SERVICING SHOCKER
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Wait until you get a price for the 7 year service which includes belts etc.
I have a 2010, so mine needs doing in just under a year. It's very expensive.
I think I few owners will be getting a shock as it's a maximum time of 7 years, so the older D4s regardless of mileage will require them to be done
I have a 2010, so mine needs doing in just under a year. It's very expensive.
I think I few owners will be getting a shock as it's a maximum time of 7 years, so the older D4s regardless of mileage will require them to be done
ROLFSSEN said:
whoami said:
Did you not buy the service pack for it?
£699 for 5 services.
Bargain.
I wasn't offered it when I bought it, I don't think.£699 for 5 services.
Bargain.
I think I'd remember if somebody had spelt it out to me, quite how much I could save.
The service cost is enough to put you off the brand altogether.
Prices vary considerably between dealers, even from the same group.
ROLFSSEN said:
I'm sure there's been threads on this before but...
£700 for a service on my Disco. (14-plate, 30,000 miles). Hunter's of Derby.
That's ridiculous - I thought BMW was bad.
That's taken the shine off the whole Land Rover experience. It's the last one I'll buy.
Tim
Your point?? £700 for a service on my Disco. (14-plate, 30,000 miles). Hunter's of Derby.
That's ridiculous - I thought BMW was bad.
That's taken the shine off the whole Land Rover experience. It's the last one I'll buy.
Tim
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Hainey said:
Try servicing anything that size from a premium brand. Not to say £700+ isn't a hefty amount, but it's far from unique.
It's still a lot of money for what you get in return however.A 'normal' service is what £30 of oil and £20 of filters. Plus maybe an hour in total on the vehicle. With 95% of the service just being 'looking' at bits on the vehicle and ticking a box on a clipboard to say they looked at them.
Servicing a "premium" vehicle is no more challenging or different from doing the same thing on a non premium vehicle. They just rip you off more.
Any time left over is then used for them to list items they deem need replacing, but are actually fine. While wanting to charge you well over the odds for the privilege.
300bhp/ton said:
Hainey said:
Try servicing anything that size from a premium brand. Not to say £700+ isn't a hefty amount, but it's far from unique.
It's still a lot of money for what you get in return however.A 'normal' service is what £30 of oil and £20 of filters. Plus maybe an hour in total on the vehicle. With 95% of the service just being 'looking' at bits on the vehicle and ticking a box on a clipboard to say they looked at them.
Servicing a "premium" vehicle is no more challenging or different from doing the same thing on a non premium vehicle. They just rip you off more.
Any time left over is then used for them to list items they deem need replacing, but are actually fine. While wanting to charge you well over the odds for the privilege.
As for your last sentence, are you accusing his garage of something? Because that's a pretty interesting statement you're making.
One of the things you look for when you service a vehicle and the part the driveway know it all's always get wrong, is you are objectively looking at the vehicle to see if a part will last another 16-20k miles without failure. To many guys are obsessed with the last 16-20k its just done and don't renew for the future.
As neither of us are remote viewers or omnipresent, we'll never know though will we.
My Z4 goes to a Specialist a big service is £300 cheaper then a main dealer. Mercedes charged me £450 for my E Class first service 12 months old 5k miles all they did was change the oil and filter there could and was not anything else they could do. My D4 is due its second service in March I will certainly shop around
Hainey said:
300bhp/ton said:
Hainey said:
Try servicing anything that size from a premium brand. Not to say £700+ isn't a hefty amount, but it's far from unique.
Any time left over is then used for them to list items they deem need replacing, but are actually fine. While wanting to charge you well over the odds for the privilege.As for your last sentence, are you accusing his garage of something? Because that's a pretty interesting statement you're making.
One of the things you look for when you service a vehicle and the part the driveway know it all's always get wrong, is you are objectively looking at the vehicle to see if a part will last another 16-20k miles without failure. To many guys are obsessed with the last 16-20k its just done and don't renew for the future.
As neither of us are remote viewers or omnipresent, we'll never know though will we.
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