Thread: BRZ vs E46 M3
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:41 AM   #105
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Originally Posted by Nihilation View Post
Some of these prices seem a bit high for the E46 M3's maintenance. More realistic numbers are:

Oil change every 15k miles: $160 from a dealer. Typical oil change is what, $60-70 for good synthetic every 7k miles? So you're not spending much more in oil and you worry about it less often.

18" 225/45 and 255/40 tires: $700 to 1200 installed, depending on the tire. 19's expect to add another $200.
I'm in Canada so it's 25k kilometers oil change intervals and I guess somehow the oil services are more expensive. I also only go to the dealer because finding that stupid Castrol TWS the car "requires" is hard anywhere else.

I'm also running 245/35-19 and 275/30-19 tires and again for some reason tires cost more in Canada than the States.
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