Servicing costs for a '68 plate BMW M4 Competition

utopia55

Hi, I recently purchased an Approved Used BMW from the main dealer. It comes with their 1 year main dealer warranty, which I understand is a proper warranty as opposed to a third party warranty offered from independent dealers.

I am wondering what the approximate servicing costs will look on this car once the warranty ends? It has about 25k miles on the clock and a full service history including the all important 'run-in service' carried out at around 1200 miles. Would it be worth extending the main dealer warranty after it ends? I am getting a quote of around £1500.

utopia55

The tyres are around 3.5mm at the back and 5.5mm at the front. So the rear tyres will need replacing within the next 6 months or so. They are quite big at 285 width and 20" diameter, would it be worth buying budget tyres at the OEM Michelin PS4s run at around £250-£280 a corner but I can have the budget ones for less than half the price.

mclaren32

You have bought a circa £40k high performance car and you want to put budget tyres on it?

If you do that you won’t be able to enjoy the performance the car has to offer and god help you driving a 400+ BHP rear wheel drive car with cheap tyres.

angrycrow

If you are worrying about service costs and considering budget tyres on an m4 you have bought the wrong car. High performance cars like M4 and Audi Rd models cost a lot to run. The £1200 for the front flitter should manage your expectations on maintainance costs of this car. 

motorguy

utopia55 said:

Hi, I recently purchased an Approved Used BMW from the main dealer. It comes with their 1 year main dealer warranty, which I understand is a proper warranty as opposed to a third party warranty offered from independent dealers.

I am wondering what the approximate servicing costs will look on this car once the warranty ends? It has about 25k miles on the clock and a full service history including the all important 'run-in service' carried out at around 1200 miles. Would it be worth extending the main dealer warranty after it ends? I am getting a quote of around £1500.

utopia55 said:

The tyres are around 3.5mm at the back and 5.5mm at the front. So the rear tyres will need replacing within the next 6 months or so. They are quite big at 285 width and 20" diameter, would it be worth buying budget tyres at the OEM Michelin PS4s run at around £250-£280 a corner but I can have the budget ones for less than half the price.

M cars are expensive to run.  Only you can decide if you want to extend the warranty or take a gamble on a big bill.  

I'd have thought it would have been worthwhile to do so for the piece of mind, but there are M car forums and groups on the likes of Pistonheads where you could ask and gauge the likelihood of a big bill.

Tyres.  They are very tyre sensitive cars.  Run budget tyres and you're unlikely to get any grip worth talking about and wreck the handling.  I'd also check on those groups / forums which tyre is the best for it.  I have MPS4s on my (non M) M140i and 6 series and am very happy with them but i have a recollection that there is an MPS4S tyre and theres also the MPSS which may (or may not!) be better suited to your car.

hollie.weimeraner

angrycrow said:

If you are worrying about service costs and considering budget tyres on an m4 you have bought the wrong car. 

That's what I thought when I saw the thread title

k3lvc

@utopia55 you do realise warranty and servicing are 2 different things ?? If you can't afford to fix things that might go wrong you need a warranty, to keep it on the road on an ongoing basis you need servicing

There's a bit of deja-vu going on here though - you've not had a Yaris in the past have you ?

neilmcl

This is either a wind-up post or the OP can't really afford the car they've purchased. There's more to owning a car than it's purchase price and it sounds like the OP is in over their head.

KimJongUn88

Sounds like a vintage wind up or wishful thinking thread from the likes of Dark Matter…

ontheroad1970

If you think you can run an M4 Competition on a tight budget you really are living in Utopia.

TadleyBaggie

k3lvc said:

There's a bit of deja-vu going on here though - you've not had a Yaris in the past have you ?

Now there was a blast from the past. Here is the classic thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5095290/cost-for-brake-fluid-change-for-a-1-0-vvti-yaris