How Can the BMW Dealer Get Away with This??? video

Machinebuilder · 10-13-2022, 08:21 AM

This video just popped up by Sam. He has alot of interesting rebuilds he works on.

Thought it might be of interest to people. Basic maintenance stuff.

ezaircon4jc · 10-13-2022, 01:41 PM

I saw that. Looks to me like he just used "regular" synthetic oil and not the required European spec oil. My dealer charges $100 for an oil change. The oil & filter cost me around $75. For the extra $25 they can deal with the used oil. I think he underestimated the cabin filter change. I'm not new at car repairs, and changing those filters was the hardest, easiest job I've ever done. IIRC, it took me about an hour. At, IIRC, $9 for the filters he cheeped-out royally. I paid ~$38 for my filters.

I watch Sam for entertainment and definitely not how to do a quality repair.

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Machinebuilder Second Lieutenant 279 Rep 268 Posts Drives: 640 IX GT Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Northeast USA iTrader: (0)	How Can the BMW Dealer Get Away with This??? video This video just popped up by Sam. He has alot of interesting rebuilds he works on. Thought it might be of interest to people. Basic maintenance stuff.
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ezaircon4jc Major General 4484 Rep 5,366 Posts Drives: 2019 540i M Sport Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0)	I saw that. Looks to me like he just used "regular" synthetic oil and not the required European spec oil. My dealer charges $100 for an oil change. The oil & filter cost me around $75. For the extra $25 they can deal with the used oil. I think he underestimated the cabin filter change. I'm not new at car repairs, and changing those filters was the hardest, easiest job I've ever done. IIRC, it took me about an hour. At, IIRC, $9 for the filters he cheeped-out royally. I paid ~$38 for my filters. I watch Sam for entertainment and definitely not how to do a quality repair.
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