3000 miles a year, does it warrant a service ? Bought 2 years old with 30 k on now 4 years old with 36, last serviced by the dealer as a freebie ( that worries me) at 33 k. 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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Service it. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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Look at what they do for your £300 - £400, not a lot really.
You've just had an air filter on your second service so I would go armed with oil and filter to your local garage and have an oil change for £50.

Oil and oil filter a must, engine oil that is not used often is just as bad as one that has done 15,000 miles

Definitely do the oil and oil filter at least once per year. FL2 HSE Auto Galway Green
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LR state 15000 miles or every 12 months whichever occurs first.

Why not tie it up to coincide with your mot? Get the mot done and thats a big part of the service done too - many things checked in an mot test are the same as a service including lights, tyres, steering and suspension joints, transmission shafts, exhaust system, braking components (including a physical check through the wheels of brake pad thickness) etc, etc. Plus, you get a brake efficiency, headlamp alignment and emission/smoke test. Top up all your under bonnet fluid levels yourself then just get your oil and filter changed and transmission fluid levels checked by a garage. Job done.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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I'm in a similar position with 22K and coming up to 4 years old.

I think an oil change and filter is a must every year regardless of mileage and imagine I could do this myself ok.

also think that you are paying a lot of money for a dealer service for so little to be done and the car is out of warranty anyway.

at the three year service/mot when I collected the car from the dealer it had done 8 miles ? I was not happy with this at all.

still thinking about it

Iain

You will want to sell it one day. Even with low mileage a service history is a good bargaining tool, even if it's just an oil and filter change and mot.

Past master wrote:

You will want to sell it one day. Even with low mileage a service history is a good bargaining tool, even if it's just an oil and filter change and mot.

I would still service each year. My neighbour has never officially serviced his Mrs BMW 1 series as he has had it 7 years since new, and covered just 19000 miles.

He has an oil and filter change each year, but that's it. He has done the maintenance on a real budget due to low miles, but now he is trying to sell it, the dealer has really reduced it's value and in 3 months, not one buyer. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

Just had the 3rd year service done at an indie, it is basically an oil change. Indie also changed brake fluid and stripped, cleaned and adjusted handbrake (solid now after just 2 clicks). All in 245 quid. I bought my car in June last year and only done 4000 miles since then. I will sell it one day so I will keep the service book upto date. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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I have just done my air and pollen filters myself and a friend does the oil and filter at his garage every year for £30 with a stamp and next time going to do a fuel filter change and brake fluid change ..Also charged me £30 for doing the brake pads...I have 26k in five years...

Mav71 wrote:

I would still service each year. My neighbour has never officially serviced his Mrs BMW 1 series as he has had it 7 years since new, and covered just 19000 miles.

He has an oil and filter change each year, but that's it. He has done the maintenance on a real budget due to low miles, but now he is trying to sell it, the dealer has really reduced it's value and in 3 months, not one buyer.

Fair point Iain, but I will always have mine serviced by my LR dealer. Even at seven years old, which mine will be in December.

We all know that LR products can have questionable reliability, rightly or wrongly, and therefore I would not consider buying a car without a full service history. Whether it be by Indie or Dealer.

But personally, I would always look at a car with a dealer history over an indie service history. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........