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[mr nosiris]

Is this right or am i wrong?. I was just quoated £505 for a 15000 mile service. i know its a major one, but it seems a bit steep!!!
for a standard air filter, ,oil filter, and some plugs.what do you think to much or is there better deals available!!!

[Bonnie and Clyde]

If its a 5.7 CV8 like mine Monkfish do a 10,000 mile service for £136.96. The 20,000 service is the same price. I had mine done with them a few months back and they are very thorough. They also use better quality products than VX. HTH
Mel

[mr nosiris]

Thanx for the info my car's the same as yours.Have you heard of any garages in the north because i'm just outside glasgooow ha ha. Just ten minutes from my old knokhill buddy Wellfans

[well_fans]

get Peters in Motherwell to do it, do what I do and take the bits in for them, choose your own oil and get filters etc from Monkfish/RapidGB. Jim Clachar(?) need to check surname, I only ever use his firstname, is the guy to see at the service desk - if you tell him I sent you he should make sure only the mechanic Stevie gets near your car, he's worked on mine a couple of times and knows what he's about.

Glad to hear about the tyres, better than risking a set of points and 2.5k on a fine by doing much more mileage on the old set.

[MyM8V8]

well_fans said:

get Peters in Motherwell to do it, do what I do and take the bits in for them, choose your own oil and get filters etc from Monkfish/RapidGB. Jim Clachar(?) need to check surname, I only ever use his firstname, is the guy to see at the service desk - if you tell him I sent you he should make sure only the mechanic Stevie gets near your car, he's worked on mine a couple of times and knows what he's about.

Glad to hear about the tyres, better than risking a set of points and 2.5k on a fine by doing much more mileage on the old set.

"Take your own bits in". LOL. Only a Scotsman would have the neck to do that.

ETA Well, maybe a Yorkshireman?

Edited by MyM8V8 on Saturday 27th June 15:02

[well_fans]

they're not a Monaro specialist and Vauxhall wont send them the bits if they try to order them but dont let that spoil the stereotype. Far easier to turn up, hand over the stuff and have them fit it and get your book stamped.

[mr nosiris]

Cheers for that. That sounds a bit more like it do you think my list of parts at the top of the page sounds right or is there anything else i've missed? I thought those were at it.

[well_fans]

mr nosiris said:

Cheers for that. That sounds a bit more like it do you think my list of parts at the top of the page sounds right or is there anything else i've missed? I thought those were at it.

get yourself a K & N filter and bin the stock one - 40 quid or so from fleabay, do that yourself. plugs apparently are good for 50k miles but if you want to change them theres been plenty threads on here discussing relative merits of copper/iridium/platinum and again as the service manual only says every 50k miles why pay a garage - do it yourself. All you're really needing is an oil change and a visual inspection for your tick in the log book I suspect but check with one of the sponsors on here what they'd supply in terms of filters etc. As for oil save a few quid postage and pick that up locally as well - I use Millers XFS as the local A1 store stocks it and I get a discount from him as I buy all kinda bits and pieces from him.

Come to the meet in the morning and we can have a chat.

[V88Dicky]

mr nosiris said:

Is this right or am i wrong?. I was just quoated £505 for a 15000 mile service. i know its a major one, but it seems a bit steep!!!
for a standard air filter, ,oil filter, and some plugs.what do you think to much or is there better deals available!!!

Jesus

a) Even Vauxhall only quote a little over £130 for that service, something not right there!
b) Servicing is every 10,000 miles or 12 monthly whichever is first.