[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by CAMOETO

Considering that BMW dealers charge $150+ per hour, and even simple jobs get charged at 1-2 hours labor min, one should expect to spend at least $500 whenever anything goes wrong if the car is out of warranty.

I wish indy shops were more honest, some locals here trying to rip you off more then dealers

[cxp213]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

I wish indy shops were more honest, some locals here trying to rip you off more then dealers

Yeah, and they'll fall back on "well, if you can't afford it, then you shouldn't have bought a BMW" if you challenge or question them.

[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by cxp213

Yeah, and they'll fall back on "well, if you can't afford it, then you shouldn't have bought a BMW" if you challenge or question them.

Its not just with BMW, I've done some maintenance to my Lexus recently, 60k service. Local mechanics wanted more money then Lexus and Toyota dealers. $500-600 just for plugs without parts. When I asked BMW indy about carbon cleanup on N55, he quoted me $1200-1300 as far as I remember.

[Dylan86]

Strange business tactic for the Indy shops.. Most I've dealt with are competeing with Dealership services to gain the out-of-warranty clientele.

Example: MY local indy BMW guy does a walnut blasting carbon service for $4-600 to compete with the $800+ dealership quotes. He gets a TON of business just as a gateway from this service alone, and he says he makes a decent profit at those rates as well. Just like suspension jobs, these cars are nothing special when it comes to a spring/coilover install, there's no reason to charge 6-7 hours when it can be done in under 3. He charges a flat rate of $450 for most spring installs for BMW, less for coilovers ($250 I think). He has a state of the art shop, great tools, and he's open on Saturdays.

That is how you run a successful Indy Euro shop, in my opinion of course..

[FX TR8R]

Good to hear! I just picked up my brand spankin' new 2018 230i in Seaside Blue, 3 weeks ago.

[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by Dylan86

Strange business tactic for the Indy shops.. Most I've dealt with are competeing with Dealership services to gain the out-of-warranty clientele.

Example: MY local indy BMW guy does a walnut blasting carbon service for $4-600 to compete with the $800+ dealership quotes. He gets a TON of business just as a gateway from this service alone, and he says he makes a decent profit at those rates as well. Just like suspension jobs, these cars are nothing special when it comes to a spring/coilover install, there's no reason to charge 6-7 hours when it can be done in under 3. He charges a flat rate of $450 for most spring installs for BMW, less for coilovers ($250 I think). He has a state of the art shop, great tools, and he's open on Saturdays.

That is how you run a successful Indy Euro shop, in my opinion of course..

Some make money with lower prices and more clients while other have high prices and much less clients. Many mechanics like to BS and are not honest. They want to make top dollars and since many customer automatically avoid dealership due to price, its easy for them to mark up everything. Been there many times.....now I always get a quote from dealer and maybe one or two shops

Unfortunately a very professional and reliable guy that did my car, stopped doing it. My 60k service on S2k was $100 bucks (plus parts), included accessory belt, clutch, brake, engine, tranny, and diff fluids. Took him an hour to do everything. Go to anyone else and you'll be paying $300-400 for this