tigmd99

BMW maintenance plan is NOT free! I had a BMW M3 in 2003. You pay for it when you buy your car...this is why BMW cars are more expensive than its competitors...and why discounts are harder to come by. Basically, the maintenance fee is already included in the MSRP/invoice pricing. Smart? You bet. It makes the customer feel good, while unknowingly being screwed.

ncee

I'm not defending it one way or the other, but …

Having the cost for "FREE" maintenance build in, is somewhat like Lexus Certified Used Car warrenty having a $3,000.+ price added to the car to be certified - right?

We all know at some point … we the consumer is paying for anything that's "Free" it's just a matter of how we pay, why we pay or how much we are willing to pay.

As the old saying goes - "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later, it's all up to you".

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AlexusAnja

The CPO is 3 years from time or purchase OR 100K total vehicle miles. If say things will start breaking before 100K, it's not going to break at 40K, it will be around 90K. So, if you get a low mileage vehicle (say below 40K), are you going to put on 50K in 3 years? Everything depends on how much you plan on driving the car. If you're not putting on heavy miles and you're going to baby the baby, then CPO is really useless in my opinion because with the factory 7/75K powertrain warranty, nothing is going to break at $3000 beyond that point.

ncee

I currently average 35,000+ miles a year, so I guess CPO it is

On the road Ad Specialties / Auto dealer Aids supplier.

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AlexusAnja

35K a year !!!! what are you, a cow wrangler...

Now that's some mileage to be putting on. You sure you want to get a LS430UL then? This means even with the 3/100K basic, you'll blow that in like 2 years or less and then you'll peak the 100K. 35K/year would tell me you do a lot of highway? If so, those are "easy miles" and I don't think typical things that could go wrong will go wrong before 100K, so you're at the far extreme of it not being worth it either.

Still... over the 35K/year.

ncee

Yeah, a shiet load of highway miles.

Right now it's 4 months into my current car (that I'm hoping to sell for a Lexus) and I've got 13,500+ miles on it (a 2008 Toyota Avalon).

I'll do 2+ trips to Florida, 3+ to South Carolina, 6+ to New York, MANY throughout New England for sure.

All from Central Maine area.

I'm an on the road salesman - selling Advertising Specialties, Car Dealer Supplies and anything else I can sell. Not to mention 5 weeks vacation per year.

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ncee

Each Florida trip is good for 4,000+ miles

Each South Carolina trip is good for 2,500+ miles

Each New York trip is good for 1,000+ miles

Trips to Boston, Vermont, New Hampshire add 100's of miles each time.

Vacations add 5,000 miles to the odometer and all the while my *** get's a bit sore

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