Audi R8 service costs from main dealer.
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Ive had my V8 R8 about 7 months now and although the service indicator is showing 9800 miles and roughly 10 months until the next scheduled service I was thinking of treating it to an 'interim' oil service. It was last done 12 months ago and as I mainly only do short journeys,nearly two years on the same oil seems a bit long to me.
Anyway,went into my local Audi dealer today and they are asking £560 for an oil service which is basically an oil change and meassure the thickness of the brake pads.
Seems a bit rich to me. Ive had similar services done on M3 and Nissan GTR at main dealers before for around half that.
So,has anyone else had the same service recently from Audi and is this correct and am I just being arse raped because its an R8.
What also annoys me is that they have a big sign outside saying 'have two cars serviced for £299' and I know Audi use the same oil in all their cars as I was told this when buying a top up litre of oil.
Cheers for any help.
Anyway,went into my local Audi dealer today and they are asking £560 for an oil service which is basically an oil change and meassure the thickness of the brake pads.
Seems a bit rich to me. Ive had similar services done on M3 and Nissan GTR at main dealers before for around half that.
So,has anyone else had the same service recently from Audi and is this correct and am I just being arse raped because its an R8.
What also annoys me is that they have a big sign outside saying 'have two cars serviced for £299' and I know Audi use the same oil in all their cars as I was told this when buying a top up litre of oil.
Cheers for any help.
Had a think about this and as its not a scheduled service and more for my own peace if mind I might take it to a very good indy I know and let them do it. All four services so far have been at Audi so I wanted to keep it main dealer but as this is 'unscheduled' work it wouldn't even matter if I didnt get the book stamped and just let the service indicator continue running until the next scheduled service then take it to Audi.
The car had only covered 15k miles at the last service so mileage wise services were very close,every 4k or so. As i will be using the car much more than the previous owner did this gap will at least tripple which is my main thinking for the 'interim' oil change.
The main point of the post really was to question the hefty price. I have just had a look in the owners manual however and it says it takes approx ten litres of oil! Even so,having bought a top up litre of oil from Audi at £20 I wouldnt expect them to charge more than £220 for the oil and filter which still leaves £340 for labour and oil disposal.
A bit more understandable maybe but still on the hefty side.
Cheers for your input guys.
The car had only covered 15k miles at the last service so mileage wise services were very close,every 4k or so. As i will be using the car much more than the previous owner did this gap will at least tripple which is my main thinking for the 'interim' oil change.
The main point of the post really was to question the hefty price. I have just had a look in the owners manual however and it says it takes approx ten litres of oil! Even so,having bought a top up litre of oil from Audi at £20 I wouldnt expect them to charge more than £220 for the oil and filter which still leaves £340 for labour and oil disposal.
A bit more understandable maybe but still on the hefty side.
Cheers for your input guys.
If it's just the oil service that's required they will still reset the service indicator. There are a few other things they check on this service but it is basically an oil change. Supply your own oil,I use castrol edge which you can get 12 litres for online for around £90. As you say,you will still have to fork out about £300 for the labour and the stamp in the book but at least you should save about £200 over their silly price!
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