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Originally Posted by DavyNM
I've always purchased tires at my local Costco for my other cars. (but not my BMWs because both of them are not due for new tires just yet)
So I was standing around waiting for tire rotation/balance on my pick-up today. I saw a M340i just like the one I bought a few months ago. The owner and the Costco employee were having a heated argument.
Apparently the BMW owner was upset that Costco didn't use jackstand adapters when jacking up the M340i. I walked over and looked at it and the car was jacked up there with just plain flat blocks.
Is this bad for the factory jackpoints on the M340i? (or any other BMW?)
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I'd like to see Costco or any other tire store use the proper hardware to lift my BMW for tire service or any service.
But even if it did I would not use any of those businesses.
I don't know about my BMW having not been under it to do any self-maintenance nor having the opportunity to look at the car while on the lift at the dealer. But with my Porsche the lifting points were metal but covered with -- painted with -- a very durable rock chip resistant paint. Lifting the car without using the heavy rubber pads to prevent hoist lifting pad metal to vehicle car lifting point metal or rather lifting pad metal to car lifting point paint contact was to be avoided.