20k Service

[Mat]

How much is it gonna hurt the credit card?

[Stuey]

you hit 20K already?? I seem to recall it is about £180. I could be miles off though. Z3 is probaly the best to ask as his has had a few of them...

[hertsnminds]

12,500 mile service for the 5 door 1.6 110HDi was £235

 

 

Ian

Black 55 VTR+

[iannez]

£140 where i work.

[C4VTS]

Z3 is probaly the best to ask as his has had a few of them...

If it's anything like when I had a company car, he probably never sees the invoice .

 

£235 sounds a bit steep ! :(

 

£180 - 190 sounds about right from what I read elsewhere.

 

Mine is only on 13,900 miles, so a few months to go yet. :)

[Johndouglas]

I put my C5 in on 1st birthday at 11000 miles and it cost me £254. What a rip-off. 38 quid for 4.5ltrs of syth!!

[Z3M Roadster]

Invoice? what are they. Indeed, never seen a bill so couldn't tell you how much the services are. Mine is only 7k away from the next service, so should come around within the next couple of months.

[kfk]

I put my C5 in on 1st birthday at 11000 miles and it cost me £254.  What a rip-off.  38 quid for 4.5ltrs of syth!!

I wouldnt dispute the cost of the oil as being excessive.......but from your previous posts i can see your obviously a practicle person with a degree of mechanical knowledge and ability.

 

The average person doesnt want to spend time servicing/repairing their vehicle, they have no interest in purchasing tools or manuals to do the job and in a lot of cases where vehicles are under warranty they want to ensure servicing conditions are adhered to.

 

I wont justify why a main dealer has a higher labour rate than 'fred in the shed'. But i would expect exceptional service if i was paying main dealer prices, and so should you.

 

Every day i get calls from non franchised dealers that have had cars entrusted to them for repair....their customers believe they know what they're doing. Should i really have to tell them how to fit an alternator belt.......thats the type of question i expect of this forum.....and here i would be happy to answer it.

 

If you wish to repair your own vehicle, thats fine, good for you, everone has there reasons, but you will always feel a garage, of any kind is charging over the top.

 

I recently had a customer come to me asking for the price on fitting a set of brake pads......i quoted and was told i was too expensive. How much have you been quoted, i enquired, and by who?

 

Armed with the information i set off to beat the price, and did by £5.00. Guess what, i didnt get the sale because i was too cheap.......Quote "well the pads cant be much cop at that price!"

[wozza]

See i would do things like that myself but with me only keeping cars a short amount of time i would rather a dealer service them or a specialist knowing it will help it sell in the future with a full servce history.

 

My little cinquecento i do all the work myself my C4 goes to the garage just because of the price difference of the cars the cinq being worth £600 - 800. And the C4 being around 10x that. It makes sense to have that dealer stamp in the book. No one gives a toss when buying a 12yr old car if it has a full dealer service history though but a 2 - 3 yr old car makes a difference.