What's the largest routine service bill you've ever had?

[Fat hippo]

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch. Were you expecting it?

[NorthDave]

Not me but a client of mine is supposed to have had a bill of £250,000 on a McLaren P1.

I believe it may have needed a new battery pack and the car is in the middle east so I'm not sure if it had to be shipped back and forth.

Ouch!!

[swisstoni]

Fat hippo said:

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch. Were you expecting it?

I hope that included Porsche Bum Lube.

[993rsr]

swisstoni said:

Fat hippo said:

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch. Were you expecting it?

I hope that included Porsche Bum Lube.

12 months supply

In answer to the previous question yes kind off, I knew the engine out service and cosmetics would be about £10k the rest was a bit of surprise but knew the gearbox had an issue.

I try to offset it with ‘man Maths’ as the car has appreciated a bit since I bought it in 2006.

[Fat hippo]

993rsr said:

swisstoni said:

Fat hippo said:

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch. Were you expecting it?

I hope that included Porsche Bum Lube.

12 months supply

In answer to the previous question yes kind off, I knew the engine out service and cosmetics would be about £10k the rest was a bit of surprise but knew the gearbox had an issue.

I try to offset it with ‘man Maths’ as the car has appreciated a bit since I bought it in 2006.

If that happened to me (and it won’t as i’ll never be able to afford such a car), i’d be wondering how I split the payment over 3 credit cards...and hoping that none get declined.

And then buy a Lexus for peace of mind

[B'stard Child]

Showed Mrs BC this thread - if only to highlight why I work on my cars myself............

[Hashtaggggg]

993rsr said:

swisstoni said:

Fat hippo said:

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch. Were you expecting it?

I hope that included Porsche Bum Lube.

12 months supply

In answer to the previous question yes kind off, I knew the engine out service and cosmetics would be about £10k the rest was a bit of surprise but knew the gearbox had an issue.

I try to offset it with ‘man Maths’ as the car has appreciated a bit since I bought it in 2006.


How would the trainee on the service desk present a bill of that size without spitting out their tea?

[Jasandjules]

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch.

[Ryan104]

2009 Vauxhall Insignia

I had it for four years, it was great to drive and I liked the styling inside and out. Mechanically the worst car I’ve ever owned.

Just before I sold it I took it to a garage for a service (I knew there may be some underlying issues), garage called me an hour after dropping it off and told me that it wasn’t even worth servicing because they were 99% sure that head gasket was gone or going.

It had been losing coolant routinely for most of the time I had it. Sold it for £500 a week later fully disclosing those issues. Never got the bill but “not worth servicing” at least means it was probably more than the value of the car.

Now driving a 2016 BMW X1 which isn’t the most exciting to drive but it’s reliable and comfortable.

[MarkGArgyle]

GregK2 said:

MarkGArgyle said:

£5400 for a complete fuel system replacement from fuel filler cap through to injectors on my f31 2014 3 series. The nice lady at the service desk said it was the highest amount of money she had ever taken from a customer...

Lesson learned cheap fuel is not always good fuel...

Can you expand on this? Are you saying a cheap fuel required the whole fueling system to be replaced? I have never heard of anyone ever needing that and I'm sure many exclusively fill up with the cheapest they can find.

Here is the thread. Rereading it it may have been closer to £7k! Must have blocked it out...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[A.J.M]

clarkey said:

I'm really surprised there are no Discovery 3 owners posting on here!!!

Since you asked.

5 grand.

Mileage was 175,***.
Body removed.
1 new injector, turbo, power steering pump, brake servo and master cylinder, oil pump, water pump, all belts and tensioners etc, full service with LR filters, 4 new air struts, new brake flexes all round.
Alignment.

Shame he never bled the coolant system properly, which took a few goes to get all the air out of the system.

1 week after the body was refitted, the car was 1000 miles from home at Le Mans.



Currently on SORN as same guy made a total arse of some repairs and left it with serious faults that aren’t currently repairable due to buying a house. One day it will be back though.

[B'stard Child]

MarkGArgyle said:

GregK2 said:

MarkGArgyle said:

£5400 for a complete fuel system replacement from fuel filler cap through to injectors on my f31 2014 3 series. The nice lady at the service desk said it was the highest amount of money she had ever taken from a customer...

Lesson learned cheap fuel is not always good fuel...

Can you expand on this? Are you saying a cheap fuel required the whole fueling system to be replaced? I have never heard of anyone ever needing that and I'm sure many exclusively fill up with the cheapest they can find.

Here is the thread. Rereading it it may have been closer to £7k! Must have blocked it out...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

That's horrific........

[kiethton]

Thankfully I was the beneficiary, I bought my old E39 540i sport (12 years old at the time) for £2.9k from BCA blackbusche.

When in the car sorting the insurance I was thumbing the history, 5 months and 3k miles prior (at the main dealer) it had had:

Full inspection 2
Discs and pads all-round
Shocks x4
Springs x4
Most bushes/ARB's front and rear
Front radiator
Thermostat
Water pump
New amp/CD changer for the stereo
Updated maps for the 12 year old sat nav
4x continental sport contact tyres

£5,900 service bill

Woe on me as I had to shell out for a gearbox rebuild 12 months later - £2k

Edited by kiethton on Wednesday 31st March 23:02

[romeodelta]

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

£1300 for a washer bottle. Makes cinema popcorn or designer perfume look like a good value proposition

[romeodelta]

Fat hippo said:

If that happened to me (and it won’t as i’ll never be able to afford such a car), i’d be wondering how I split the payment over 3 credit cards...and hoping that none get declined.

I've witnessed this when my TT was in a euro specialist for a roadworthy.

A mum with a Discovery, splitting $12k across 3 cards with fingers crossed all the way. Not sure what was wrong with it, but it was a body off job as he was showing her the photos.

[DanielSan]

Jasandjules said:

993rsr said:

£26110.82
Carrera GT
Major engine out service, new washer bottle (£1300 including fitting) minor cosmetic repair to carbon fibre, gearbox repair.

Ouch.

£1300 for a washer bottle. I don't care what car it's in, they're taking the piss with that.

[anonymous-user]

Washer bottle might have been £100 ... could have been 10 hours labour on top!

[bolidemichael]

I've dropped a couple of thousand a couple of times on my old E500. Once for replacement of rear air suspension (best done in pairs and the rear subframe needs to be dropped) and another time for the valve body in the 7G-Tronic gearbox to be replaced.

Whilst my wallet's open, I generally opt for elective maintenance to chip away at my titivation fetish

>£1,000 bills feels normal now!

[B'stard Child]

bolidemichael said:

I've dropped a couple of thousand a couple of times on my old E500. Once for replacement of rear air suspension (best done in pairs and the rear subframe needs to be dropped) and another time for the valve body in the 7G-Tronic gearbox to be replaced.

Whilst my wallet's open, I generally opt for elective maintenance to chip away at my titivation fetish

>£1,000 bills feels normal now!

I wondered how long it would take you to find this thread

Having followed the thread concerned I see nothing wrong with you elective maintenance choices - it's a fine car being kept in tip top condition and probably/maybe works out cheaper than leasing a newer "similar" car











For me only a pinch of bravery (in attempting to reduce costs by diy) is missing from the thread

[Sheepshanks]

Lord.Vader said:

Washer bottle might have been £100 ... could have been 10 hours labour on top!

..Or it could have been 5 mins, like the MAF mentioned on the previous page.