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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: froggy on 01 January 2009, 11:47
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just to let everyone know its worth ringing round for servicing quotes.my local dealer in bishops stortford wanted £262 for the first year longlife service but the one 12 miles up the road in buntingford quoted £129!
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Hmm yeah you're right!
I just paid £198 for the first longlife service on mine, however my decision was a little more complicated...
The dealer that I chose to commission the work has just built a brand new service facility and I must admit - it is impressive, and I trust that my car would be well looked after. I also know a couple of the technicians, and they seem like decent lads!
The other two surrounding dealerships that are within a realistic commutable distance are, well lets just say, not in the greatest of conditions. The service facility at one of them literally looks like the garage of your local Humphrey's Tyre and Exhaust or QuikFit, and the other has really bad customer service!!
:cry: :cry:
I guess I'd rather pay a bit more for that peace of mind! But still feel that £198 was a bit of a joke, considering all they did was an oil change and replaced the oil filter! Should have done it myself, but I was to keep the VW FSH for when I sell her!
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At the end of the day its all down to which technician actually works on your car rather than where you take it... And you don't normally get any control over that! :wink:
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i've just been quoted £329 for my second long life service :shocked: plus £11.95 for a courtesy car for the day :laugh: suppose they are trying to make some money any way they can now. i'll have a ring around the area 2mrw and get some more qoutes.
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Ive just had my first service done on mine, its just 2 years old now and cost me about £260 but that included the brake fluid change. I got a free courtesy car but if I wanted to pay with a credit card they would have charged an extra 1% :shocked:
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Ive just had my first service done on mine, its just 2 years old now and cost me about £260 but that included the brake fluid change. I got a free courtesy car but if I wanted to pay with a credit card they would have charged an extra 1% :shocked:
Is it just me or is that a bit. . .odd? I've never heard of this happening.
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Yeah I was a little miffed when they said that but fortunately I wasnt paying with a CC! I did sarcastically tell them I thought they spanked people enough without introducing addition little charges!
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its not odd about getting charged 1% for using a CC, its penny pinching. every shop everywhere pays a commission back to the credit card companies whenever you use one, I guess that garage it fed up of paying those fees, credit crunch!!!
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Im also on the hunt for a best price for my first long life service... tried 3 different VW's, 1 Skoda, and still waiting on a price from IVW Specialists. Prices were as follows for anyone in W.Yorkshie
Orignal Prices
Leeds - £299
Huddersfield - £218
Wakefield - £204
DM Keith - £193
I wanted the Leeds one to be cheapest as its just been taken over by sytner and is closest but it turned out the most expensive which annoyed me as they are doing exactly the same as Skoda would do (no???). So phoned them back and said VW Hudds are doing it for £169 inc vat. :lipsrsealed:
Forgot that they had both been taken over by the same group :embarassed: Anyway they phoned me back and said they would do it for £187 inc vat!!
Done deal and £112 in my back pocket :grin:
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i've just been quoted £329 for my second long life service :shocked: plus £11.95 for a courtesy car for the day :laugh: suppose they are trying to make some money any way they can now. i'll have a ring around the area 2mrw and get some more qoutes.
£330 is the going rate (several dealers local to me gave me the same quote) for the 2nd long live service as thats what mine cost when I got it done a few weeks ago. Also paid a bit extra to get the brake fluid serviced aswell. I didnt have to pay for the privilege of driving around in a 1.4 Polo tho :)
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£399 for a 40'000 mile service down here from VW!
They must have Donald Trump test drive it!
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There's me thinking my £330 was expensive, tell them to jog on.
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Had a longlife service at 14k, the car is now on 25k and it's flashing for another service? is that right? or have the garage just not set the service indicator properly?
