Rang the other local dealer (who I thought had closed down) & they quoted me £529. £429 for the cambelt service & £100 for the water pump. Hell of a difference from £835 or even £609 which was their 'special' price!
Might have to see how much the parts cost & get a specialist to do it, ideally I wanted it done by a dealer so if anything went wrong I could kick some *ss via Audi UK seeing as how it has a full Audi service history so far.
How can the price not include the tensioners? It's part of doing the job isn't it? It's a bit like saying "That's £429 for the cambelt change sir, excluding the cambelt".
I'd have thougha decent specialist would offer a proper guarantee? I know when I had my BMW, Emtech in Salisbury offered a 2 year guarantee on all parts... I had my brakes done and they started squealing after a few weeks, took it back and they swapped all the pads all round without any problems.
Presumably a good Audi Indy offers the same level of service?
Everyone ready for a laugh? This is based on the 'fixed pricing' apparently....
There is no way im paying 500 bucks of my hard earned cash to have my cambelt changed, it is ridiculous, a freaking license to print money. Il be going to my local audi specialist who has been in the game for many years, instead of getting an audi "technician" to fit it.
They should give you a guarantee on parts most places, but they cant give you a guarantee on parts if they didn't supply them.
What im saying is if you buy a cambelt off ebay to save some money, take it in to them and ask them to fit it they wont guarantee anything. Doubt they will even fit it.
thanks - all sorted now - price negotiated down. Quite surprised that they can be haggled down - I wonder how many people don't bother and pay the full price!
Right I am fortunate to have a good friend in the trade and i have just purchased for my 2007 CR170 1 x Cambelt kit 1 x waterpump 1 x fuel filter 1 x pollen filter 1 x oil filter 5l of Quantum 3 oh don't forget the sump plug!!. Right Grand Total £214. Parts from TPS! + discount. So Imagine how much VAG pay for these parts! So £429 + £100 for pump. Hmmm, I appreciate to some money is easy to come by. I also appreciate if you only keep your car for a few years it's worth the stamp. What i fail to understand is what people with a car that is now 5yrs old think they will gain at re-sale for having a full vag stamp? Get an competant indy to put the reciept showing genuine parts were used in your folder,stamp your book and save £300! All of the above at Audi HQ would be getting on £850!!!!! Trust me I have wasted £1000's at HQ and you gain nothing! oh maybe have a nice day when you have paid! My tuppence worth!