Full Main Dealer Service History

[steveo3002]

berlintaxi said:

I take it in that case you never go out to eat, as you can do the same job at home? Not a stupid situation, you would sooner a surgeon performed an operation on you, I would sooner a manufacturer trained mechanic worked on my car. How is it a terrible idea to use a qualified person to do a job?

theres good and bad in all trades

youre comparing the "trained" mechainc to a michelin star chef , i was thinking more like a burger van cook thats been to the toilet and not washed his hands warming up burgers from yesterday

[Targarama]

ftrigger said:

On this topic could someone give me a bit of advice :
We have a 4 year old fiesta titanium purchased from a Ford dealer about a year ago for ~ £8k.
It's essentially a shopping trolley and will soon be a daily for my wife, as such it is unlikely to ever do more than 5k miles a year.
The dealer is ~40 minutes drive away on horribly congested south London roads, needs booking weeks in advance, can't loan me a replacement car, don't know how long a service will take, and have a terrible reputation.
So far the car is FSH, would it be worth keeping it this way ? I'm really tempted to take it to the local garage instead but not sure how much it will hurt the resale value.
I'm not sure how long we're going to keep it, maybe another year or two.

We have the same car/same age. It isn't a complex car and doesn't need much doing to it. I have used local independent garages for the last 2 oil change services (on 60k miles now, Mrs does a lot of miles). I changed the air filter at 40k and recorded it in the service book, then I just changed the plugs, air and pollen filters last week the day of the 60k oil change and noted that in the service book too. I'm sure it won't affect the value.

[berlintaxi]

Gixer said:

berlintaxi said:

I take it in that case you never go out to eat, as you can do the same job at home? Not a stupid situation, you would sooner a surgeon performed an operation on you, I would sooner a manufacturer trained mechanic worked on my car. How is it a terrible idea to use a qualified person to do a job?

Oh dear... No hope for some people.

All MDSH is about is getting the job card done, not doing the job to the best that it can be done. Simply, time will not allow for the job to be done as well as it could be done.

You pays your money and takes your choice, to me getting the car collected and returned with the back up of a main dealer, knowing I will get the car back when agreed or a courtesy car, and the inclusive roadside assistance which comes once the car is serviced is all worth more to me than covering myself in grease and oil just so I can claim man points, or relying on ECP to deliver to some back street garage, works for me, others can do whatever suits them.

In terms of getting the best job done never had a problem with any work done by a main dealer or with warranty claims when supported by a main dealer service history.

[ftrigger]

Targarama said:

We have the same car/same age. It isn't a complex car and doesn't need much doing to it. I have used local independent garages for the last 2 oil change services (on 60k miles now, Mrs does a lot of miles). I changed the air filter at 40k and recorded it in the service book, then I just changed the plugs, air and pollen filters last week the day of the 60k oil change and noted that in the service book too. I'm sure it won't affect the value.

Cool thanks for the advice.

[Nardies]

I've run lease cars for the past 10 years, all being serviced through main dealers. They've all been on long life plans, and none of the services have amounted to more than an oil and filter change, maybe pads on occasion. Why something as basic as that should dictate the resale value of a car is beyond me. If it's warranty work fair enough IMO.

[xjay1337]

berlintaxi said:

I take it in that case you never go out to eat, as you can do the same job at home? Not a stupid situation, you would sooner a surgeon performed an operation on you, I would sooner a manufacturer trained mechanic worked on my car. How is it a terrible idea to use a qualified person to do a job?

There's really nothing I can say to you.

[Dracoro]

Nardies said:

I've run lease cars for the past 10 years, all being serviced through main dealers. They've all been on long life plans, and none of the services have amounted to more than an oil and filter change, maybe pads on occasion. Why something as basic as that should dictate the resale value of a car is beyond me. If it's warranty work fair enough IMO.

Some manufacturer/dealers do more than you see on the invoice. i.e. do more checks, plug into computer to check for faults, grease seals, clean out drain holes etc.
Some others just changing the oil/filter and do little else.
Indeed, when my Lexus was serviced last year, they checked a few things including replacing the water pump (which I had not asked them to check - I was unaware of any leak) all under warranty as it was slightly (and it was a tiny leak) leaking. I best most would not even be looking round to check for these sort of things.
Also, if there are known issues/recalls for a particular model then the MD should know about these and may sort them out etc. An Indy may not have this knowledge.

Granted, as a car gets older, these things are less important (MD less likely to be as "thorough" on an old banger as a few year old car etc.) and you make your choice as appropriate.

Edited by Dracoro on Thursday 21st August 09:42

[berlintaxi]

xjay1337 said:

berlintaxi said:

I take it in that case you never go out to eat, as you can do the same job at home? Not a stupid situation, you would sooner a surgeon performed an operation on you, I would sooner a manufacturer trained mechanic worked on my car. How is it a terrible idea to use a qualified person to do a job?

There's really nothing I can say to you.

Why, because you fail to accept that people in the world may have a different point of view to you, I'll carry on getting my cars,trucks, boat, etc. serviced at main dealers because that's what suits me, you can carry on posing with the other little kids in car parks.

[xjay1337]

berlintaxi said:

Why, because you fail to accept that people in the world may have a different point of view to you, I'll carry on getting my cars,trucks, boat, etc. serviced at main dealers because that's what suits me, you can carry on posing with the other little kids in car parks.

Alright Captain Pugwash. You're just jealous because you don't have any friends to hang out with? I must cry as you tried to mock me!.

You can of course carry on getting your cars, "boats" and such serviced at main dealers. That's fine. However don't continually come back chatting ste, saying that servicing a car is akin to open heart surgey, and (I am paraphrasing) that "car maintenance is such a difficult task that only main dealers are skillful and careful enough to perform basic servicing".

[berlintaxi]

xjay1337 said:

(I am paraphrasing) that "car maintenance is such a difficult task that only main dealers are skillful and careful enough to perform basic servicing".

Care to point out where I said that or anything close? I said I would sooner have some one trained and qualified by the manufacturer do the job, you gotta a problem understanding that?

As for hanging out in a stty looking Golf in car parks with other like minded muppets, I don't think I'm missing much.

[xjay1337]

berlintaxi said:

Care to point out where I said that or anything close? I said I would sooner have some one trained and qualified by the manufacturer do the job, you gotta a problem understanding that?

As for hanging out in a stty looking Golf in car parks with other like minded muppets, I don't think I'm missing much.

xjay1337 said:

berlintaxi said:
But at least it shows you studied and attained a level in the subject not nipped into Halfords for a Haynes manual and some spanners.
Because it is so, so difficult to undo a 14mm bolt and a twisty oil filter housing and replace a seal and crush washer isn't it..................................


My my, the market sure does have you over a barrel! smile
Ain't hard to slice a body open either, so I trust you would have open heart surgery on your kitchen table?

Implying that servicing a car is a difficult task and that unless "suitably qualified" one is not capable of following some basic instructions with some basic tools.

And oh no, you've attempted to insult me. Please excuse me while I go and cry in my room.