I'm considering retiring there in a few years. Are there a few BMW dealerships there? I have in mind having an F800 or similar as my daily commuter.In my country, Philippines 272 USD
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I'm considering retiring there in a few years. Are there a few BMW dealerships there? I have in mind having an F800 or similar as my daily commuter.In my country, Philippines 272 USD
I had a quote emailed to me for the first service. It them 3 months to get me in and then they tried to charge me $100 more. When I pulled out the written quote they were like Elmer Fudd.
All good points and while Cali is likely more expensive than my area your dealer quoted prices for the annual is only a bit higher, but the 12K is stupid money. On the R18 there is little difference between the 6K and other services as the valves are checked/adjusted each time and even if getting raped on needed supplies I have a hard time figuring $800.00 extra. It may be legit for Cali, but I would "measure twice and cut once" before agreeing to those price parameters. The S and K bikes have a relatively expensive 18K interval service that is in that "neighborhood", but in comparison the R18 is laughably easy to work on as to the actual servicing and lack of man hours to take off and put back on all the body panels, etc. keeps the billing low(er) too.If you are thinking about purchasing BEFORE you buy the bike you can get a service contract which covers the break in, annual services and the 12k major service (which I hear isn't particularly cheap. The big contract is like $2k... my dealer is saying annual service is about $500, and the 12k is closer to $1300 so if you get them to throw it in, or add it to your loan, it could help...
ALSO... normal warranty is 3yr/36k - but you can get 1,2,3 year extended BMW warranty - and you DON'T need to buy it right away, you can buy it anytime you still have warranty left (so i'm told) - for me, I got them to split the service plan, and I'll do a 1yr extension next year.
There is a total of 5 - 6 dealerships here, all through out the country . I travel 500km just to get mine serviced . If ur retiring in the capital of Philippines you are in luck.I'm considering retiring there in a few years. Are there a few BMW dealerships there? I have in mind having an F800 or similar as my daily commuter.
Yep no issue with that, the point I was making was simply that main dealer servicing can often be expensive and in that way our R18’s are not unusual or exceptional. Whether it’s a fair price is another matter of course. It’s useful to look over the fence sometimes and see what others are finding out about their bikes. Shopping around and/or doing stuff yourself (if you can) is clearly good practice.Without trying to beat a dead horse, but one should be comparing apples to apples so No offense, but finding examples of very expensive service intervals between any Brand's model(s) may or may not mean a thing. Sticking with BMW, I used the example above of what man hours are reflecting in pricing a "major" service on the R18 v. K1600 or S1000 platforms that were more in line with the prices a Dealer was quoting for the R18 prepaid plan. Again, on a R18 using the $500.00 figure for a 6,000 miles service already has everything done other than FD fluid at 12,000 miles intervals, transmission gear oil at 24,000 miles and perhaps a biannual brake flush. The valve adjustment on the R18 uses a simple lock nut on a screw that is beyond easy to access giving the design of the R's opposed cylinders and the spark plugs are there too. A couple more screws allows access to the air filter. One isn't paying hours of labor to remove body panels, radiators, cam shafts and measuring-replacing shims and so on that other engine deigns and body styling requires. This basic lack of man hours required is why I mentioned I personally can't imagine how a shop could justify another $800.00 (in the package deal mentioned above), for a "major" service interval on a R18. That $$$ to me represents some incredible man hours and supplies costs being added for refreshing some gear oil and a biannual brake fluid flush? Take a look at the very inclusive parts list @Adam Chandler put together for any servicing needs and take a look at the various ewe tube videos on servicing an R18 and they may help in determining if one's shop is offering good value to their customers.
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When I had my break in service done in Greer at D2Powersports, they quoted me $300, then when I got ready to checkout, he told me he misquoted me, I was the first R18 they had serviced and didn't know the final drive had to be changed also. So, they only charged me for the oil, not the labor, $315.So it ended up being about $350, instead of $250. That included some extra services like changing the gear oil. He said that wasn't part of the normal package, but when he showed me how black the gear oil was after 650 miles, I'm glad I did it. Bought a nice pair of BMW waterproof goretex gloves while I was there.
Are dealers finally getting the supplies for the spline lubing service bulletin?So it ended up being about $350, instead of $250. That included some extra services like changing the gear oil. He said that wasn't part of the normal package, but when he showed me how black the gear oil was after 650 miles, I'm glad I did it. Bought a nice pair of BMW waterproof goretex gloves while I was there.
He checked and said my bike already had the latest version, so I didn't inquire further.When I had my break in service done in Greer at D2Powersports, they quoted me $300, then when I got ready to checkout, he told me he misquoted me, I was the first R18 they had serviced and didn't know the final drive had to be changed also. So, they only charged me for the oil, not the labor, $315.
Did they do a software update? What software version do you currently have?
Just curious, because I'm certain there's been at least 2 software updates since the 2022 models came out.He checked and said my bike already had the latest version, so I didn't inquire further.
That's is what's on mine, I got that update last April at my first service. It should be 013_012_050 now. I seen alot of post with that being the newest version.S/W version on my bike is 012_008_040. Just looked... I HOPE that's the latest. If it ain't, I'm gonna be pissed at the technician who told me it was.