re: Dealer service dept ripoff/ update in OP

Everyone should shop around for a quality, independent mechanic and build a relationship with that guy. Then, you won't have to bitch about things like this.

This is like complaining about $4 cokes at the cinema. Don't buy it. No one is making you.

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1975.00- oil change, spark plugs, cabin air filter and flush brake lines. 

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Dude, oil change with top oils is $100.

Spark plugs can be change EASILY by anyone, including yourself for less than $100

Cabin air filter? My God, do that yourself

Flushing brake lines?terrible easy, bit any brake shop can do for $50

Get that crapmdone yourself for $300 ish.

Dealerships frick people, this isn't new

Is BMW part of a conglomerate?

For example, is BMW owned by a different company in the way Audi is owned by VW?

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For sure plugs in all vehicles are 90 to 100K miles

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Not anymore. Some engines recommend 25k-30k and I am sure some might be less

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back bumper for his Yukon

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It cost him $200

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I'm calling bullshite.

The 1400 probably included color match painting as well.

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A friend of mine had to get a back bumper for his Yukon several years ago. It was going to cost him $1400 at the dealership so he was looking around online and was talking to a coworker whose husband worked for a GMC dealership. She asked if he could order one for it that would be cheaper. He said he would order it and sell it to him at cost.. It cost him $200

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Any idea what the service costs are for high end Japanese vehicles?

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My understanding is that they charge different labor rates for different jobs. $130/hr is typical for Lexus for most jobs. I do my own shite, so I've only spoken to them on the phone about it

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I’ve had two personal F-150s and one for work, between the 3 of them I’ve orobably put on about 500k miles.

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Which speaks to the reliablity of an F150 lol.

I love my F250s, but they are quite a bit more expensive to maintain than the same vintage of Silverado, for example.

Point is, as someone else pointed out earlier, tuen ups aren't as simple as they used to be. On the flip side, you really are wasting your time in most cases if you tune a vehicle up more often than every 100K miles.

I have a 2007 Ford F250 with the V10 in it, my farm hand drives it every day now, it has around 350K miles on, it's had 3 sets of plugs in it and still runs great. Probably due for another set soon though.

30 years ago, it was almost unheard of for a vehicle to get that kinda mileage on it, now pretty common.

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Gave us a loaner

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Warning for others.

Someone I know used a loaner for one day, maybe 15 miles total,and when she brought it back they discovered a small chip in the windshield. Charged her $420 for a new windshield.

Not to mention they tried to upsell her with a'fuel injector flush', among other things. Most dealership service departments are garbage and prey on those who don't know much about cars.

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Not to mention they tried to upsell her with a'fuel injector flush', among other things. Most dealership service departments are garbage and prey on those who don't know much about cars.

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Fuel injection cleaning is actually a real thing , and perhaps it is you who doesn't know what they are talking about.

Now, whether that is necessary on a particular vehicle or not, who can say, but it is a real thing.