Service Due

[Mark V GTD]

if the dealer is taking in two months time just ask them what they would like done with it. If thy say service it - suggest that they do it for free or at least at cost....

[caprigreen]

Personally I'd get it serviced on time ... you owe it to the next owner and to the dealer. 

If they've already given you a part-ex price I'd be surprised if it didn't allow for the car being serviced on time.  They may possibly want to renegotiate the part-ex price if they find you've ignored the first service.

Makes sense to me

[monkeyhanger]

VirginVWman, I must say that trying to put off a service for 2 or 3 months past due is doing nothing to dispel the stereotype of Scots being tight. 

A completely different dilemma is me being too tight to ditch unworn Bridgestones for something a little grippier than a wet glass floor. I might've stuck with the DTUK equipped GTD if it wasn't for the tramping. Will I ditch the tyres on day 1 if my R arrives on Bridgestones? I'd like to think I would, but something's telling me I probably won't. 

Asked in Costco today about the cost of 235/35 R19s - they don't do Michelin PS3s in that size, it's an order in of Michelin Supersports at £169.18 each - ouch! £609 for a complete reshoe inc a £70 voucher that is frequently running on a set of 4 19"ers (but not right now).

[JB GTI]

I have also faced the same dilemma that my current car needs its first service but have a new car just built and sitting at Emden waiting for a ship.
In my opinion there is no dilemma. Current car needs a service. £154.02 job done. Service book stamped.
Result warranty intact,  no potential arguments about missing service history when trading in or selling and a nice cup of coffee,free wifi, poke about in a few nice shiny new cars in the showroom and a chat with my salesman.
Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday morning 

[monkeyhanger]

I have also faced the same dilemma that my current car needs its first service but have a new car just built and sitting at Emden waiting for a ship.
In my opinion there is no dilemma. Current car needs a service. £154.02 job done. Service book stamped.
Result warranty intact,  no potential arguments about missing service history when trading in or selling and a nice cup of coffee,free wifi, poke about in a few nice shiny new cars in the showroom and a chat with my salesman.
Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday morning 

I'd fully agree with the above - if you keep running the car beyond the 1 month/1000 mile window of discretion VW give you then officially you're mistreating the car and putting the warranty in jeopardy. The onus is on you to service the car if it is due while you still have it, a p/x with no warranty or no service history is going to take a bigger valuation hit than £150 spent correctly on the service.