pani_k

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Not on my motor, but one of my colleagues has a 2013 Audi Q5 2.0 diesel. Basically, he's just come and told me how much he's paid for an oil service comprising of fresh oil, an oil filter and a new sump plug. The labour charge of 1.3 hours was £159.00 which include the oil change and visual checks, and the total bill came to £389.00!!!!!! So that means the oil, filter and plug cost £230.00!!! Now maybe I'm out of touch as to what is considered the norm for main dealer servicing and that engine probably has a big sump that takes 2 gallons worth of oil but fuck me £400 for an oil change just to have that all important stamp that some Audi fuckwit changed the oil for you. They also quoted him to change the pollen filter and quoted £60 just for the filter and labour was additional! Couldn't believe it.

Dread to think what brakes and other service parts might've cost!

Fil

When I had an s4 back in 2007, audis Labour rate was £90ph then!

rhinopower

Oil and filter change at my VW main dealer is £120, and includes free mot.

DanW@FastFord

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It should include a free handjob too for £120!

rhinopower

How so?

Formula 1 charge £137
Kwikfit charge £145 for the same
Local Indipendant £190 +£59 Mot


But i get another VW stamp in the service book and cheaper by using my main dealer. I don't get the point your making?


Thats an inspection service i should of said, not just the oil and filter.

St3V3_C

Naughty.

The fees shown are the maximum a test centre can charge and are not subject to VAT.

Cars (up to 8 passenger seats)£54.85

And the £190 is daft too.

rhinopower

Didnt even realise they were stitching people up on that! Good job i dont use them! lol

SiZT

Got a quote from a BMW dealer the other day, labour charge was £180 (inc VAT) per hour!!

bigchez

Another classic case of looking into all the costs of owning a car before buying - although £400 is a touch on the dear side regardless of whether you've got the brass to buy a brand new Audi.

The old man's A8's seen some eye watering bills, worst quote I saw was to replace a sensor for the air con which was a full dash-out job and would have been the wrong side of £1500 just to replace a sensor. No wonder the service manager treated him like royalty

RichieST

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Tell him to find an Audi specialist. Cheaper than main dealer, will be using audi parts and will probably have had a long Audi main dealer training etc.

I'd rather a specialist than the 16yo apprentice at Audi working on my car!

Magnum PI

Where abouts are you based?

I use the SEAT main dealer for my LEON, I think the service charges are reasonable

£249 for a major service
£129 for a minor service
£169 rear brakes pads/discs
£209 front brake pads/discs
£99 brake pads only

They are running an 'its fixed' servicing pricing to compete with the independents

We also have a choice of independent VAG specialists for VW/AUDI/SEAT/SKODA such as Prosport in Stockport & Awesome GTI

if your in the north west it maybe worth telling your mate to give the independents a bell

bigchez

Dunno if this'll help fella but my local VW dealer do a service plan that you pay a direct debit each month which covers both servicing and MOT's and works out a shitload cheaper (especially whne you consider a major service was £350) - I was paying £20.41 per month so might be worth looking into as you get discount on parts & labour for anything outside servicing, and keep the factory service history.

Magnum PI

That's interesting, I'll ask about that next time I pop down there

cheers

gingerturbo

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Wow no wonder there called main stealers at my gaff we charge £70 labour plus parts and vat, and £25 for an mot if done with service, on average it's about £200 including mot

Mark V8

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Audi quoted me £610 for 60,000 mile service on my S4

Oil, oil filter, spark plugs and air filter!

When I questioned the price they informed me that it includes a 10% discount...

Specialist did the same job with genuine parts for £278 and it takes 9 litres of oil.

Mark_

I couldn't afford to run a car if I wasn't able to self service.

I use dealer oil and parts and keep the receipts in the folder, I had a rubber stamp made to stamp the service book at home so that's also upto date.

Oil is actually cheaper to buy from dealer than Halfords and even Opie at times.

I also have Fully registered VAGCOM diagnostics on my laptop along with a few other programs.

dojj

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servicing? whats that then?

air filter? oil filter? oil?

all from halfords for about £40 and then drop in a set of plugs every few years and job done isn't it?

unless you have a "new" "posh" motor in which case you are worried about the resale etc?

Brendan

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I used to pay £100 per hr in london for BMW dealer servicing!
If I can now I WILL do it my self.... This has saved me a fortune, the only time I have come a cropper was when I needed an extra part for my wife's daihatsu terios and was told 28 days for it to come in from Japan!!! I improvesed a work around for 3 weeks. I also try to do a bit of research and buy from the factory that makes them for the car manufacturer! this normally saves 25%. Also things like brake pads for the BMW pagid are less than half the price of brand BMW so shop around! also http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/ are euro parts sister company and can save you a lot too!

But I have to confess I Also seem to spend rather more than OEM on oil as it is worth it!

BRAM

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I work at a ford main dealer and I'm servicing my mates focus st for him £200
Air filter
Oil & oil filter
Pollen filter
Spark plugs
2 new tyres
All genuine bits and i will stamp his book, bargain I think.

gingerturbo

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It cost me £12 to service my fiesta and that's a full service lol

GVK.

I've worked in Ford/BMW/VW/Hyundai main dealers all my working life.

I did an oil service, discs and pads all round and 4 tyres (Michelins) on an E60 M5 when at BMW main dealers.

The bill?

That'll be £3000 Sir.

gingerturbo

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That's about right

GVK.

Tyres were a grand, the discs are drilled and massive, so mega bucks, and was £110 + vat lab/hr back then (2007/8ish)

Brendan

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That sound good to me!

creator

My boss has just recently had a new dsg box put in his 59 plate s3.fortinatly he thought it and got it under warrenty but they charge £130+vat an hour not sure how much the gearbox itself was but the total bill was just over £9000

Glenn_

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This is why I own cars I can work on myself.

gingeRS

gingeRS

the tyres would be £200 on their own......unless your selling him ditch finders

for that price my RS is due a service soon....where can i find you

Ebonycossie4x4

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you wanna try owning a bentley lol.

gjh

This is why I like old cars that you can service yourself. Its the way forward peeps.

Fil

my 750i has some interesting service bills in the history folder, there is one at £1700ish inspection 2 I think?

pani_k

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Cars that have inherently expensive and exotic parts I can half understand but what's exotic and expensive about some oil?! Or some filters made up of recycled plastic and paper?!

LHD220Turbo

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dont buy a car you cant afford to look after is my advice!

BRAM

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Yeah mate he wanted the cheapest tyres so that's what I got, £48 each

Mark_

Got to be done,

jamie's

this

see this all the time, people can get the finance to buy the car
but then they find out the running costs and realy struggle
living beyond they're means

GVK.

I recently put a new engine,turbo and DPF filter on a 2011 Transit (warranty job) that had oil pump failure, the parts alone were over £6000.

rhinopower

Lease company had to replace the gearbox on my old work van, they shelled out nearly £4k at vauxhall main dealer!

Mister G

So do I, bloody cheap considering you have to use ST/RS (Volvo) specific oil and plugs which makes up the most of that £200 before you start looking at tyres or labour!

MrC

Audi a4 avant full discs and pads all round???

Audi- £1200 plus vat.

Me sourcing parts from Motorfactors and getting the local garage to fit them???- £200 inc vat.

And my bro in law was going to get Audi to do it lol.