Front pad change

[darrent]

The car is getting a service and brake fluid change, on the MOT front pads were advised as being low.I got a quote from the dealer of £139 to fit new pads. Is that really the going rate?
I thought it would be cheaper especially as I assume, maybe wrongly, the wheels would be off for the fluid change anyway.

[RocketRossUK]

Do it yourself mate, there a piece of cake. There are loads of videos on YouTube if you are unsure.

[Poached]

The car is getting a service and brake fluid change, on the MOT front pads were advised as being low.I got a quote from the dealer of £139 to fit new pads. Is that really the going rate?
I thought it would be cheaper especially as I assume, maybe wrongly, the wheels would be off for the fluid change anyway.

Is that a VW dealer? I bet they make decent money on MOT recommendations,some of them are £100 + per hour labour rate.

It's not a difficult job but you could try an Indy instead.

[Mattyj]

Rip off

[Hobojim]

Rip off, do it yourself its dead easy. Or just tell them what you are prepared to pay the worst they can say is no and you do it yourself anyway.

[Mattyj]

I'd show you nothing but we aren't very close :-(

[darrent]

It wasn't a dealer who did the MOT. Looks like I'll have to cough up then cos I cant be arsed to do them myself, but I am tight 

[Mattyj]

It wasn't a dealer who did the MOT. Looks like I'll have to cough up then cos I cant be arsed to do them myself, but I am tight 

That doesn't make sense your tight yet want to throw away £140? On a job thats should cost about £50 in parts??

[darrent]

  missed off the 'so I might have to'     

[ab17790]

The car is getting a service and brake fluid change, on the MOT front pads were advised as being low.I got a quote from the dealer of £139 to fit new pads. Is that really the going rate?
I thought it would be cheaper especially as I assume, maybe wrongly, the wheels would be off for the fluid change anyway.

That's actually not a bad price i think at work we charge about £180 for pad replacement,When carrying out a brake fluid on VAG cars there is a brake bleed bottle we use so we keep the wheels on but i usually take the rear off as it can be tight and messy,A cheaper way if you wanted a dealer to do it is to buy the parts from EuroCar Parts and just pay VW for labour

If you didn't realise it is only £50 labour charge for a oil change the rest is parts premium,if you got the parts from Euro and pairs for labour with VW you could easily get a oil change service and stamped book for £70-£90