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Originally Posted by tturedraider
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Originally Posted by catchm3ifyoucann
Cost cutting. Bye bye to those high lease numbers BMW
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Why is that? This change will have virtually no effect on 3 yr/36k mile leases. |
Because many people take 15k leases and when you are returning a car that you don't own, you don't want to put money into a major cost like brakes or a clutch. Although I have to imagine your brakes in most cases should not need replacement anyway and you shouldn't go through a clutch either. But it is nice to know that everything is covered.
I don't think I'd not purchase a BMW as a result but from a brand perspective I think it's a bad move. Like said before in most cases it doesn't cost them anything more (except maybe an oil change) so why lose the ability to market the benefit?
On my wife's Volvo we were given 5 year/60k maintenance free and it definitely weighted into our decision as that was a buy and I didn't fully trust volvo's long term reliability. We ended up getting our brakes changed (and they did rotors and pads) right at 59k miles which was great as it will take us up to when we sell the car.