I leased a 2018 bmw 330e and the finance guy sold me an upgraded maintenance for $1950 for 48 months / 50K miles that covers brakes pads/discs/rotors replacement. I have 30 days to cancel. I have 15K/36 months lease and the BMW standard maintenance will expire at 36K miles. I am wondering if I need to keep the upgraded maintenance. I drive normally in stop-and-go traffic for 1.5 hours everyday. Please let me know what you guys think. Appreciate the help!
2000!!! Absolutely cancel it. Do you really think you will spend 2k for maintenance on a new leased car.
The guy said that the BMW maintenance will expire at 36K and I will most likely run into brake issues before 50K and those are expensive as I will need OEM parts. Any idea how many miles the 330e brakes last with normal city driving? Thanks!
Easy just call an independent shop and ask them how much brakes would be. I highly doubt 2k. Also next time I would think twice about leasing a bmw for that many miles. Depends on the deal but 15k/24 months may have been less out of pocket at the end of the day.
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Check around if people have received a similar offer for 48 month on this or other forums. My dealer was straight forward and offered it to me for the same $600, but that is not the case for every dealer. $2000 seems to be a lot for an additional year.
As others have stated, there are sites that quote brake services so take a look at that and compare it to what you’re paying.
No way brakes are 2k. Also what is your monthly without the maintenance plan. 300-400 per month? You can just return your car at least 5 months early and pay the monthly ahead. 2000 / 400 = 5.
One more thought. I’m assuming it had regen braking which limits the wear on brakes significantly.
If you want to keep a 2k maintenance plan then go ahead not sure why you are trying to convince me. I wouldn’t have.
@JamesBond I am just trying to learn about this program and get input from other folks here. I am not trying to convince you and I appreciate your input. Thanks!
Cancel don’t need it, worst case you’ll pay for an oil change, they’re $69 at my BMW dealer with their online coupon. And don’t get suckered into any extra items, it’s a lease, just change the oil once you’re outside the free maintenance window(which should be one oil change at 40k ish)
Your 330e has regen so your brakes should last a long time. I would call the salesman bluff and cancel. Keep it charged and your oil change intervals will increase.
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Cancel it. Brakes will last longer than your lease. As you drive it, you will notice that the recommended brake change mileage will increase in the service section of idrive (started at predicted change at 35k miles when new on our 330e, now is at 50k miles predicted and is continuing to increase).
Not sure if you ever plan on transferring the lease, but UC doesn’t transfer without + added.
Awesome. Thank you guys! Appreciate the help. Let me reach out to the dealer to cancel it.
I paid it on my nicer X2 because knowing myself I’ll get car ADD as soon as I see G20/3, G30/5 start to see some super hacks (built in incentive to xfer out on here or on SAL ) as well as the Mrs being hard on brakes.
FWIW I drive 10k/yr and so far in my 330e, I’ve driven <1000 of my 3500 miles using the ICE but my service is still due in 7000 miles. The interval is likely a 1 year interval hard floor, that’s the way it’s been for my past 4 bimmers. That’s an oil service BTW
I’m sure that service would pop up sooner if you drive more. Does the bimmer phevs have a counter for ev vs gas miles?
No doubt sooner if I drive more, but my point was charging will not extend your interval past a certain point (OP above) because there’s a 1 year hard stop.
Good Q on the PHEV counter. I don’t see anything like that but that’s a Q for the BMW techies
Honda doesn’t have it either…i just don’t get why they think this is not important. I just got a notice from the Honda dealer about the oil change service. I have only used 14 gal of gas in 4600 miles (about 600 gas miles) so they will have to wait some more.
That’s bizarre they dont do that. My 2013 Cmax had one. Turned the lease in at 24 months with 19k on the odometer, no oil change (maintenance minder for oil change never triggered). Drove about 2k miles on ICE, rest was electric - thanks to free charging at work.