While I was at the dealer yesterday for a cold-start diagnosis I learned a couple of things.
Performing your own oil changes WILL NOT VOID THE WARRANTY. The service manager felt the same way I did about not letting it go 'til 10k and said that there was absolutely no problem doing it yourself as long as you use approved parts and were competent. I was also told this by a Mini Customer Relations person when I was verifying my vibration damper was OK.
They only wanted $50 to do an oil change, so while I was there I had them do it. They wanted $10 for a filter and synthetic oil is $4-5/qt. so I figured it was worth the $15 or $20.
It’s kinda nice out here now since there aren’t a lot of Minis on the road yet the dealer’s service dept. isn’t busy at all. I think I may have been the first one they had seen. The work-order I filled out was a faxed copy and I thought I overheard them figuring out how to put it through their system. They had a lot of time to talk and everybody was super nice. I think the whole dealership was only up and running for about a month and the service dept., just a couple weeks.
I’ll post what I found on the cold-start on the appropriate thread. |