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
Right... Got some quotes from Derby Audi today when in looking at my S3 that landed there this morning, they are as follows (All based on 20000 miles p/a variable):
1) service only plan covering 80,000miles (48 months) - £52.43 per month
2) service and maintenance plan covering 80,000miles (48 months) - £80.56 per month (not sure what this inc addtl to service?? Anyone?)
3) service, maintenance and tyres plan covering 80,000miles (48 months) - £104.87 per month
After getting these quotes (which I think seem expensive) I also spoke to the service team who gave me the following prices for ad hoc servicing:
1) Oil change service £218.12 (est every 19k miles)
2) Inspection only service (no oil) £129.60 19k interval
3) Inspection only service (no oil) £158.40 38k interval
4) Inspection & Oil change £275.72 19k interval
5) Inspection & Oil change £304.52 38k interval
6) Pollen Filter Replacement @ 2yrs/19k £32.59
7) Spark Plugs Replacement @ 40k £128.50
8) Air Filter Replacement @ 40k £49.56
9) STronic Oil Change @ 40k £142.30
10) Brake Fluid Change @ 3yrs £59
11) Haldex Oil Change @ 3yrs £80.32
Using my estimation that I will probably change at 2-3yrs and expect to do close to 20k per year I reckon each option will cost me the following:
1) Service Plan - £1887.48 + 3 x all tyre changes = £4107.48 (not sure what to include for maintenance)
2) Service & Maintenance - £2900.16 + 3 x all tyre changes = £5120.16
3) Service & Maintenance & Tyres - £3775.32 (have I estimated too many tyres???)
4) Ad hoc - £1413.41 + 3 x all tyre changes = £3663.41 (not sure what to include for maintenance)
- have included 3 services & oil changes and everything else up to 60k mileage
Am I missing something here?? What is included in maintenance? I guess bulbs/wipers/brake discs & pads.... Any ideas what else? I reckon I can add another £1500 for all that? Would be interesting to see what they deem as fair tyre wear??
Therefore;
1) £5607.48
2) £5120.16
3) £3775.32
4) £5163.41
Well all in seems to be the best option.... Seems like a lot per month but I think it makes sense??? Might ask if price would change for a 3yr plan???
Sorry for rambling.... Any thoughts?
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
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.
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.
£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.
Royal Steve... Tyres typically under £125 each. Got 24,000 out of 4 Michelins but other brands less. You start with 4 new tyres so even at a complete tyre change every year that's only £1500..
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.
Do they do cambelt change included in any of this service plan?