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Originally Posted by georgere
how can you chnage oil for $30 at a dealer in a premium car?
my 3 series takes
7 quarts, so 7x$7.00 = $49
Filter @ $10
tax @$5
total: $65 w/o any labor charge...
I understand specials like $79 oil change on 3 series. dealers want to keep themselves busy and hoping find something wrong w/your car so that you bring more work to them. all the $30 dealer oil change stories are fairy tales nothing more.
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They are ok loosing money for your oil change and your math is wrong those prices are retail but not for the wholesale filter should be around $3-5 and oil shouldn't be more than $4 i would say,
4x$7=$28
filter@ $4
tax@ $2.5
labor@ $5 ( as far as i remember dealer pay quarter of an hour for an oil change to their tech)
total: $40 this trough cost to them may be even less so they can afford giving away $10.00 out of their pocket because if they get you they will make at least 30 times more. Never been at BMW dealer as a customer but i would say their average ticket should be around $600-$700 ball park.