Hi peeps
Just handed my car over this morning for its first time service, around 7k on the clock. The chap at the desk gave me a quote of 290 quid!! I nearly fainted!
I looked at the parts being replaced...there was only 5 items on the sheet...fancy named engine oil, oil filters, air filters, another low cost part, and spark plugsx4!!
All in all, this cost just around 100. Then looked at labour cost, and this was around 150!! Have I just been mugged off from Fiat Desire Southgate??
I'm sure first year service doesnt require change of spark plugs. Anyway, he said he can take the plugs off which makes me believe...why the heck did you put them on there in the beginning??
If spark plug changing was essential to first time service, any decent garage would have said 'sorry but we cant allow service of the car without change of spark plugs as its essential'
Am I just being overly too tight about what to expect to pay for my first service??
I've managed to get the plugs taken off, and price down to 215, but still feel mugged off.
Just handed my car over this morning for its first time service, around 7k on the clock. The chap at the desk gave me a quote of 290 quid!! I nearly fainted!
I looked at the parts being replaced...there was only 5 items on the sheet...fancy named engine oil, oil filters, air filters, another low cost part, and spark plugsx4!!
All in all, this cost just around 100. Then looked at labour cost, and this was around 150!! Have I just been mugged off from Fiat Desire Southgate??
I'm sure first year service doesnt require change of spark plugs. Anyway, he said he can take the plugs off which makes me believe...why the heck did you put them on there in the beginning??
If spark plug changing was essential to first time service, any decent garage would have said 'sorry but we cant allow service of the car without change of spark plugs as its essential'
Am I just being overly too tight about what to expect to pay for my first service??
I've managed to get the plugs taken off, and price down to 215, but still feel mugged off.