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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gendong" data-source="post: 745026" data-attributes="member: 22402">welcome to the forum dooyak...congrats on ur ride. i hope u asked the previous owner a copy of the maintenance records (invoices, bills etc) so u can assess what has been changed so far throughout his ownership. also it would give u some ideas on what to do next in terms of preventive maintenance.going to official service center is totally up to u. plus point is assuming u r going back to ingress, they would have a record of what has been repaired/serviced. with that, it comes with a premium price. outside workshop generally tend to be cheaper, but ur gonna b on a blank piece of paper where the workshop can claim/tell u a million n one thing to change. thats where the previous maintenance records come in handy where u r able to prioritize n decide. build a good relationship with the workshop and it'll do wonders to ur maintenance bills to come.on general maintenance cost, assuming its a simple change of engine oil n filter, expect a difference of arnd 20-30% in favor of outside. maybe some of the f30 guys here can confirm/correct this.lastly, enjoy ur ride.....</blockquote>