I would do my own at 5K and the dealer at the second 5K........ This put the MINI at a fresh filter and oil every 5K miles..... Castrol 100% synthetic and a oem oil filter...
Nice of your dealer to do the right thing. When my changes were on MINI's dime I did the 5,000 mile change myself. Mobile 1 0w40 with an oem or Mann filter.
The MINI is not too very hard to change the oil on. Heck even an old fart like me can do it.
Oh goodness no! I wont even let those hacks look at my car. The fiance gives me **** because I wont go to Monroe for their $20 oil change. I told her its because I dont trust those wanna be grease monkeys to touch my car and do it right. Then she whines because I wont change the oil on her Toyota, at least she did until I took her to the autoparts store and showed her how much it actually costs to do an oil change. She sticks with her $20 oil change.
A follow up thought for those of us that have battery key fobs for our push button start. The owners manual suggests switching fobs occasionally to prevent the battery in the unused fob from going flat. Seems to me that switch fobs at the same time I'm getting an oil change would be a good way to remember.
I have never used my second key fob, it has hung on the key rack since I got the car four years ago. The last time I was at the dealer I brought it in and handed it to the service advisor, he was surprised to see only six miles on a four year old car! He said I should use it regularly, I probably won't though.
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