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Old 01-21-2013, 01:31 PM
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Extend Full Maintenance or Not

I have a 3.0 2009 X5 with 43,000 miles and an opportunity to extend the full BMW maintenance to 100K miles or 2/2015 for $2295. My initial thoughts are to extend as it has work for me in the past. Any thoughts are welcomed.
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That's a good price. Keep in mind that you'll need a brake job around 70k miles or so. That alone will cost you more than $2295 through your dealer.
I purchased the full maintenance on mine for $2699. I was expecting it to be more and wasn't going to get it. When they told me that price, I gladly paid cash for it.
My thought was, my X5 has 37k miles on it. If I keep it for another 63K miles, I'll easily spend more than $3000 on maintenance.
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That's a good price. Keep in mind that you'll need a brake job around 70k miles or so. That alone will cost you more than $2295 through your dealer.
I purchased the full maintenance on mine for $2699. I was expecting it to be more and wasn't going to get it. When they told me that price, I gladly paid cash for it.
My thought was, my X5 has 37k miles on it. If I keep it for another 63K miles, I'll easily spend more than $3000 on maintenance.
$2300 for a brake job? Does that include solid gold calipers?

I should have never paid for the extended maintennance, live and learn. I'll never do it again.

Tire Rack has Akebono pads for about $75 / axle plus a wear sensor is about $40 per axle. Stock rotors $160 front & $90 rear. A decent indie shop would do these for $300 labor per axle I would guess. So $1500 for a brake job. That leaves a bunch of money for four oil changes and a cabin air filter.

Ditch the "free" maintennance and get an extended warranty. You will likely need it.
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Old 01-21-2013, 03:51 PM
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Depends on how many miles you drive per year. You may be able to squeeze two brake jobs out if you are driving 15k miles a year.

Plus wipers, fluids, and oil changes, it can add up.
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Depends on how many miles you drive per year. You may be able to squeeze two brake jobs out if you are driving 15k miles a year.

Plus wipers, fluids, and oil changes, it can add up.
OTOH, 31K mostly highway miles on my 04, just had it in for oil service at my indy. He said I have 70% left on the original pads and rotors are perfect.
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$2300 for a brake job? Does that include solid gold calipers?
Did you miss the part where I said through the dealer? Yes it will cost that much or more. Not everyone has access to a reliable indie shop.
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I have a 3.0 2009 X5 with 43,000 miles and an opportunity to extend the full BMW maintenance to 100K miles or 2/2015 for $2295. My initial thoughts are to extend as it has work for me in the past. Any thoughts are welcomed.
Go for it i did it whit my 08 and i have peace of mind.
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i have peace of mind.
Priceless....
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Thanks to all who have replied, I will most likely purchase the plan as I was figuring two brake services and oil changes at a minimum as I am driving about 22K miles a year.

Thanks again for the input
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I just picked up extended maint. And Premium warranty both are 6 years or 100k miles.

Total for both was $4,950.00. My car was just at 48k miles when I got it.

There is no way I would have kept this car without both.
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