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I bought an 03 reg s40 1.9TD nearly a year ago and it's near service time. The thing is I'm unsure where to service it, and I'm looking for advice and suggestions.
Option 1:
Main volvo dealership. Good as I get the nice stamps in the book, but it's expensive and in the last year the servicing department have screwed up 3 times (nothing major, service computer was not reset when I bought the car, aerial was not repaired correctly and when I ordered a touch up pen it was slow arriving and was the wrong one (part number 123456 was ordered instead of 123465, say)). My confidence is low with them.
Option 2:
Local independant garage. Good honest garage (rare!). Not dealer though, so how much difference will that make to the car/resale value? All my local friends use them, but they all drive older cars.
Option 3:
Family friend who is a time-served volvo mechanic. Cheapest of the 3 and will do a 100% good job, but no little stamps in the book. How much difference will that make to resale value (Im planning on holding onto the car for a couple of years yet).
Which route would you choose? What about volvo-spec parts versus non-volvo brand parts? Worth the savings? Which should I request?
Thanks for the advice,
Fluffy
Option 1:
Main volvo dealership. Good as I get the nice stamps in the book, but it's expensive and in the last year the servicing department have screwed up 3 times (nothing major, service computer was not reset when I bought the car, aerial was not repaired correctly and when I ordered a touch up pen it was slow arriving and was the wrong one (part number 123456 was ordered instead of 123465, say)). My confidence is low with them.
Option 2:
Local independant garage. Good honest garage (rare!). Not dealer though, so how much difference will that make to the car/resale value? All my local friends use them, but they all drive older cars.
Option 3:
Family friend who is a time-served volvo mechanic. Cheapest of the 3 and will do a 100% good job, but no little stamps in the book. How much difference will that make to resale value (Im planning on holding onto the car for a couple of years yet).
Which route would you choose? What about volvo-spec parts versus non-volvo brand parts? Worth the savings? Which should I request?
Thanks for the advice,
Fluffy
