servicing LC100

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 19, 2005 at 09:41
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Thought I'd share this one. My 98 Landcruiser is due for it's 120,000 service. I bought it just before Christmas from a Ford dealer in Newcastle. It has a 3 year 3 months warranty, each repair covered to the tune of $1000. Takes me 90 minutes to get there to the dealer. As I booked the car in for the service I was told it would cost "about $900". When I got back up off the floor he tried to justfy this by telling me it was a 6 hour job. "Ah", said I, "no it isn't. It says 4.4 hours in the service schedule'. He then, obviously not believing a word I said, asked me to copy and fax the info thru. Four hours later I get a phone call: "OK, we'll do it for $600. I've spoken to a couple of mates and they said they charge $600". Impressive eh? "Called a couple of mates" my arse. In the meantime, I rang two local mechanics who quoted me a) $350/400 saying "you don't need to re-pack the bearings. Toyota go a bit over the top here", and b) $600. Then I rang the local Toyota dealer who said $900. Do they make it up?
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