Octavia servicing!

[woofy]

75k service booked in at the usual culprits for next week in Richmond, no loan cars until Xmas though which I'm going to make a song and dance about as it gets worse every year. They will give me a lift to my office, but I will be office bound which in my job doesn't work so well. $510 for that service which is a minor one, I remember them being around $300 so that inflation must have hit hard, especially the Zagames inflation. That's a 5 yr, man Petrol RS. I was tempted to ask what the belt change would cost, but still debating getting an independent to do that for me.

[brad]

That's silly money Woofy.

My guy would charge me $330 with a loan car if needed & I still think that's a bit rich but he looks after me so it's give & take.

[rjg]

That's silly money Woofy.

My guy would charge me $330 with a loan car if needed & I still think that's a bit rich but he looks after me so it's give & take.

You think that's bad, they quoted my $1200 for my 60k service.

I had to check with them twice that that didn't include a DSG service as mine's a manual. It didn't

[brad]

You think that's bad, they quoted my $1200 for my 60k service.

I had to check with them twice that that didn't include a DSG service as mine's a manual. It didn't

You'll find that they want to do the "one size fits all" tick & flick service list that includes a few things that in your service book aren't scheduled until the 90,000 or 105,000 service.

IIRC, when I had my 60k done the city dealers wanted $900-$1k; the local country dealer wanted $600 & the indepent wanted about $450-$500

[dArK5HaD0w]

You think that's bad, they quoted my $1200 for my 60k service.

I had to check with them twice that that didn't include a DSG service as mine's a manual. It didn't

wtf?!?!?
that's how much i got quoted from my dealer for a 60k + dsg service. mine's petrol.
is the diesel not chain driven like the TSI motors?

how could a diesel service, and a manual at that, cost so much?!?!

btw - i ended up going elsewhere, costing me $850.

[donweather]

What year is your RS, I can check if there were any sw. updates. If not then it's one less reason to take it to the dealer.

So is the dealer supposed to do software updates when servicing your vehicle? For free?

[rjg]

wtf?!?!?
that's how much i got quoted from my dealer for a 60k + dsg service. mine's petrol.
is the diesel not chain driven like the TSI motors?

how could a diesel service, and a manual at that, cost so much?!?!


btw - i ended up going elsewhere, costing me $850.

Mine is a petrol! I think the poor lady thought I was a bit rude as I had to ask 3 times how much.

Independents have come in much cheaper, Volks Home seem to be decent so they'll probably get the nod.

[Transporter]

So is the dealer supposed to do software updates when servicing your vehicle? For free?

I don't know if they have to do it or not. All I know that 99.9 car owners have no way of checking it or are completely unaware.
When I do them, I charge for them, because it usually takes 1-2 hours, depending which ECU. Since, I'm mobile and working at customer's place, I always show them when there are any updates available.

The reasons for not doing the sw updates on every car that goes through the workshop, could be: Not enough time, a risk that the sw update would go bad and more time wasted, not enough qualified mechanics. Other reasons I rather don't post here.

[Umai Naa!!]

You won't get software updates at a dealership unless theres a fault which requires an update to remedy it.

Also, unless it's under warranty, you'll get charged for it.

[Transporter]

But, if there was no need to address the issue, there wouldn't be a software update.