Service Rip Off

Why go to a dealership, any qualified ,registered MTA mechanic can do warranty
service on your car. My local garage bloke services my Peugeots for $140 &
that includes filters & oil, An extra $20 gets my Hilux & Jackaroo serviced as well.
Not sure if your 40k service requires special attention, but I doubt it. Or are we
talking Merc or BMW here...I would shop around.....oldbaz.

Wato

like oldbaz said if its a BMW or something i could almost understand that

Your are better off just going to a normail garage and getting it done, as long as he can stamp your book its all sweet still.

Cheers

That $ disparity is nothing unusual - and don't think they won't try and 'jack up' the costs by the time you get back there to pick the car up ! As the others say, small accredited car servicing business often have a strategy for taking business from these dealerships - their formula is usually based on straight talk, fair trading and value for money :-o).

Wato

It is called business. The market takes what the customer will pay.

So it pays to shop around unless you are going back to where you purchased the car.

Major services for our Xtrail range from $350 to $450

Pays to read their invoices closely.

One inflation strategy is to replace your wiper blades regardless, add windscreen washer, and cost the oil at a retail 4l drum rate.

And look at the labour rates. They can range from $40 an hour to over a $100.

I do my own oil and filter changes and keep a record. In part because the Forester intervals are 12,500 km and that's not enough when it's towing.