Servicing Costs

grantcolborn · Post by **grantcolborn** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:00 pm

Just been relieved of Â£213 for the first long life service on my Polo GT. I can't believe the price, its a 1.9 diesel engine, not exactly a rare and tricky piece of engineering!

How much have you paid for servicing? I'll be trying my nearest Seat dealer next I think!

jeff3lam · Post by **jeff3lam** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:05 pm

i paid Â£120 for service and m.o.t.........not bad i thought

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:22 am

Mine cost in excess of Â£550 due to the cambelt costing Â£250 to be changed. I drive a 1.0E aswell, and a Â£300 service is a hell of alot (Whether the fact they did a 60k service had anything to do with it?)

Cheers,

Alex

Gra-GT · Post by **Gra-GT** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:54 pm

I had my first service just over a year ago (Dec '05) after about 20K on my GT. I rang up my local VW dealer for a price, think they said around Â£250 for longlife. I then rang my local VAG specialist (Midland VW, good lads, defo know what they are doing, and are VAG approved) and got it done for Â£165.

I would'nt take it to dealer just because they are such a rip off, but then I'm lucky I live near to VAG specialist, who can also stamp your book with VW stamp.

grantcolborn · Post by **grantcolborn** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:29 pm

There aren't any VW specialists near me. The garage have a monopoly on the VW market for miles, the next nearest VW garage is about a 70 mile round trip!

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:11 pm

I think thats the same where I am - its bloody annoying!

Cheers,

Alex

grantvw · Post by **grantvw** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:23 pm

Â£245 for a oil filter and pollen filter at gilders rotherham which i have since told them that i will not be spending a penny with them again as they are useless robbing b*****d's that couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewry sorry for the language they just really pee me off with how bad they have treated me