£299 3-year / 30,000 m fixed cost VW servicing

Takecareofthepennies

VW currently offer a 3-year or 30,000 m (whichever comes first) fixed cost servicing for new cars for a one-off £299 payment. This includes a 1st-year /10k oil change service, a 2nd-year / 20k interval service, and a 3rd-year / 30k inspection service.

Any thoughts / comments?

TiTheRev

It's actually free with the purchase of most cars, and the Polo comes with free insurance and £500 off

Madmel

I got it for free with my Touran almost a year ago and on Tuesday had the 20k service done [I know, I have racked up the miles this year...]

However, I thought that I would end up paying for parts or oil but so far I haven't paid a penny and the garage gives me & the kids free bus vouchers to go into the city whilst the car is in there. It was also washed & vacuumed when I collected it. Thumbs up from me.

Takecareofthepennies

TiTheRev wrote: »

It's actually free with the purchase of most cars, ...

Clearly not with the one I wanted (Golf TDI). There is quite a lead time on them unless you can get one that the dealer has in the pipeline anyway, so VW don't need to push these too hard.

sniper666

I have just been looking into a maintenance package for the other halfs car, find out how often the vehicle needs servicing and found out how much the services will cost.

But I assume it works out better or they would not do it, only thing with the package your looking at is nothing else is covered other than servicing and it only covers you upto 30,000 miles. Easy to workout if its worth doing on not as they are only covering 2-3 services thats it.

TiTheRev

I bet the glass is always half empty with you Sniper?!

The 10k service, even at our reduced rate for over 3yr old cars, is £129. The 20k service is £189, plus another £129 makes well over £500...and you're getting that for £299! It has actually caused internal ructions within the Dealerships, as we were 'told' that we were doing these, even though we will make virtually nothing on them.

Takecareofthepennies

TiTheRev wrote: »

The 10k service, even at our reduced rate for over 3yr old cars, is £129. The 20k service is £189, plus another £129 makes well over £500...and you're getting that for £299! It has actually caused internal ructions within the Dealerships, as we were 'told' that we were doing these, even though we will make virtually nothing on them.

Interesting. That was the kind of info I was looking for. Thank you.

I am not surprised now that the sales guy was pushing the protective cover package much harder than the service pack.

Flyboy152

TiTheRev wrote: »

It's actually free with the purchase of most cars, and the Polo comes with free insurance and £500 off

Really, which cars?

sniper666

TiTheRev wrote: »

I bet the glass is always half empty with you Sniper?!

The 10k service, even at our reduced rate for over 3yr old cars, is £129. The 20k service is £189, plus another £129 makes well over £500...and you're getting that for £299! It has actually caused internal ructions within the Dealerships, as we were 'told' that we were doing these, even though we will make virtually nothing on them.

Confused, dont get why you say that.

I said I assume it works out better or they would not offer it.

So basicly saying it probley gets you a saving doing it this way and its easy to work out.

I just also highlighted if your doing high milage then the deal is not such a good offer as it does not cover things that are covered in other types of maintenance packages like what I have been looking at.

Flyboy152

I'm still trying to establish which cars have free servicing for three years.

TiTheRev

Flyboy152 wrote: »

I'm still trying to establish which cars have free servicing for three years.

All VWs are eligable as long as they are new Volkswagen models (including BlueMotion), eligible demonstrator models or Stock Clearance Vehicles. The offer is valid until the 31st March 2011.