$200 Oil Change

[2002Silver4.6is]

Ok, I must be getting old and my perspectives are skewed. I need an oil change on the ole X5. I contacted my indy mechanic and he told me it would be $130. Thinking that was a bit high I contacted the BMW dealer here and was told an oil change is $212!! And yes that is the price for just the oil change without the cabin filter!!!

Let's see..

• Oil should be 8.5 quarts at $6.50 a quart = $55 (Rounded)
• BMW Oil Filter = $20 ? (Anyone know the actual price??)

So $75 in parts and $137 in labor???

Looks like I am doing my own oil change!!!!

[motordavid]

Typical for metro area, "we gotta cover the overhead & it's a good
gross margin profit ctr" deal...that and you tie up their busy, busy,
making money, lift for 30 mins.

Germain BMW in Naples, at their new location, wanted a Buck Eighty
for a simple change, Lmao!

The indie price is reasonable...so is an easy DIY.
GL,mD

[LI-X5]

whoa !!

i've never paid my indy guy more than $90.00 for a synthetic oil change !!

[Bimmer360]

consider yourself blessed. BMW in Silicon Valley charges $280 which is why i am doing my own oil change. I buy my oil in pepboys for $6 each and filters from autohausaz.com for $7.95 each and free labor, and my cost is not even $60.

Originally Posted by 2002Silver4.6is

Ok, I must be getting old and my perspectives are skewed. I need an oil change on the ole X5. I contacted my indy mechanic and he told me it would be $130. Thinking that was a bit high I contacted the BMW dealer here and was told an oil change is $212!! And yes that is the price for just the oil change without the cabin filter!!!

Let's see..

• Oil should be 8.5 quarts at $6.50 a quart = $55 (Rounded)
• BMW Oil Filter = $30 ? (Anyone know the actual price??)

So $85 in parts and $127 in labor???

Looks like I am doing my own oil change!!!!

[2002Silver4.6is]

$280!!!! Holy %%&$!!!!!!!

[rastaFarai]

lowest price i've seen is 89.99 for oil change. Here in NYC a dealer in Bayside quoted me $110 or so.. which is reasonable for BMW. When I was in FL they told me $260 or something. Crazy.

Find an oil change shop that will do the oil change for you (hope this isn't bad advice because this is what I did LOL). You can even bring them the Mobil 1 synthetic and the oil filter. I usually just confirm with them that they are using Mobil 1 syntec.

[brian5]

Originally Posted by Bimmer360

consider yourself blessed. BMW in Silicon Valley charges $280 which is why i am doing my own oil change. I buy my oil in pepboys for $6 each and filters from autohausaz.com for $7.95 each and free labor, and my cost is not even $60.

What is that BMW service dept's hourly rate? Must be a lot more than mine which is $120...

[2002Silver4.6is]

Originally Posted by brian5

What is that BMW service dept's hourly rate? Must be a lot more than mine which is $120...

Mine is $170

[JayX5]

I have the oil service light on right now too. Is this the oil change and cabin air filter change?

Here in Illinois, for an Oil change I paid $69.

[rastaFarai]

Originally Posted by 2002Silver4.6is

Mine is $170

Which one do you go to? I know the one in downton Ft laud is $135, and Vista is $135 too i think..