I am looking to buy a new car and can’t decide between the RX 350 and BMW X3. I am interested to know the maintenance cost between the two. I know that BMW has the 4 yr/50,000 miles warantee, but how much do I expect to pay after that? My friend own a Mercedez SUV and she said she spent about $500 everytime she takes it in for maintenance. I thought that was a bit crazy.
So any owner of RX 350 and BMW X3 out there to help me decide which one is a better choice?
BMW has the best maintenance program around. It is initially 4 year / 50k miles. You can purchase and upgrade for around $1300 that extends the plan for an additional 2 years and an additional 50k mile to make the effective coverage 6 year / 100k miles. It doesn’t get better than that. It will cover oil services, brake fluid flushes, belts, brake pads and rotors, Inspection Services and wipers. Otherwise the average oil service costs about $220 while the Inspection I service runas about $550 and the Inspection II is around $1200. Brake pads and rotors are around $600 per axle. The other nice things is that service intervals are only every 15k miles and the inspections I and II are at 30k miles and 60k miles respectively.
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before you even get into maintenance costs, consider this:
The X3 is ugly, pointless, and too small.
I’m a BMW fan, and I’m telling you to get the Lexus. I guarantee you won’t replace more than oil and tires within the first 100k miles unless you run into someone.
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BMW has the best maintenance program around. It is initially 4 year / 50k miles. You can purchase and upgrade for around $1300 that extends the plan for an additional 2 years and an additional 50k mile to make the effective coverage 6 year / 100k miles. It doesn’t get better than that. It will cover oil services, brake fluid flushes, belts, brake pads and rotors, Inspection Services and wipers. Otherwise the average oil service costs about $220 while the Inspection I service runas about $550 and the Inspection II is around $1200. Brake pads and rotors are around $600 per axle. The other nice things is that service intervals are only every 15k miles and the inspections I and II are at 30k miles and 60k miles respectively.
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Me – BMW service advisor in Illinois
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