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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Auto Addict on 15 May 2014, 16:41:40
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Insignia MOT + Oil and Filter Change £60.
Mrs AA's Astra MOT + Oil and Filter Change £60.
I supplied the oil and filters.
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More money than sense :D
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More money than sense :D
At my age I've got a lot of sense NOT to crawl under cars anymore ;)
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Both have full undertrays which is a real pita on the drive, as you can't get the car high enough to open the service flap, leaving you to try and manhandle sixteen square feet of plastic out of the way just to get the sump plug off... :-\
As nice as it would be to diy the Mercedes, the front third of the underside is covered...
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What you need is a pit in your garage, Al..
.. and less crap blocking the way to the pit than I have in the garage ;D
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Both have full undertrays which is a real pita on the drive, as you can't get the car high enough to open the service flap, leaving you to try and manhandle sixteen square feet of plastic out of the way just to get the sump plug off... :-\
As nice as it would be to diy the Mercedes, the front third of the underside is covered...
Have you gone for one of their service plans?
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Both have full undertrays which is a real pita on the drive, as you can't get the car high enough to open the service flap, leaving you to try and manhandle sixteen square feet of plastic out of the way just to get the sump plug off... :-\
As nice as it would be to diy the Mercedes, the front third of the underside is covered...
Have you gone for one of their service plans?
Er... No ;D
Works out at about £150 per month on top of the car and only covers four services... Might look into it down the road...
Depends on how often the car thinks it needs servicing tbh... Last service was as 48600 miles, now on 52600, next service is a B one, due in 11800 miles. Undecided if they're good value or not tbh :-\
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What you need is a pit in your garage, Al..
.. and less crap blocking the way to the pit than I have in the garage ;D
True, but it if you got stuck in, then the obstruction would move freely, and all the bits would take up far less space if they were attached to the chassis rather than stacked in boxes ::)
I have more chance of digging a trench in the front garden than I have of making anything useful in the free space of my garage... As I am sure Chris will testify ;D
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Both have full undertrays which is a real pita on the drive, as you can't get the car high enough to open the service flap, leaving you to try and manhandle sixteen square feet of plastic out of the way just to get the sump plug off... :-\
As nice as it would be to diy the Mercedes, the front third of the underside is covered...
Have you gone for one of their service plans?
Er... No ;D
Works out at about £150 per month on top of the car and only covers four services... Might look into it down the road...
Depends on how often the car thinks it needs servicing tbh... Last service was as 48600 miles, now on 52600, next service is a B one, due in 11800 miles. Undecided if they're good value or not tbh :-\
If you dont know, how to reset the service indicator on it......give me a shout :y
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Insignia MOT + Oil and Filter Change £60.
Mrs AA's Astra MOT + Oil and Filter Change £60.
I supplied the oil and filters.
Depends how much they charge for MOT's.....i can get an MOT for £25 in Swindon.....so based on that, they charged you £35 labour on each car....good if it takes an hour.....but its probably 15mins tops :-\
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More money than sense :D
At my age I've got a lot of sense NOT to crawl under cars anymore ;)
Me, too.
I pay my local Vx dealer £30 to change the oil and filter on my 2.6.
I supply the oil....... they supply the labour and a new filter. :y
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Both have full undertrays which is a real pita on the drive, as you can't get the car high enough to open the service flap, leaving you to try and manhandle sixteen square feet of plastic out of the way just to get the sump plug off... :-\
As nice as it would be to diy the Mercedes, the front third of the underside is covered...
Have you gone for one of their service plans?
Er... No ;D
Works out at about £150 per month on top of the car and only covers four services... Might look into it down the road...
Depends on how often the car thinks it needs servicing tbh... Last service was as 48600 miles, now on 52600, next service is a B one, due in 11800 miles. Undecided if they're good value or not tbh :-\
I was looking at CLS. £30/m for 36 months think it was 4 services
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Thing is Tunnie, my car has done nealy a thousand miles since I picked it up, so four services in three years simply won't cut it...
