[gds52]

Originally Posted by drGK

Shops see the BMW badge and they go crazy.
Life example: I called the tint shop to get a price to tint my BMW (coupe), he said 250. Then I had my boy call after 10 minutes for a imaginary Honda accord coupe, the price he said was 200.
Wtf is up with that.

lol..thts crazy and you are right.
you know what, the BMW dealership also has different prices for regular maintenance work like oil change, brakes replacement and other minor things.
To my surprise they charge less than the outside shops plus the facility of a loaner.
I've got oil change at $140 (a year back) and $79 (recently) at BMW dealership.

[gds52]

Originally Posted by Kidninja

EXACTLY!!!! i drove around in my family's rav4 to check prices at different shops. finally got the price i wanted. i said i'll be back in a few, drove up with my bmw and they were like... oh you drive a bmw!?! (as if they wanted to charge me more)

Thats a good strategy.

[gds52]

Originally Posted by pepsih

there is a shop in nY jamaica ave ( i dont recall the name at the moment)
they will do it for you for around 25$ balanced

Thanks man, Im some 80 miles down south, I found a place at same price and will be checking out next week.
I know its just a tire change, but you know how we car lovers are, we need to take care of the wheels :-)

[drGK]

Originally Posted by gds52

lol..thts crazy and you are right.
you know what, the BMW dealership also has different prices for regular maintenance work like oil change, brakes replacement and other minor things.
To my surprise they charge less than the outside shops plus the facility of a loaner.
I've got oil change at $140 (a year back) and $79 (recently) at BMW dealership.

check your local bmw dealers website time to time, my local one had a $69+tax oil change special for like 2 months. oil, filter labor included.

[stoked335d]

$70 per tire. That is just nuts. I went to a tirerack approved local shop by me and it was $30 for 18" RFT. 3 or $4 for recycling of old. RFT machines are expensive and not all shops have them.

Dealers send me $89 oil change email specials but my diesel is around $105 on special(needs 7.7 quarts) Still better than pricing I got from an Indy, $135.

[JTWCT]

Originally Posted by E90tuned

O-o for 1??? I pay 80 when i swap all 4

Where in CT can you do this?

[335xituned]

Originally Posted by JTWCT

Where in CT can you do this?

Plenty local shops in meriden have a friend that works at a tire shop and is always extra carefull with my wheels