Oil and oil filter change.
Air and cabin filter.
Fuel filter.
Gearbox oil.
Diff oil.
Full coolant flush.
Full brake service - new pads and rotors, replace brake fluid, will probably need new shoes on the rear too.
Anything else come to mind? Calling the oracle of all thing BMW @Fixedwheelnut
And an inspection to see if anything else will need looking at. But I imagine that lot will cost enough of a chunk to dissuade me from getting to trigger happy with maintenance on a £2500 car.