ACWKGYTO
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Just ask the dealer for your service book they should have it, mine is an S3 8P My2012 so a different model, more than likely similar but wouldnt want to give you the wrong info
Audi Service Plan - Is it worth it?
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WTF!!?
Inspection & Oil change £275.72 19k interval
what sort of oil are they using, gold plated!!
oil filter £10 I guess and oil £25 - labour 30 mins £60 I guess so whats the other £180 for!!? audi, merc and bmw really are jokers
ACWKGYTO
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How else is the schmooze going to be paid for ?
That free cup of moccachocachino isnt really free after all
That free cup of moccachocachino isnt really free after all
I remember a merc dealer trying to charge my wife £1400 for a service and mot - I phoned up the dealer and asked why and got the service manager to read out the charges - this was 7 years ago- oil change £160, coolant change £130 - knocked them down to £1100 and reluctantly paid - never went back and they lost a customer
they said "but the oil is mobil 1" - I said so what its £20 in Costco! filter is about £10 ish (not a lot to them to be honest) and labour he said was 1 hour - I laughed and said maybe I should train his mechanics as I can do a change in 30 mins and im not a trained mechanic!!
they said "but the oil is mobil 1" - I said so what its £20 in Costco! filter is about £10 ish (not a lot to them to be honest) and labour he said was 1 hour - I laughed and said maybe I should train his mechanics as I can do a change in 30 mins and im not a trained mechanic!!
More like £50 for fully synthetic oil, labour probably in units of an hour, so at least 1 hour there. Think the major services have a set of spark plugs too, and air / pollen filter changes.
Oh and add a few quid for screen wash as they always top that up too.
Still undecided on what to do about the service plan for when I get my S3.
Seems most people are in the 12000 to 20000 miles p.a club where as I'm projecting with my S3 to be doing between 5000 and 6000 miles p.a and might even be less than that. Because of the low mileage Ill go on the fixed inspection regime.
I have an A1 at the moment and it came with the 5 year service plan for free (worth £250). The car has done 9000 miles in 2 years and had one oil change and that's it. Not sure how much that would have been but I'm sure I would have been out of pocket if I had paid for the plan cash.
So does anyone have an idea what a 9000 mile oil change would cost? I know I would have another service at 2 years old. Guess I need to work out if it's best to pay £399 or pay monthly which at £34 per month from the brochure seems a lot.
Seems most people are in the 12000 to 20000 miles p.a club where as I'm projecting with my S3 to be doing between 5000 and 6000 miles p.a and might even be less than that. Because of the low mileage Ill go on the fixed inspection regime.
I have an A1 at the moment and it came with the 5 year service plan for free (worth £250). The car has done 9000 miles in 2 years and had one oil change and that's it. Not sure how much that would have been but I'm sure I would have been out of pocket if I had paid for the plan cash.
So does anyone have an idea what a 9000 mile oil change would cost? I know I would have another service at 2 years old. Guess I need to work out if it's best to pay £399 or pay monthly which at £34 per month from the brochure seems a lot.
I only do 8,000 mile pa and will ask for time/distance service (not condition based) and go for complete plan. Rationale is that it should be less than £50 per month and will help budget for the 3 yrs I plan to keep the car.
I may end up paying more but based on previous experience, for me it's worth it just for peace of mind. 27,000 miles in S4 = 3 services, 1 set of front brakes, 2 sets of tyres, aircon, brake fluid change, mot, two punctures and new wiper blades and I paid out £1800 over the 3 yrs and no nasty bills).
I may end up paying more but based on previous experience, for me it's worth it just for peace of mind. 27,000 miles in S4 = 3 services, 1 set of front brakes, 2 sets of tyres, aircon, brake fluid change, mot, two punctures and new wiper blades and I paid out £1800 over the 3 yrs and no nasty bills).
StefRobinson
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I do around 7000 a year and went for the fixed service each year. I then get 3 services over 3 years. I might not necessarily save a lot of money, but it's good to know that servicing is covered when it comes round, and I don't have to remember to budget for it.
you should buy your oil elsewhere £50!!! Costco £25, in fact last time I bought some it was on offer at just over £20 for mobil 1 fully synthetic 4.5 litres which is enough. it just said inspection and oil change so don't know why you've included spark plugs. if you mechanic takes 1 hour to do an oil change id sack him - I can do it in 30 mins
£50 was from a quick google search for shell ultra helix which is the type they spec for A3s. A quick check gives similar internet prices for mobil 1. You might be able to get it for half that in costco (though I'm assuming that's ex-vat so probably closer to £30 actually), maybe you should buy up a job lot and start reselling.
I said spark plugs because Audi do them in what has been described as an inspection and oil service above.
Also I didn't say to took an hour to do a service, just that they probably charge labour in units of an hour. So any quick job gets charged as an hour's labour regardless of time taken.
Amazon are currently selling 4L of Castrol Edge 5w-30 for £37.86 which includes vat.
Most dealers charge it minutes, well Peugeot/ford/etc do but I guess the premium con-merchants don't, including sparks in an oil change is odd and again a con and you don't need to change sparks that often - in fact you can run sparks for 10+ years. yep cheapest place for mobil 1 is Costco but not sure what the current prioce is as our Costco in reading is under water
sounds like you audi drivers have been ripped off and don't know it. I look forward to being ripped off, lol
All Audi service operations by dealers are timed in minutes. If your that bothered about the price the dealer charges for oil you could always buy 4L od Mobil 1 from Costco in "reading". I assume you mean Reading and take it along and ask them to use it.
Out of interest many years ago you had to change the spark plugs on a Mk1 Golf GTi every 5,000 miles. How things have changed.
not true, I had a mk2 golf gti and you didn't need to change them that often. problem is people believe the money making main dealer machine - go to a specialist tuner and theyd laugh if you change sparks that often
I never took it to the dealers for that to be done, I just changed them myself. There was nothing in the service schedule that said they needed changing that often but both my mates with GTi's and myself always found an improvement in performance after changing them. Perhaps new plugs had been developed by the time the Mk2 came out. I had two Mk1s and it was the same with both of them but by the time a had I VR6 they did not need changing so often.
lol backtrack, dig, dig, dig
seriously though its probably worth changing anyway, I used to spend loads on my golf gti mk2 and pug 205 1.9gti - often changing stuff that was probably still perfect
In America most folk think oil needs changing every 3000 miles, despite new oils being good for at least 3 times that... Nostalgia is a funny old thing.
I notice that the £399 Service Plan is offered on the 3dr and SB, but it isn't in the Saloon Brochure.
I wonder why VWFS have withdrawn it for the Saloon?
I wonder why VWFS have withdrawn it for the Saloon?
No.
There are a lot of recommended extras not covered by the service plan. Amongst others, these are:
Brake fluid change
Aircon service
Pano roof service
Cam belt
DSG oil change
Haldex oil change
