Cost of first service????

[TonyvRS]

How much for a first service on my furby vRS then????


Ive been told £140 from main dealer, does that sound right or can i get it cheeper else where??

[beeftech]

Lube or annual???

I got quoted "About £80" for my 10K lube service thats due in a bout 1500 miles!!!

[Lornick]

I have just spent 10 mins speaking to my three closest main dealers (inc the one I bought the car from) and have the following three quotes;

1. £175 - this is the dealer I bought the car from!
2. £145
3. £87

I have been told that it is simply a oil and filter change taking no longer than 45 mins. The cheapest dealer has told me that their hourly labour rate is £42.

It is outrageous that 3 main dealers within 50 miles of each other have such huge discrepancies in what they charge. Guess where I'm going ..............

Hope this encourages you to shop around.

[chowy]

Originally Posted by beeftech

Lube or annual???

I got quoted "About £80" for my 10K lube service thats due in a bout 1500 miles!!!

Is that from Slackys??

[ScoobyChris]

Originally Posted by Lornick

It is outrageous that 3 main dealers within 50 miles of each other have such huge discrepancies in what they charge. Guess where I'm going ..............

Just make sure you get the right 10k service! There are two, the lube (just an oil and filter change) and the annual service (lube + inspection). £87 sounds like just a lube service and the other two sound like annual services.....

Chris

[chowy]

If one does 12k miles per year and after 10k miles and 10 months you get a 10k oil service, does that mean you have to get an annual one in another 2 months 2k miles time??
Or does than annual one only for low milage cars e.g. 6k per annum?

[Dr Zoidberg]

It's only worth alternating between lube and annual services if you are doing close to 20k a year or more.

If you are only doing 12k a year then you will need to have the annual service done every 10k.

[beeftech]

Originally Posted by chowy

Is that from Slackys??

Where????

Quote from Philip Wilks in Darlo!

[beeftech]

Originally Posted by chowy

If one does 12k miles per year and after 10k miles and 10 months you get a 10k oil service, does that mean you have to get an annual one in another 2 months 2k miles time??
Or does than annual one only for low milage cars e.g. 6k per annum?

think this has been argued on another thread!!!

the way i see it is that you MUST have a lube service at 10K and regardless of mileage an annual service every 12 months!!

[VRStu]

oh dear - Think we've been here before!!

[AnastieVRs]

This has been discussed several times. I was one who does 18-20K a year. Car was 7 months old at 10K. Various dealers wanted to charge me the full £140 for an annual service. Eventually local dealer said it IS a lube service as the car is only 6 months old. Paid £57. Now its approaching a year old with 18k. So that will be an 20K ANNUAL service about £180.

[ScoobyChris]

Originally Posted by AnastieVRs

This has been discussed several times. I was one who does 18-20K a year. Car was 7 months old at 10K. Various dealers wanted to charge me the full £140 for an annual service. Eventually local dealer said it IS a lube service as the car is only 6 months old. Paid £57. Now its approaching a year old with 18k. So that will be an 20K ANNUAL service about £180.

Chris

[alexst]

I paid -
10K £86
20K £185
30K £90
40K £286
50K £? (90)