In my case it's £1776 for 24 litres of oil (60-300, depending on oil used), four oil filters (20), one air filter (20), one pollen filter (15), four sump plug washers (2), one fuel filter (10), a litre of brake fluid (15-25), 10 litres of 50/50 coolant (25) and four service printouts. Oh and one MoT (45) ::)
Say £462 in parts, the rest in labour and 'free' coffee...
Like I said, not sure if that's good value or not :-\
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More money than sense :D
At my age I've got a lot of sense NOT to crawl under cars anymore ;)
Me, too.
I pay my local Vx dealer £30 to change the oil and filter on my 2.6.
I supply the oil....... they supply the labour and a new filter. :y
I reckon they only charged me about a tenner for the oil and filter change, taking off the cost of the MOT.
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Thing is Tunnie, my car has done nealy a thousand miles since I picked it up, so four services in three years simply won't cut it...
In my case it's £1776 for 24 litres of oil (60-300, depending on oil used), four oil filters (20), one air filter (20), one pollen filter (15), four sump plug washers (2), one fuel filter (10), a litre of brake fluid (15-25), 10 litres of 50/50 coolant (25) and four service printouts. Oh and one MoT (45) ::)
Say £462 in parts, the rest in labour and 'free' coffee...
Like I said, not sure if that's good value or not :-\
get a local independent to do it, wont invalidate warranty as long as its done to dealer spec.
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Thing is Tunnie, my car has done nealy a thousand miles since I picked it up, so four services in three years simply won't cut it...
In my case it's £1776 for 24 litres of oil (60-300, depending on oil used), four oil filters (20), one air filter (20), one pollen filter (15), four sump plug washers (2), one fuel filter (10), a litre of brake fluid (15-25), 10 litres of 50/50 coolant (25) and four service printouts. Oh and one MoT (45) ::)
Say £462 in parts, the rest in labour and 'free' coffee...
Like I said, not sure if that's good value or not :-\
See your point, my miles would be around 15k a year or so, not 15k every 3 months :o
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Thing is Tunnie, my car has done nealy a thousand miles since I picked it up, so four services in three years simply won't cut it...
In my case it's £1776 for 24 litres of oil (60-300, depending on oil used), four oil filters (20), one air filter (20), one pollen filter (15), four sump plug washers (2), one fuel filter (10), a litre of brake fluid (15-25), 10 litres of 50/50 coolant (25) and four service printouts. Oh and one MoT (45) ::)
Say £462 in parts, the rest in labour and 'free' coffee...
Like I said, not sure if that's good value or not :-\
get a local independent to do it, wont invalidate warranty as long as its done to dealer spec.
Leaning towards that as a plan :y get them to do the services as the car decides it needs them, and deal with anything else as it crops up depending whether a computer is involved or not...
Front discs/pads cropped up at the taxi inspection, parts costing a smidgen more than Vauxhall, so that will be a driveway job as an example :y
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Leaning towards that as a plan :y get them to do the services as the car decides it needs them, and deal with anything else as it crops up depending whether a computer is involved or not...
Front discs/pads cropped up at the taxi inspection, parts costing a smidgen more than Vauxhall, so that will be a driveway job as an example :y
I found Merc parts quite reasonable compared to Vx and the dealers very helpful! :y
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Thing is Tunnie, my car has done nealy a thousand miles since I picked it up, so four services in three years simply won't cut it...
In my case it's £1776 for 24 litres of oil (60-300, depending on oil used), four oil filters (20), one air filter (20), one pollen filter (15), four sump plug washers (2), one fuel filter (10), a litre of brake fluid (15-25), 10 litres of 50/50 coolant (25) and four service printouts. Oh and one MoT (45) ::)
Say £462 in parts, the rest in labour and 'free' coffee...
Like I said, not sure if that's good value or not :-\
get a local independent to do it, wont invalidate warranty as long as its done to dealer spec.
It could potentially impact associated warranties/perks by using indies. The motor manufacturers have found new ways to work around the laws of the land, and ensure you use their dealers ::)
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Like 27 years corrosion warranty/Europe wide breakdown cover to name but two perks :-\