30K Service Rip off. Please help

**Ryan_R** · 01-09-2011, 09:46 PM

Volkspower in Burwood did my 30K for $300 plus they washed it. Try wiping the grin off my face

The 'VCDS and a laptop' comment is a bit off though, their erWin tools give much more in depth errors than the generic ones VCDS can provide. Their computer probably cost more than your car (about 40k)

**neil** · 05-09-2011, 10:01 AM

$500 does seem high.
I have only paid around the $350 mark for all my services,last one being 45000km,
All from the same VW dealer service centre.

**Ideo** · 05-09-2011, 10:18 AM

Well done. You have potentially voided your warranty and made a car worth much more on the secondhand market over a couple of hundred bucks.

**Ryan_R** · 05-09-2011, 10:25 AM

If you're directing that at me, my car was already out of warranty

**Ideo** · 05-09-2011, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan_R

If you're directing that at me, my car was already out of warranty

Nah, sorry, at OP.

Mine will be done at an indie garage using VW parts as per the scheduled servicing required.

**stefan** · 06-09-2011, 03:54 PM

Gold Caost VW are definately a rip-off. I paid $239 for 15k service at Wippels VW in Toowoomb, (i lived there at the time), there is no reason why the price should be so much highr on the Gold Coast. I actually bought the car in brisbane after some pretty rude treatment from the sales manager at VW in southport. He had no idea about the car I was interested in and was trying too sell it for way more than it was worth, so i jumped in my car, drove about 50km north and bought my 118tsi at Highway Auto for $32 000 driveaway (8km on the clock....which was my test drive). On the Gold Coast they tried to charge me over $33000 for trendline model.

**nightphotographer** · 06-09-2011, 04:31 PM

I tried to save money on my 105k service by buying the OEM parts from the UK - then when one of the parts was faulty and damaged a heap of others I'd ended up paying twice what I would've if I'd just not tried to cut corners to begin with.

I've learnt my lesson and that was going with OEM at a VW garage.

**mic151** · 08-09-2011, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by nightphotographer

I tried to save money on my 105k service by buying the OEM parts from the UK - then when one of the parts was faulty and damaged a heap of others I'd ended up paying twice what I would've if I'd just not tried to cut corners to begin with.

I've learnt my lesson and that was going with OEM at a VW garage.

Good lesson. Thanks for sharing. I've been tempted to do the same, now will definitely reconsider