Service plan

[Teutonic_Tamer]

perhaps this Andrew fella offers "optional extras"?   


(j/k)

Shhhhhhsh, don't tell Rolfe that cars don't need their nipples greasing! 

[FamilyDub]

And I'm going with, take a hike VW, Andrew at the end of the road will look after it, and there's even a bus stop outside his garage where I can catch a bus to work.

Rolfe.

i hope andrew has a VW dealer stamp!  worth it for that FVWSH even if you come to sell after 5-7 years.  if you're gonna run it into the ground then fair enough, but never say never.

Don't care.  My Peugeot had a full Peugeot dealer service history until I moved here, when it was 10 years old.  It was (figuratively) like a new car after he'd finished with it.

Rolfe.

It may have been like a new car after he had finished with it, but a prospective buyer wont take your word for it, a FSH is what people look for. Personally If you were selling your GTi without one, I wouldnt entertain it.

+1.

Indy for repairs, mods or ad hoc stuff, but I still continue to use a franchised VW stealer, purely to get the all-important stamp in the book.

I seriously believe that with the money you are going to be spending on this tremendous car you really do need it serviced by a bona fide VW service centre,  you will never recoup the full value if it is not vwfsh stamped.  I think you really should re-consider only for your own benefit.

Another point is goodwill out of warranty.  Should the worst happen and say your gearbox explodes a year out of warranty, a VW service history will stand you in good stead for getting goodwill.  An indy's won't get you squat.

Whenever your car goes into the stealers they automatically apply any updates and recalls.  Particularly important for a brand new model.  Everything from the central locking to the engine is computer controlled and as niggles and bugs pop up from being in service, new revisions of the software are released and passed on to the dealer network.  If you service the car out of the dealer network you won't get these.  Worth thinking about.

Have I been misunderstood? I certainly wouldn't buy a GTi without a bona fide VW service history, so I wouldn't sell one either 

My point is VW wanted £71 to recharge my air-con, when my Indy guy (ex-Audi master tech) will do it for £40 BUT, I've added another VW stamp in the book as well.

[herbie911]

Well I took my car to main dealer just for a stamp. Anything else, I buy parts from Eurocarparts etc..and get my local friendly garage to fit them as main dealer labour rate is a lot higher!

Just to keep you guys up to date, I got a phone call from the stealers as my car EDT is around mid-late october (Just after my birthday). I mention about the service plan but they still insists their own one is better than the VW. I don't think I will pay them unless this get sorted out!