£205 for a 10k service!

Johnnyboy · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:26

Yup,

£205 for a 10k service on the wife's Hyundai Santa Fe. The oil itself costing 37.50 + VAT. Air and oil filters were equally extortionate.

What can I do - can I moan at someone?

[J] :mad:

[TW]Fox · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:28

You could.... not buy your wife a big 4x4 then wonder why it costs lots to service?

Johnnyboy · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:36

[TW]Fox said:
You could.... not buy your wife a big 4x4 then wonder why it costs lots to service?

She needs it for the kids - the grass verge at school can get a bit muddy!

Del Lardo · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:39

Johnnyboy said:
Yup,

£205 for a 10k service on the wife's Hyundai Santa Fe. The oil itself costing 37.50 + VAT. Air and oil filters were equally extortionate.

What can I do - can I moan at someone?

[J]

£205 to service a 4x4 seems very reasonable to me. £37.50+Vat for oil is not extortionate, sounds rather cheap compared to my last oil change.

jp7152 · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:54

My last service cost £540 at 50% labour cost.

That sounds pretty cheap!

Third Opinion · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:39

£205 is nothing for a service on a modern car.

wesley · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:05

that's very cheap! try and compare that to my dad's Land Rover discovery cost him £420 for first service!

Liverpool-Lad · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:20

And heres me thinking £5 for 5 litres of semi-synth was expensive...

Scuzi · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:22

That's not a bad price. SEAT wanted £370 off me for a 10k service. I just bought the bits off them and got a local mechanic to do it for a third of the price. Warranty is still valid that way.

Johnnyboy · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:34

Scuzi said:
That's not a bad price. SEAT wanted £370 off me for a 10k service. I just bought the bits off them and got a local mechanic to do it for a third of the price. Warranty is still valid that way.

5yr warranty was my worry, so I stuck with the Hyundai dealer. It needs the brake master cylinder replaced (losing fluid) which will be about £250, but free under warranty.

I must be gettin' old if you guys think £40+ for 5L of oil is reasonable, lol.

TomO · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:51

the oil needed for M cars is about £100 from BMW for the required amount for a service. :eek:

Badgerpoo · 4 Mar 2006 at 23:29

Can you not just take your own oil & filter in and get them to use that, or does that invalidate warranty because they aren't allowed to rip you off if you do..?

quadboi · 4 Mar 2006 at 23:32

£250, is pretty much "Average" at the moment lol...My mother paid £380 on her service roughly.

Firestar_3x · 5 Mar 2006 at 01:23

Not a bad price, 178 for my first service next one is £270 and thats on a Clio!

cheets64 · 5 Mar 2006 at 02:10

Tell me about it, just got a bill for £180 for a service and repair on my fuel pump.

Thats a week freaking wage.

Mechaics = Cowboys

Lord-Jaffa · 5 Mar 2006 at 02:14

Cost me £244 for my 3rd yearly service on my 03 Mk4 Astra GSI, thats including new wipers, tracking and all new fluids. Hate paying the price but might as well do the services before something bites you in the ass later on!

Bobbler · 5 Mar 2006 at 03:41

Seems perfectly reasonable for a main dealer price TBH.
Oil price doesn't appear to be too over the top, 4 litres of Magnatec is around 35 notes

Joe T · 5 Mar 2006 at 09:55

Sounds ok to me.

Ah, I see you're from Scotland........

Dr Who · 5 Mar 2006 at 09:59

£205 expensive? sounds pretty good to me, cost me £150 for my bike service..

:eek:

The Running Man · 5 Mar 2006 at 10:35

phone nissan and ask them about p1, p2 and p3 pricing...then you'd cry!