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engineoil grade for BMW diesel engines
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Re: engineoil grade for BMW diesel engines -
03-30-2007
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On 30 Mar 2007 14:11:57 -0700, "Vijay" <guz... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: On Mar 30, 4:16 pm, GunnarH <gunnar.hemst... (AT) telia (DOT) com> wrote: Hello Vijay, The car that you have newly bought, what did you pay for it? What is 16£ compared to that sum? Any guarantees would be void if you do not use the oil that BMW recommends... I paid close to £39,000.00. Don't have the exact amount at hand. I only added the SatNav. I got exactly £1000.00 off of the retail cost. As it was a brand new model, I thought that was a reasonable deal. Talking about oil consumption, I owned a Porsche Cayman S for about 6 months last year. In the first 4000 miles, I had to twice add oil (1 liter each time). Vijay Sorry to say but Auto Express say list price for a 335d SE is £34,550 +Del etc which is usually £532, Number plates £25, First registration fee £38 and 12 months road tax £195. What extras did you order? Wheels, 6 x CD unit, tea maker, sandwich toaster? Didn't you pay the extra £1000 for 5 years service and maintenance? I cannot see if it's a basic 335d SE how the £39K comes into it. I just bought an ex demo 730d SE almost fully loaded and priced it at £59712.00. new on the road retail. Give 6 months depreciation and 3500K miles on the clock it was priced at £46995 I offered £37K and we settled on £40K with free delivery - 1000 milesfrom Scotland to Chichester UK. Now that's not a bad deal - I probably got this at near COST price with the benefit of the road tax and BMW assist. I will check the oil when it arrives next Wednesday but the first serviceis not due until 2008 ----------? Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen h... (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK |
£37358.00 to be exact. The only other option other than professional
SatNav I ordered was partial leather.
Good luck with your limo:-)
Vijay
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Hello Vijay, The car that you have newly bought, what did you pay for it? What is 16£ compared to that sum? Any guarantees would be void if you do not use the oil that BMW recommends... On Mar 25, 10:10 pm, h... (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk wrote: On 25 Mar 2007 12:31:25 -0700, "Vijay" <guz... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: I have a BMW 335 diesel. It needs about a liter of engine oil. BMW is asking £16.00 for a liter. Is there an alternative I can buy from Halfords or elsewhere that will be equivalent to the BMW grade? I am in England. To repeat, it is for a diesel engine. TIA, Vijay What is the BMW spec.... its in the hand book! SAE numbers and other Euroland specs are all listed but I'd go for a nice full synth and it aint cheap. However if Mobil 1 is listed KwikFit do a nice oil and filter change for around £35 which is about half price of buying the oil and a filter and doing the job yourself. Mobil 1 is about £20 - 4 lit can and you'd need 2 of them + filter and that makes it about £50+ plus dumping the old stuff and the mess etc. Its not worth pissing about. Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen h... (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK Thanks HUgh. The manual only lists BMW stamped oils and as I only need one liter (my car is only 6 months old) and not an oil and filter change, I thought £16.0 was quite dear. I thought petrol and diesel engines will use the same engine oil but the manual states clearly they are different. Whereas it provides detailed spec under petrol version, it only mentions the BMW stamped oil for diesel. Vijay |
is pittance compared with what I paid for the car but by the same
token, if the dealership had discovered, incidentally I may add, that
it needed a liter of oil, they could have gotten a lot more than
£16.00 in good will by just topping it gratis. That was my point and
as I have posted earlier, I did cough up the £16.64 for the oil.
Thanks for your input.
Vijay
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On Mar 30, 4:16 pm, GunnarH <gunnar.hemst... (AT) telia (DOT) com> wrote: Hello Vijay, The car that you have newly bought, what did you pay for it? What is 16£ compared to that sum? Any guarantees would be void if you do not use the oil that BMW recommends... On Mar 25, 10:10 pm, h... (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk wrote: On 25 Mar 2007 12:31:25 -0700, "Vijay" <guz... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: I have a BMW 335 diesel. It needs about a liter of engine oil. BMW is asking £16.00 for a liter. Is there an alternative I can buy from Halfords or elsewhere that will be equivalent to the BMW grade? I am in England. To repeat, it is for a diesel engine. TIA, Vijay What is the BMW spec.... its in the hand book! SAE numbers and other Euroland specs are all listed but I'd go for a nice full synth and it aint cheap. However if Mobil 1 is listed KwikFit do a nice oil and filter change for around £35 which is about half price of buying the oil and a filter and doing the job yourself. Mobil 1 is about £20 - 4 lit can and you'd need 2 of them + filter and that makes it about £50+ plus dumping the old stuff and the mess etc. Its not worth pissing about. Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen h... (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK Thanks HUgh. The manual only lists BMW stamped oils and as I only need one liter (my car is only 6 months old) and not an oil and filter change, I thought £16.0 was quite dear. I thought petrol and diesel engines will use the same engine oil but the manual states clearly they are different. Whereas it provides detailed spec under petrol version, it only mentions the BMW stamped oil for diesel. Vijay I am sorry I misunderstood your question/comment. You are right, £16 is pittance compared with what I paid for the car but by the same token, if the dealership had discovered, incidentally I may add, that it needed a liter of oil, they could have gotten a lot more than £16.00 in good will by just topping it gratis. That was my point and as I have posted earlier, I did cough up the £16.64 for the oil. Thanks for your input. Vijay |
£4.00 + 2 mins labour making it about £2340.68 inc VAT
Sir Hugh of Bognor
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it!
Hugh Gundersen
hsg (AT) h-gee (DOT) co.uk
Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK
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