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Old 04-18-2007, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cpd1
Rajiboy,

Considered these before with few other BMWs I have bought. To be honest if you are not a high mileage driver it ain't worth it. The X5 ( I assume you have a 3.0d ) is going to have serivce inteval of prob 20k mls. That means in 3 years if you drive 10k a year you will have to do only one service and that means 250-300 so i would leave it alone and save yourself £200. Likewise the all in maintenance, great if you drive a lot but the wipers, only likely piece you will replace in 30K are not going to cost you £675
My dealer is always advising me against them as I tend to trade my cars in too quickly much to his delight
If you keep the car 5 years that might be more interesting at 780 as you will likely do one minor service and a major one around 45-50k mls cost prob around 600-700 total...
C
I agree, 3 years and just less than 30,000 miles and my service costs have been nowhere near the service package costs. I just hope my E70 is as reliable as my E53. I have had zero problems and only had to visit the shop twice in 3 years!
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