30K Service Rip off. Please help

[nightphotographer]

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

Yeah it sounded good at the time getting a $1100 service for about $600 - but in the end I paid well over $2000 to get the car right again. If I'd paid the $1100 from VWA then I would've had warranty from the start, there's no warranty on non-aus parts.

[MIRSAD]

...or You can go with new BMW model, no servicing & always on the road

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[SMOK3Y]

LOL i want one...

[Skitz]

Can't say I've ever been happy with the service at Gold Coast VW. The initial quote they gave me for my 15k service was $450ish after some haggling not to mention waiting a month for a booking. My 25k service is coming up and I'm on the hunt for a VW specialist.

[Ryan_R]

Well if they've got a month worth of servicing booked then no wonder they're overcharging

[Fatherless One]

Can't say I've ever been happy with the service at Gold Coast VW. The initial quote they gave me for my 15k service was $450ish after some haggling not to mention waiting a month for a booking. My 25k service is coming up and I'm on the hunt for a VW specialist.

Have you tried VA Garage at Southport?

[Mountainman]

Buy a MK1. They don't need servicing.

I loved mine but it was the most troublesome car I've ever owned. It was like VW released it onto the market before it had been fully developed and expected the customers to find, experience and solve all the design and build faults. It was such a difference to the ownership experiences I had with the Jap cars I owned before and after. It really took many years for VW in Australia to recover from that negative reputation.