Standard servicing costs

Gloomendoom

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

:rotfl:£50 on a major service

For some cars that would buy you the engine oil.

I get my car serviced by a main dealer. I supply my own oil.

It saves me £80.

mcpitman

fred246 wrote: »

What amazes me is the gap between DIY and dealer servicing. With DIY you know that everything is done properly and you'd never spend more than £50ish even on the most major service. With dealer servicing they do whatever they feel like doing on the day - and then charge astronomical prices. When you see £340 you think "yes that's with a cambelt and then you realise it probably isn't". So all that money is going on labour. So a mobile mechanic could do 2 services a day. £600 a day. £3K a week. £150K a year.

Please inform me of what you include in your "major" service for £50.


It's also only £150k p/a without any parts to buy or running costs/consumables.

wgl2014

DIY servicing is fine if you are competent and have the tools, time and space to do it.
On an older car that's out of warranty it can make sense.
You can also do a lot of damage to either yourself or you car if you make a mistake.
Bear in mind the overheads that go into running a garage and their mark up doesn't look so outrageous (some premium franchises excepted!)

Mercdriver

fred246 wrote: »

What amazes me is the gap between DIY and dealer servicing. With DIY you know that everything is done properly and you'd never spend more than £50ish even on the most major service. With dealer servicing they do whatever they feel like doing on the day - and then charge astronomical prices. When you see £340 you think "yes that's with a cambelt and then you realise it probably isn't". So all that money is going on labour. So a mobile mechanic could do 2 services a day. £600 a day. £3K a week. £150K a year.

How much do you pay to service your sweeping brushes you use to make your many sweeping statements on this forum?

Do you clean them with hogwash? Because they do leave a bit of a residue on many of your posts.

C_Mababejive

The major and most important part of a "service" is an oil and filter change. I do my own with high quality oil and manufs filter for about £48 per year

Mercdriver

C_Mababejive wrote: »

The major and most important part of a "service" is an oil and filter change. I do my own with high quality oil and manufs filter for about £48 per year

But a major service involves much more than a simple oil change. If I bought a car from you and you said that it was fully serviced and you did what you describe, I would consider it mis-sold. There's a lot more to a major service than simply a change of oil and filter changes.

C_Mababejive

Mercdriver wrote: »

But a major service involves much more than a simple oil change. If I bought a car from you and you said that it was fully serviced and you did what you describe, I would consider it mis-sold. There's a lot more to a major service than simply a change of oil and filter changes.

But i would'nt be selling it with FSH and a stamped book. I'd be selling it with what i had to hand, i.e the car and a stack of invoices for parts purchased and work done. As an example, i recently had rear disc and pads done. I couldnt be bothered doing it myself due to the lovely summer we are currently enjoying so i got a garage to do it.

There are differences in minor and major services. As you will know Mercs have this A and B service thing.

Minor services are generally just an oil and filter plus a check list.

sevenhills

CardinalWolsey wrote: »

My daughter announced yesterday that her popular small "Italian" car needs its 2 year service. She phoned the dealership it was bought from, and booked it in. I asked her how much was it going to be, and it was £340 ish. After picking myself up off the floor, I thought I'd find out how much it would be from the next nearest dealership - £290 (both including VAT).

A 2 yearly service, in which the car has done around 20,000 miles should be expensive. Has anything been done in the previous 2 years?

Mercdriver

C_Mababejive wrote: »

But i would'nt be selling it with FSH and a stamped book. I'd be selling it with what i had to hand, i.e the car and a stack of invoices for parts purchased and work done. As an example, i recently had rear disc and pads done. I couldnt be bothered doing it myself due to the lovely summer we are currently enjoying so i got a garage to do it.

There are differences in minor and major services. As you will know Mercs have this A and B service thing.

Minor services are generally just an oil and filter plus a check list.

Yes, I traded mine in before I had the more expensive service done

knightstyle

When we had a Toyota I went online, https://www.toyota.co.uk, got the price of a full service. I then called our local Toyota garage and booked the service only to be charged £70 more. When I complained I was told the price is only a guide!
Another sharp garage practice.