Car service cost

ACG

I have just booked my car in for a service and it is a £190.
Does that sound right? Its just a SEAT not a Jag!

AdrianC

Go on, give us a bit more of a hint...


What mileage? Major service, minor service? What's being done? Brake fluid? Cambelt? Time being taken, hourly rate, parts included?



Could be anywhere between "absolute extortion" and "absolute bargain".

daveyjp

Please tell me where you can get a main dealer Jag service for £190.

I paid more than that over 10 years ago.

AdrianC

daveyjp wrote: »

Please tell me where you can get a main dealer Jag service for £190.

That's probably about right for the hourly rate, inc vat, at a central London Jag dealer.

ACG

First service, 7000 miles, 13 month old.
2 hours including fixing a recall issue.

wongataa

I can easily imagine that a main dealer would charge that.

Aylesbury_Duck

Seems alright to me. What did you expect it to cost?

Indout96

Volvo are £270 inc VAT for first service on a V40 T2 so £190 if it includes VAT is a bargain.

AdrianC

ACG wrote: »

First service, 7000 miles, 13 month old.
2 hours including fixing a recall issue.

So main dealer, I presume. Where in the country?

The recall would be free.
How much labour have you been invoiced, or is it a flat-rate service?

scaredofdebt

I seem to recall my Kia Rio main service was £270 at the Kia stealers, that's a 1.1 litre engine, so not anything very exotic.

To be fair the service interval is every 20k so I suppose they need to make up for that somehow!

My friendly back street mechanic did it for half that price.

ACG

Its been booked in for next week. No idea how they break that down, it was just the price they gave me. I was expecting £100, maybe £150 max. Im in Manchester and at one of our local garages.

I thought it was a little bit steep, but seems like it is about right.