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BMW, SAAB playing catch-up?
Posted by Jason 0W-40 (more from Jason 0W-40) on Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:14:42
In Reply to: You bet they look at the brakes!, phred, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:17:22
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Three people in my family drive BMWs, and I have to tell you, their free maintenance program is superb. BMW is not "catching up".
For model year 2000, their program was 3yrs/36K, and they paid for everything except tires and gas, just like Audi. MY2001 onwards, it became 4yrs/50K. You get free wiper blades, free headlight bulbs, free brake pads/rotors, free brake fluid flush, free coolant flush, free everything! (But no free tire rotation because BMW recommends against tire rotation). Every BMW dealer provides free BMW loaner cars (you might get a 3-series, 5-series, or even an X5). Only catch is, most of the time, you have to service the car at the dealer where you bought it, in order to get the free BMW loaner.
Now with SAAB, lots of potentially expensive items are not included. Brake pads and brake rotors are _not_ included, nor is fully synthetic oil, unless you have a 9-3SS. Kind of ironic that the 9-5 is their flagship vehicle and it gets cheaper oil. Free wiper blades, free coolant & brake fluid flushes? Nope! Basically all we get are 3 oil changes, and a bunch of free visual "checks". For them to claim that we're getting 3 years and 36,000 miles of free maintenance is stretching the truth, IMO.
But then, we pay much less (purchase price) for a better car! :-)
So I don't mind eating those costs later on!
Jason
posted by 24.46.48...
Posts in this Thread:
- Tire Rotation Interval vs Free Scheduled Maintenance, Elliot, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:20:35
- Re: Tire Rotation Interval vs Free Scheduled Maintenance, AeroLady, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:22:50
- Re: Tire Rotation Interval vs Free Scheduled Maintenance, mlc
, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:29:02- You bet they look at the brakes!, phred, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:17:22
- Re: You bet they look at the brakes!, mlc
, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:43:23 - BMW oil change, Sieglo, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:33:41
- BMW, SAAB playing catch-up?, Jason 0W-40, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:14:42 <-- Viewing This Message
- Have to disagree, Lou, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:00:04
- Oil and filter change, AeroLady, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:36:35
- They must've changed the service (+), Ed NC, Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:23:41
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