Servicing Intervals
Discussion
I have my 4th year service coming up next month (my first service was after 9 months as I'd covered 10k miles, but the ones after that have been at 12 monthly intervals as I've done less than 10k p.a. since - my car has done approx. 25k miles now)
Car qualifies for the fixed service price plan, which means £761 for a V12
I don't need pollen and air filters, which are recommended every 20k miles, as they were done 2 services ago at c. 18k miles
However it's been suggested I need gearbox oil change (£125) and differential oil change (£75). Thoughts ? Knowledge ? Official recommendations ?
The plan on the website doesn't seem to cater for manual gearbox V12s, possibly because so few will qualify (post November 2012 cars only)
The website mentions automatic differential oil at 40k miles, but presumably that means cars with an automatic gearbox ? or am I misunderstanding ?
Car qualifies for the fixed service price plan, which means £761 for a V12
I don't need pollen and air filters, which are recommended every 20k miles, as they were done 2 services ago at c. 18k miles
However it's been suggested I need gearbox oil change (£125) and differential oil change (£75). Thoughts ? Knowledge ? Official recommendations ?
The plan on the website doesn't seem to cater for manual gearbox V12s, possibly because so few will qualify (post November 2012 cars only)
The website mentions automatic differential oil at 40k miles, but presumably that means cars with an automatic gearbox ? or am I misunderstanding ?
It seems there was a small mistake - speedo was still in kms and they thought I'd done 40k miles
Assume at 40k miles, certain gearbox oils need changing
Jon - the fixed price servicing costs are not bad IMO, for a car in this bracket, albeit as is very well documented on here, you can supply your own oil and make a decent saving. But yes, your dealer is correct, there are loads of numbered notes next to the fixed prices advising of additional items than need replacing, at additional cost, every x miles
IIRC, DB11 was to have a servicing plan included - was it 5 yrs ? To work a little like the Ferrari 7 year plan. I understand those plans really are fully inclusive of all fluids/filters/etc so you just need to pay for consumables like tyres & brake pads/discs
Did that servicing plan get launched with DB11 ? If so, that's probably the best part of £5k of costs over 5 years. Of course it keeps you going back to the official dealer so more chance you will use them for the likes of tyres, MOT, pads, etc rather than going to an indi.
These things are always (to my knowledge) transferable with the cars
Assume at 40k miles, certain gearbox oils need changing
Jon - the fixed price servicing costs are not bad IMO, for a car in this bracket, albeit as is very well documented on here, you can supply your own oil and make a decent saving. But yes, your dealer is correct, there are loads of numbered notes next to the fixed prices advising of additional items than need replacing, at additional cost, every x miles
IIRC, DB11 was to have a servicing plan included - was it 5 yrs ? To work a little like the Ferrari 7 year plan. I understand those plans really are fully inclusive of all fluids/filters/etc so you just need to pay for consumables like tyres & brake pads/discs
Did that servicing plan get launched with DB11 ? If so, that's probably the best part of £5k of costs over 5 years. Of course it keeps you going back to the official dealer so more chance you will use them for the likes of tyres, MOT, pads, etc rather than going to an indi.
These things are always (to my knowledge) transferable with the cars
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