Cheers
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had my first longlife service at 12000mls and its just going in for its second at 22000mls it seems to be the same as time and distance except you pay more for it- never again.£ 329 for nxt service :shocked:
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I just paid £187 for first long life service. It might help to get them to price match. :wink:
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THey do, when I phoned up another deal to ask how much for the service they said they would knock off 10% to £300 but mine was alreaady booked in at the other dealer for warrenty work so there wasnt much point. Fight them off againt each other and bring that price down :)
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yup, £329 for the service, :cry: another£90 for brake fluid change, :cry: £23 for new front wipers, :cry: £11 for poxy 1.4 polo for the day :cry:. and we thought r32 were expensive to run :undecided:
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yup, £329 for the service, :cry: another£90 for brake fluid change, :cry: £23 for new front wipers, :cry: £11 for poxy 1.4 polo for the day :cry:. and we thought r32 were expensive to run :undecided:
That is a scandalous price to pay... and I would be kicking up a fuss!! With the additional cost of super unleaded and less use out of your front tyres, Im starting to think the R32 is the cheaper of the golfs to run :rolleyes::grin:
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^ R32UK been smoking crack again :rolleyes:
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^ R32UK been smoking crack again :rolleyes:
Cheaper than your regular brown these dayzzzzz :grin:
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R32UK not seen you about where abouts do you live, I work just up from D M Keiths so I took it there for my 60k mile service cost me £225 with the brake fluid change which was cheaper than IVC, I was talking to George at DM Keiths and he was saying that they where the cheapest around and would price match any one within reason, he also said IVC where not much cheaper than VW!!
60k mile service:
VW £322
IVC £185
D M Keiths £180 + £40 brake fluid change 2 year only
Cam belt and Tensioners plus water pump
VW £400+
IVC £340
D M Keiths £309
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Spoke to DM keith and they wanted £193... but in the end decided to stick with VW. Went into IVC a few months back, but got the feeling the lady behind the counter didnt know what she was talking about so havent been back since.
Where abouts do you work, as Im constantly up and down hunslet road/ lower bridge road is it?? I live in north leeds so you might see me flying round the ring road from time to time too.
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I work down at the container base just off the m621, D M Keiths actually cleaned the car better than Richard Alexanders did aswell, they dryed it off instead of leaving it to dry and get water marks all over the place,
Ill keep an eye out mate although most of my driving is late on cos I work nights.
Darren
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Ahh cool I know the place.. used to drive past it a fair bit but not so much any more. Your right about the cleaning though... it had water marks all over and wasnt even cleaned properly, but was such a state when it went in I guess anything is better than it was.
So what are you driving?? Gti?? colour?? will keep an eye out for you next time Im up that way :cool:
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Just had to book mine in for it's first service (12,000 miles in 18 months). I live in Reading so called Ridgeway VW and they quoted me £320 + £85 for brake fluid change!!!! £320 for a freekin oil change! I just laughed and said no thanks.. I then called Martins VW in Farnham and spoke to a nice chap in the servicing department who advised me that I might as well wait the 6 months and get the BF change done later, and they only charge £62 for it... and the cost of the long life service is only £170 inc VAT as well.
The difference in price is ridiculous so I called Ridgeway back to tell them.. and they immediately offered to price match Martins. So it just goes to show how much they take the pi$$ and assume you will just drop your trousers, bend over and take it!
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Driving a Black Golf GT Tdi time for some whoring
(http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35226&stc=1&d=1227857121)
Darren
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Yeah but you have cheated and made it look like GTI lol
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How do you work that out Alan :grin: it resembles a gti but I tried to take it away from been a look a like thats why the strip at the front is white (soon to be black)
Darren
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I just paid £187 for first long life service. It might help to get them to price match. :wink:
That's good to know R32 as mine is going in next week. That was at (formerly) Richard Alexander right?
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I just paid £187 for first long life service. It might help to get them to price match. :wink:
That's good to know R32 as mine is going in next week. That was at (formerly) Richard Alexander right?
Yep.. the elland road one. If they say thats mighty cheap just tell them that they did mine for that price last week :wink: