inspection 1 service - how much?

inspection 1 service - how much?

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carse

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66 posts

224 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Just been quoted £777.15 inc. VAT from Halliwell Jones Chester. About to do some more shopping around, just wondered for the cars that've covered relevant mileage how much did your inspection 1 service cost?

Cheers


Edited by carse on Wednesday 16th May 13:37

rs666

187 posts

223 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Crickey! Mines due and Chester my local dealer. Not paying that much.

Some people on bm3w have paid approx £650 IIRC

{edit - put wrong number in)


Edited by rs666 on Wednesday 16th May 13:57

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

266 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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£6-700ish is about right.

£160 will be for an oil service rather than an inspection 1.

Brainy

74 posts

216 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Had inspection 1 carried out in April, by Murketts in Huntingdon, who know CSLs.
Mine showed 2,000 miles before it was due, but am off to France so got it done just in case. Mileage when serviced was reading 21,500.

For proper inspection 1 (with valve adjustment etc) you will pay iro £695.
Do not go to a local BMW with no CSL experience - they'll cock it up.
This is NOT an oil service, so there's no way BMW dealer will do it for £160???

If you're not fussed about BMW stamp in the book, specialists like Thorney in Milton Keynes come highly recommended on BM3W and will probably charge less.

Cheears



Edited by Brainy on Wednesday 16th May 13:45

m3cslgirl

2,215 posts

227 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Ive just had my inspection 1 (Coopers Sevenoaks) at 22k and had new back brakes (pads & discs) £411 plus VAT), oil change (in with Inspection 1), coolant change (£165 plus VAT had it done early, this is meant to be done after 4 years and wasnt due til Sept 07).

They also found oil leaking on the prop shaft. This was going to cost £500 to fix but as the car has low mileage and has not long been out of warranty (september 06) they got some goodwill from BMW and it only ended up costing me £75 for the labour. The total cost was £1360. They originally said it would be about £900 for the inspection alone but when I nearly cried, they said they would get a discount on parts.

Just the inspection ended up costing approx £550/£600.


Edited by m3cslgirl on Wednesday 16th May 13:52

carse

Original Poster:

66 posts

224 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Cheers for the swift replies. Thought id get a BMW dealer quote first but think i will probably go somewhere else, ill have a look on bm3w as you've suggested and see what the craic is there. You're right about the dealer having no experience, got put through to the service department and the guy on the phone said, "So its an inspection one service on an M3 csi your looking for is it?" Do i really want the car going there i thought!

rs666

187 posts

223 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Chester have had my car 3 times and scratched it 3 times

Mine won't be going there again.

bromers2

1,867 posts

257 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Is a CSL inspection 1 any different to a std M3 Inspection 1 ?

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

266 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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Nope.

darreni

3,999 posts

277 months

Wednesday 16th May 2007
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carse said:
"So its an inspection one service on an M3 csi your looking for is it?" Do i really want the car going there i thought!


Could be worse, i was looking at changing my M3 & mentioned to the chap at our local dealer (main dealer for both BMW & Merc) that i would like the CSL gearbox software update installed on my M3, to try to cure the slow downshifts.

"Software for a CLS merc?"
"no, a BMW M3 CSL"
"errr, mercedes make the CLS sir"
"Yeah i know, the BMW M3 CSL software has a more agressive downshift, it might help with the problem"
" We cant install Merc software on a BMW sir!"
" Actually, i think i'll leave it for now"

I left the showroom & i'm sure the guy thought i was a total nut.

m12_nathan

5,138 posts

266 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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darreni said:
carse said:
"So its an inspection one service on an M3 csi your looking for is it?" Do i really want the car going there i thought!


Could be worse, i was looking at changing my M3 & mentioned to the chap at our local dealer (main dealer for both BMW & Merc) that i would like the CSL gearbox software update installed on my M3, to try to cure the slow downshifts.

"Software for a CLS merc?"
"no, a BMW M3 CSL"
"errr, mercedes make the CLS sir"
"Yeah i know, the BMW M3 CSL software has a more agressive downshift, it might help with the problem"
" We cant install Merc software on a BMW sir!"
" Actually, i think i'll leave it for now"

I left the showroom & i'm sure the guy thought i was a total nut.


Brilliant []

lucozade

2,574 posts

286 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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Use Stratstone in Windsor - they quoted me £700 and then charged me for a normal 3 series at £400 by accident :-)

robm3

4,930 posts

234 months

Sunday 8th July 2007
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lucozade said:
Use Stratstone in Windsor - they quoted me £700 and then charged me for a normal 3 series at £400 by accident :-)
Might have given you a normal 3 series service though (no valves right) yikes

Lucozade

2,574 posts

286 months

Monday 9th July 2007
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robm3 said:
lucozade said:
Use Stratstone in Windsor - they quoted me £700 and then charged me for a normal 3 series at £400 by accident :-)
Might have given you a normal 3 series service though (no valves right) yikes
Nope - I've got the mechanics breakdown and they did everything :-D