Just dropped off the Twin Air this morning, for the first service, given that it is now a year old. I understand it will be £120, and fingers crossed, I dont expect any problems!
that is reasonable from a main dealer i suppose. I assume they stamp the book aswell?
The reason i comment is that an oil/filter change might be a lot cheaper elsewhere but maybe but this might invalidate the warranty?
I understand that there is case law that a 'stamp' from any garage is just as good as a main dealer you see.
Cost covered a service + oil + filter and some screen wash (more expensive than Tesco's screen wash!!). So I think 120 is ok really.
Just been quoted £150(!!!!!) for a 1-year oil and filter change on my TA by the dealer I bought the car from. Needless to say when I bought it they said this would be around £80. I looked on the website of another fairly nearby Fiat dealer, who advertise an "any make" oil and filter change for £99, so I'll check them out next week. To put the £150 into context, my son recently had a service (not just oil change) and MOT carried out on his Civic at a main Honda dealer for less than £200.
I appreciate what you are saying and I'm glad you've had a good personal experience and you're happy paying what you have, but I'm sorry, for me personally, 120 quid is too much for an oil and filter change and tbh, you could have filled the screenwash before you put the car in for service. I'm afraid I'm just very tight! Still, I'm letting a Fiat main dealer service our 500, because I'd like to see a couple of Fiat dealer stamps in the service log whilst the car is under warranty and because I've negotiated what I believe to be a fair price for a very minor service one year into ownership.
I think this is a fair price, I mean I dont expect people to do this for nothing. Labour costs was £51, parts was £20 and the oil was £28. Then add on the VAT. For me that is 100% reasonable. for a 1st year service.
Ripped off? I dont really think so. Everything is relative but really guys what do you want. Never heard of 'you get what you pay for'. How cheap do you want it? Say, £90? Great, I've saved myself £30, driven an extra 10 miles and sat around all morning waiting for them to do it, coz Johny Back Street dosen't give you a lift home after you drop the car off........
Fair enough. I am 'conditioned' mind from paying BMW and Merc main dealer prices for a good few years now. I remember when I was picking up my '5' some years ago from a service and the young girl in front of me was almost in tears, having just been asked £600 or so for a service and new disks and pads on her Mini Cooper.