Long life extra service cost ?

[JRdrums]

I am looking to get my Seat Leon serviced at the local dealer and was quoted £225 for a minor long life service. There is also a annual service quoted at £185 for the minor service. There seems to be confusion at the dealer as to what the extra £40 is for. One guy tells me they use long life oil on the long life service which makes it more expensive. Another guy at the dealer said for a diesel car with a dpf which mine is they use the long life 507 graded oil regardless of what service. Does this mean the long life service is a rip off or is there actually extra work carried out with the long life service?

[Rozzers]

If you dump the long life service plan does the vehicle then not go back on to the annual servicing profile, the £40 is just the premium to ‘keep you on the programme’

[catso]

I'm not sure if they use different oil for the long-life service and even if they do it's not £40 more expensive...

[Adrian E]

What's your typical annual mileage OP?

[JRdrums]

Adrian E said:

What's your typical annual mileage OP?

30-35 k a year

[rob_benton]

Imagine they are the same as Vw. They told me they use the same oil. Vw group long life 507.

[cuprabob]

They used to use different oils but as far as I'm aware VAG dealers now use the same oil, irrespective of the service regime the car is on.

[Adrian E]

JRdrums said:

Adrian E said:

What's your typical annual mileage OP?

30-35 k a year

<resists temptation to engage PH swear filter> - that's a lot of miles! You are at least the target audience for longlife servicing so there's no doubt you'll be saving money compared to 10k intervals.

As above, 99% of dealers will use the same oil for 10k or longlife, so it's taking the pee to charge differently, aside from the fact that they can. They'll still see you twice a year, so just ask them to discount it. If they won't price match the non-longlife service just go somewhere else.

Got to be worth looking at an indy specialist rather than main dealer? At the rate you're racking up miles it's not as if not having a main dealer history is going to significantly impact on retained value!

[eliot]

JRdrums said:

30-35 k a year

crikey.