how much for your first service/15k?

[hooba]

WTF!!!!! Should I sell mine before then???

You probably find that your car now is reliably costing you about $2500 every 6-9 months in depreciation, maintenance is a relatively small part of the total cost of ownership.

[Corey_R]

Interesting that as when my Golf went in for its 5th year service with 105000Km on the clock I had to get the water pump/ timing belt done, brake pads all round and the actual service and that cost $2500 all up i.e. one service already equal to the total over 6 years.

Servicing cost comparisons don't include things which are not part of the scheduled service. Brakes are consumables which get replaced as needed, and therefore are not included. Timing belt and in a MKV GTI does not get replaced until 8 years / 120,000km, so not sure what the deal with yours was. Also, water pump is not part of the scheduled parts replacements. So again, faults are not included as part of scheduled servicing.

If you have problems with a Toyota, obviously that's going to cost you more than the standard scheduled servicing price either. So I'm really not sure what the point of your post was.

Nic - you definitely shouldn't sell your car, because although cube_3 hasn't said what his Golf actually is, what he has stated was not a standard scheduled service. Plus Nic, your engine has a chain rather than a belt, does it not?

[ratedr]

Interesting that as when my Golf went in for its 5th year service with 105000Km on the clock I had to get the water pump/ timing belt done, brake pads all round and the actual service and that cost $2500 all up i.e. one service already equal to the total over 6 years.

What is the point of an enthusiast website if you can't source cheaper parts? Authentic and aftermarket. There are enough members to start a service shop up!?!

We should be sharing this advice rather than droaning about $10 price difference on service...

Geez, cost of ownership is something you should factor in upfront. $400 is cheap for a service as they need to sign your logbook and provide warranty on their service for the next 12 months or 15k. There are a lot of things to check and I would rather foot the bill for authentic VW to ensure 100% piece of mind. I have had all different branded cars and have always gone back to dealers. If you develop that relationship, you get freebies and higher level of service. Eg, fitting of light bulbs, free car washes and go further in offering their service...

For anyone that has never had car serviced with Trivett, give it a go... They are nothing short of exceptional. I feel guilty for not paying enough!

Your jaw would drop if you ever heard the service price for a Bentley or Rolls.. You are looking at $2.5 - $3k... It's all relative! Can't afford it, don't buy it.

[franjae]

Don't mind paying for something that needs doing especially when the owner is not interested in the maintenance of the car. Most of us here knows their cars inside out and if we are asked to book the car in outside of scheduled servicing period only to find that really nothing was done nor required, what a waste of time and money!

I have just clocked 9000kms in 12 months, and the service reminder has just come up. I had replaced the oil 4000kms ago and I'm thinking either I drop it off when it hits 10k or drop the oil again myself and book it in when it hits 15k. Which should I follow, time of distance schedule for warranty purposes??.

I don't baby my cars likeI used to, after I realised I was only doing the next owner a favour. Didn't get any more for my cars at trade-in!!

[mfl]

If you develop that relationship, you get freebies and higher level of service. Eg, fitting of light bulbs, free car washes and go further in offering their service...

Thats one hell of a generalisation: I have over the years used a single dealer for 3 different cars (same brand,different models) and was on a first name basis with most of their staff including the manager, yes I was treated well, and paid for every single thing they did on the car and as for the free car wash, for what I paid in servicing they should have polished the car as well, there were no freebies.

As for the last car I had, before the VW . yes they had a fancy waiting room and even gave you free coffee while waiting for your car, but as for servcing the car, they left a lot to be desired.

If you have found a good dealer, then stick with them, I haven't decided who will do the servicing on my car, but I do know I won't be returning to my original dealer, because their performnace in fixing a few warranty items left me cold.

[bulaviti]

I just booked my car in Barloworld Sydney for the standard first year 15k service.
The service rep quoted $410 for the service. Now I just want to know what you guys think and what are
the other offers being made?

$388 for my 15k service last week in Sydney. Hope this helps.

[Syd118TSI]

$388 for my 15k service last week in Sydney. Hope this helps.

Where in Sydney?

[Transporter]

I 100% agree, every sucsesful busines makes heathy profit.

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[Corey_R]

I 100% agree, every sucsesful busines makes heathy profit.

Exactly. Dealerships are businesses, not charities. People would do well to remember that. All this constant whinging from people (in multiple threads) about the price of things is really starting to make coming to this site a miserable experience. If you don't like the price someone quotes you for something, then stop whinging and go elsewhere. If a particular business is really charging unreasonable prices, then the market will sort that out in time.

Using Toyota's subsidising of fixed price servicing is a poor example. It's a marketting campaign meant to try and keep Toyota in the #1 spot as they are losing sales to many other brands. For all we know, they're adding the "reduction" in servicing cost to the price of the cars (which if you've compared the base model Corolla recently to the Golf 77TSI is a very probable case), or to the servicing costs after your "fixed price" servicing count is up.

They're now also subsidising finance packages. 2.9% p.a. for car loans when the RBA cash rate is 4.75%...

[masev]

Completely agree again! I know I won't be loosing sleep over servicing prices and just want to enjoy the car for what it is!!.....once I finally get it.

Unfortunately, this site is a very negative place to be at times....C'mon people, we only live once! More positives!!!!