As I've had the 500 for just over a year I've been looking at getting it serviced (yes I know the intervals are 18k miles or 2 years whichever comes first, but I want to service it early)
Anyhoo as some of you may or may not know, if you make a donation of £5 you get a code for a 10% discount with www.shop4parts.co.uk who sell lots of genuine bits for 500's and Fiats in general.
Stupidly enough my local stealer has agreed to service my car for about £40 cheaper (they wanted just under £200 for the 18k service) if I supply genuine bits from shop4parts than they would if they were supplying the bits. I know it's not the biggest saving but at the end of the day it's £40 more in my back pocket rather than in theirs PLUS my car is getting serviced at a Fiat dealership so if I do sell it that's always a plus. People are always complaining about the cost of servicing so why not drive costs down?
Shipping is a little expensive @ £9.34 for an order but if like me you're going to buy enough for 3 years of servicing then there's quite a saving to be made The bits for one service come in @ 84.07 which is 4 litres of Selenia 5w40 (1.2 litres too much so enough left over for some top ups), 4 spark plugs and a filter kit (air, oil and cabin). If you buy enough for the first 3 services then it comes in @ 72.63 per service. Genuine plugs can actually be had for a few pounds cheaper on Ebay if you know which ones to buy
Hope this helps some of the more budget conscious people on the forum If you're a female of the species and this all seems a little technical, let me put it this way, buy your oily bits online and you will be able to afford more shoes
Anyhoo as some of you may or may not know, if you make a donation of £5 you get a code for a 10% discount with www.shop4parts.co.uk who sell lots of genuine bits for 500's and Fiats in general.
Stupidly enough my local stealer has agreed to service my car for about £40 cheaper (they wanted just under £200 for the 18k service) if I supply genuine bits from shop4parts than they would if they were supplying the bits. I know it's not the biggest saving but at the end of the day it's £40 more in my back pocket rather than in theirs PLUS my car is getting serviced at a Fiat dealership so if I do sell it that's always a plus. People are always complaining about the cost of servicing so why not drive costs down?
Shipping is a little expensive @ £9.34 for an order but if like me you're going to buy enough for 3 years of servicing then there's quite a saving to be made
The bits for one service come in @ 84.07 which is 4 litres of Selenia 5w40 (1.2 litres too much so enough left over for some top ups), 4 spark plugs and a filter kit (air, oil and cabin). If you buy enough for the first 3 services then it comes in @ 72.63 per service. Genuine plugs can actually be had for a few pounds cheaper on Ebay if you know which ones to buy Hope this helps some of the more budget conscious people on the forum
If you're a female of the species and this all seems a little technical, let me put it this way, buy your oily bits online and you will be able to afford more shoes
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