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Hi all,
Well my V8V is coming up to it's 11th birthday in October.My car has a full Aston Martin main dealer service history all being done at the same dealership. All the services have been done within a month of my cars first registration.The question is do I keep with the main dealer servicing or has the time come to go with an independent specialist?
The last service done was the 100,000 mile service so i'm back to the 10,000 mile service,the car has just clicked over to 20,000 miles.
Well my V8V is coming up to it's 11th birthday in October.My car has a full Aston Martin main dealer service history all being done at the same dealership. All the services have been done within a month of my cars first registration.The question is do I keep with the main dealer servicing or has the time come to go with an independent specialist?
The last service done was the 100,000 mile service so i'm back to the 10,000 mile service,the car has just clicked over to 20,000 miles.
I don't really think it matters whether you go Dealer or Indy, the important thing is to get a valid stamp each year.
Dealers offer very competitive servicing prices these days and so if you're happy with your local dealer I'd go with them. If you prefer a recognised Indy then go for that option.
P.S. Your car will go better if you put more miles on it - they don't like sitting idle in the garage.
Dealers offer very competitive servicing prices these days and so if you're happy with your local dealer I'd go with them. If you prefer a recognised Indy then go for that option.
P.S. Your car will go better if you put more miles on it - they don't like sitting idle in the garage.
ace of the base said:
I don't really think it matters whether you go Dealer or Indy, the important thing is to get a valid stamp each year.
Dealers offer very competitive servicing prices these days and so if you're happy with your local dealer I'd go with them. If you prefer a recognised Indy then go for that option.
P.S. Your car will go better if you put more miles on it - they don't like sitting idle in the garage.
Thanks for the reply,Yes I know that my car should be driven more but with me out of the country for part of the year it's difficult.Dealers offer very competitive servicing prices these days and so if you're happy with your local dealer I'd go with them. If you prefer a recognised Indy then go for that option.
P.S. Your car will go better if you put more miles on it - they don't like sitting idle in the garage.
dlm18 said:
The last service done was the 100,000 mile service ... the car has just clicked over to 20,000 miles.
If your car is from new, you have been very fastidious to cover 20,000 miles and have 10 main dealer services.
Did you have new spark plugs fitted at the 7th service? Your existing set must have been as good as new then.
Plugs cheap enough, but I think fitting is time consuming.
My own car is a low mileage keeper, so the well being of mechanicals is more important to me, than a stamp in the book every year.
The annual schedule was followed for a number of years, but is now every 18 months.
And yes, at 7 years (15,000 miles) the spark plugs were beautiful.
Just a thought.
(Some say the engine oil becomes useless in month 13. I am not convinced.)
Jon39 said:
If your car is from new, you have been very fastidious to cover 20,000 miles and have 10 main dealer services.
Did you have new spark plugs fitted at the 7th service? Your existing set must have been as good as new then.
Plugs cheap enough, but I think fitting is time consuming.
My own car is a low mileage keeper, so the well being of mechanicals is more important to me, than a stamp in the book every year.
The annual schedule was followed for a number of years, but is now every 18 months.
And yes, at 7 years (15,000 miles) the spark plugs were beautiful.
Just a thought.
(Some say the engine oil becomes useless in month 13. I am not convinced.)
Mine is also a keeper,The spark plugs were indeed changed at the 70,000 mile service.
What's the driver for asking the question ? As others have said the cost difference on a service is probably negligible really, and if it isn't then a polite chat might get them to budge a bit.
Personally mine will have a Works stamp every 12 months whether I keep it for 1 year or 20. They're the only people who have ever touched it and that's the way it'll stay for as long as I have it.
As people say a solid Indy history is fine and if yours had been looked after by a couple of different MD's along the road I would tend to agree, but as it's always been done at the same dealer, then I personally would continue with that as I think it's both a great thing to have from a provenance perspective, plus if you ever did want to sell then as a buyer I would see it as a bonus.
All personal opinion of course.
Personally mine will have a Works stamp every 12 months whether I keep it for 1 year or 20. They're the only people who have ever touched it and that's the way it'll stay for as long as I have it.
As people say a solid Indy history is fine and if yours had been looked after by a couple of different MD's along the road I would tend to agree, but as it's always been done at the same dealer, then I personally would continue with that as I think it's both a great thing to have from a provenance perspective, plus if you ever did want to sell then as a buyer I would see it as a bonus.
All personal opinion of course.
Ry
thanks for the reply,
The driver to this post was because my car has always been serviced at Aston Martin Derby which has now been closed.So with that in mind, my car will now have to go else where for servicing. I won't have the continuity of the above dealer service stamp,so was this the time to go with an indy for servicing or keep with the main dealer stamp?
My thoughts are to stick with the main dealer stamp as I have no plans to change my car.
thanks for the reply,
The driver to this post was because my car has always been serviced at Aston Martin Derby which has now been closed.So with that in mind, my car will now have to go else where for servicing. I won't have the continuity of the above dealer service stamp,so was this the time to go with an indy for servicing or keep with the main dealer stamp?
My thoughts are to stick with the main dealer stamp as I have no plans to change my car.
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