Cambelt Change - VW is cheaper!

[Buck]

I had my car in to an independent last week for its 60K service.

He gave me a quote for the cam belt change - £285 + VAT so around £340

Rang VW today for a comparative quote and they've quoted me £299!

Sounds a good deal with VW - am I missing anything?

[gaurav_aidasani]

VW have been running a few promotions on servicing, so seems legitimate.
P.s. depending on dealer, they also claim to match any price within 5 miles from the garage so might be worth looking around further!

[J400uk]

Seems very cheap. In the past SEAT dealers have been the lowest as they typically undercut VW on the menu system

[SRGTD]

The offer is currently being promoted on VW's website; £299 for cambelt and £349 for cambelt plus water pump.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/cambelt-promotion

[cosmicremedy]

I think i paid about that for pump and belt at Wirral VW earlier this year.  They knocked the price down for me...

[Buck]

Yes, I was surprised too - seems that the price on this has fallen - I remember around 4 years ago on my old Audi A4 at an indy garage it was around £500

Whilst it is still £300 I'm happier with that price!

For those that have had theirs done - did you bother with the water pump or not?

[cosmicremedy]

Yes, I was surprised too - seems that the price on this has fallen - I remember around 4 years ago on my old Audi A4 at an indy garage it was around £500

Whilst it is still £300 I'm happier with that price!

For those that have had theirs done - did you bother with the water pump or not?

Yes i did, i think general advice is to get it done as it isnt that much more money on top of the belt work.

[Buck]

^cheers. I'm thinking the same for £50.

I had it done on my Audi as well but in those days it was a known fault

[itavaltalainen]

water pump for just 50£ more is a bargain, part costs nearly that much and you also get coolant changed!

if it leaks or goes otherwise then 50£ won't get you it....


I would only risk not changing water pump at the same time on old mk3 because it's not driven by cambelt and I could change it in an hour on my drive.

[jonathan_phang]

Ah gutted I hadn't seen this. I'm due a service now and need to get the cambelt done and VW Watford have just quoted me £519 including water pump :S If only I had seen the promotion... Oh well, I'm getting a major service done so have asked him to do me a deal otherwise I'm going to some other VAG dealers or maybe back to my old VAG specialist. Fingers crossed!