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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: adw555 on 06 March 2009, 15:36
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Left my MY05 GTI in for a service. Miles are 46k. They did the following :
oil & filter (long life)
air filter
fuel filter
pollen filter
spark plugs
Came to £240 ...which is more or less what my local dealer quoted....is this expensive for an independant ?. I;m thinking I should have just left it with the dealer and got the nice VW stamp ...ahhhh
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no about right for that price as mines just been done + yes i would have left your dealer do it as it would have been a FVWSH! :smiley:
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I don't think that is too bad considering they will have used about 5 litres of oil (£11+ a litre=£55)
The other filters and plugs will have come to around another £50 (if they used genuine VW parts)
So £140 for labour is basically about 2 hrs labour inc VAT nowardays.
Still stings when you have to cough up though :shocked:
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Still stings when you have to cough up though :shocked:
had a service last month to the same amount + change! and just yesterday put new front shoes on me car (Eagle F1's) @ £260, had a look at the backs and both need changing too :shocked: :cry: and im selling the car in a month or so, nightmare!
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Still stings when you have to cough up though :shocked:
had a service last month to the same amount + change! and just yesterday put new front shoes on me car (Eagle F1's) @ £260, had a look at the backs and both need changing too :shocked: :cry: and im selling the car in a month or so, nightmare!
Ouch!!
Why are you selling and what are you getting... pm me to avoid another threadjack :smiley:
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he is going MK2 golf
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This sounds pretty good to me, I have been shopping around and the best i have found for the same
oil & filter (long life)
air filter
fuel filter
pollen filter
spark plugs
Though with the addition of a Brake Fluid change (Need to confirm i need this once i can check in the service book - Makes £50 difference) is £330 at a VW Main Dealer (Drift Bridge in Surrey).
As the car is 4 years old I am also going to have the timing belt changed, this is currently quoted at £470 which seems steep, but i would probably like to have that covered by the 1 year warranty it will have on the work.
£800 will be a bit of a stinger but i figure i should be good for a while and the next service should be a lot cheaper. I have used Drift Bridge a few times and they genuinely seem to do a pretty good job, though i always ask that they dont wash it as i spied a car wash out the back.
So in answer to your question £240 isnt too bad, but for £280 for the same job at a VW dealership with a stamp i would have gone for that, i'm sure it would be worth more than £40 at re-sale to have all VW Stamps in there.
R
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I don't think that is too bad considering they will have used about 5 litres of oil (£11+ a litre=£55)
But that is a 'retail' price for the oil. The proper Castrol LL3 trade oil can be had for about £3.20 per litre - so think of the 'markup' they make on oils! :shocked:
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Though with the addition of a Brake Fluid change (Need to confirm i need this once i can check in the service book - Makes £50 difference)
The brake fluid change is every 2 years, irrespective of the mileage. So just work from when the car was registered.
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Though with the addition of a Brake Fluid change (Need to confirm i need this once i can check in the service book - Makes £50 difference)
The brake fluid change is every 2 years, irrespective of the mileage. So just work from when the car was registered.
Thanks, i was thinking it would probably hve been changed if the pads were done at some point, but probably best ot be safe in any case,
Cheers,
R