Getting maint package at a cheaper price

slingxshot · 12-24-2011, 04:00 PM

Hello,

The NJ dealer is selling the maint package for 100k service for around 2K dollars (3 series). Is it possible to get at a different price?

All the dealers are telling me that they can't give me lower price because that's what bmw sells for.

Thanks!

mike3000fl · 12-24-2011, 04:16 PM

yea put 1500 in an account and leave it for the maintenance.

you arent getting much with their plan.

even buying the car new you wouldn't get more than the plan costs.

it only covers scheduled maintenance, its not a warranty. so you get a couple sets of brake pads and rotors, a handful of oil changes, one set of spark plugs, and a few microfilters.

cheaper out of pocket.

the dealer wouldn't sell it if they were losing money on it, its all scheduled maint so they know ahead what the cost is because there is a timetable of when things get replaced, versus an extended warranty where probability comes into play in determining the odds of enough people needing major repairs. even then they make money off warranties with enough buyers because its a numbers game.

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slingxshot Second Lieutenant 56 Rep 209 Posts Drives: BMW 2014 528i xDrive Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Long island iTrader: (0)	Getting maint package at a cheaper price Hello, The NJ dealer is selling the maint package for 100k service for around 2K dollars (3 series). Is it possible to get at a different price? All the dealers are telling me that they can't give me lower price because that's what bmw sells for. Thanks!
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mike3000fl Banned 138 Rep 2,731 Posts Drives: 06 330i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tampa iTrader: (0)	yea put 1500 in an account and leave it for the maintenance. you arent getting much with their plan. even buying the car new you wouldn't get more than the plan costs. it only covers scheduled maintenance, its not a warranty. so you get a couple sets of brake pads and rotors, a handful of oil changes, one set of spark plugs, and a few microfilters. cheaper out of pocket. the dealer wouldn't sell it if they were losing money on it, its all scheduled maint so they know ahead what the cost is because there is a timetable of when things get replaced, versus an extended warranty where probability comes into play in determining the odds of enough people needing major repairs. even then they make money off warranties with enough buyers because its a numbers game.
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