It would probably cost you a lot more if you went to a dealer up here in Canada. $115 actually sounds like a pretty good price to me. I know I was paying about $130 for my last porsche oil change, and that was years ago! That was standard dino oil too, all bit it, a lot of it. lol. Not sure how your indy makes any money, as it cost me more to buy the oil and filter and do it myself, than what he charges.
Most dealer I know will charge to "look" at a car, unless it is in for servicing, and they notice something while doing a repair and bring it to your attention. When I got the old 300E, I wanted them to give it a quick look over. They wanted $350 or something, and that didnt' include a leak down, or anything internal, that was pretty much just a visual inspection. Dealers aren't cheap, but then again, lots of overhead to cover too I guess. Have a guy stump around looking for the correct lifting points when putting the car up, and all of a sudden, $100+ starts to look like a deal. hee hee. ;-) Ed 300E And yes, an indy bent a rocker lifting it once too. :-( boo hoo hoo 2009/8/19 Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> > I called the local BMW dealer just to check on a price for an oil change. > I thought I might try going there, tell them I am a new BMW owner and I > figured I could get a free inspection. In my experience the dealer will > look it over a little better for a new customer to see if they can find any > problems and sell some additional service. BUT, when I called asked them > how much an oil change was, they said about $115! Seriously! I asked him > what they included and he said just an oil and filter change! WOW! Why > would anyone get this done at a dealer?! If this was my only option, I > would definitely change it myself. I think I will stick with my Indy who > charged me $38 on my 126 300SEL and $29 on the Cadillac and Grand Marquis. > This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine it being more then $40 > for the oil change. Oh well, I think I will avoid the dealer. > > Donald H. Snook > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090819/6479a05b/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090819/7460004b/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com