What's the largest routine service bill you've ever had?
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928S4 - engine-out, top end refurb with new clutch, radiator, various odds/ends, and plating/polishing to make the engine bay look all sparkly - that lot came to about AU$23k, which is about GBP13k
On the plus side, my insurer was happy to add that to the insurance value of the car. I think that's a plus anyway...
On the plus side, my insurer was happy to add that to the insurance value of the car. I think that's a plus anyway...
Highest for me is £2,160 - also on a TVR Tuscan
That was a recent 12k service with a few other bits needed- new fuel return pipe, scavenge oil return pipe, new hose to oil cooler, track-rod ends & steering rack gaiters, two rear tyres, various clips etc replaced, new rear exhaust mounts, 2 hours extra labour for the valve clearances, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Having racked up almost £9k on my Chimaera since 2016 I didn't think that was too bad for the Tuscan.
Stockholm syndrome?
That was a recent 12k service with a few other bits needed- new fuel return pipe, scavenge oil return pipe, new hose to oil cooler, track-rod ends & steering rack gaiters, two rear tyres, various clips etc replaced, new rear exhaust mounts, 2 hours extra labour for the valve clearances, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Having racked up almost £9k on my Chimaera since 2016 I didn't think that was too bad for the Tuscan.
Stockholm syndrome?
Squirrelofwoe said:
Highest for me is £2,160 - also on a TVR Tuscan
That was a recent 12k service with a few other bits needed- new fuel return pipe, scavenge oil return pipe, new hose to oil cooler, track-rod ends & steering rack gaiters, two rear tyres, various clips etc replaced, new rear exhaust mounts, 2 hours extra labour for the valve clearances, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Having racked up almost £9k on my Chimaera since 2016 I didn't think that was too bad for the Tuscan.
Stockholm syndrome?
I'm budgeting £1.5-2k a year i.e. won't be surprised if each service comes in around that. Just justify it on the basis that values are not going down or are even going up ...That was a recent 12k service with a few other bits needed- new fuel return pipe, scavenge oil return pipe, new hose to oil cooler, track-rod ends & steering rack gaiters, two rear tyres, various clips etc replaced, new rear exhaust mounts, 2 hours extra labour for the valve clearances, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Having racked up almost £9k on my Chimaera since 2016 I didn't think that was too bad for the Tuscan.
Stockholm syndrome?
PrinceRupert said:
I'm budgeting £1.5-2k a year i.e. won't be surprised if each service comes in around that. Just justify it on the basis that values are not going down or are even going up ...
It's a good way of looking at it / making you sleep better at night The previous sales receipts for our car in the history file are for £14k, £17k, £19.5k, and then we got it last year for £23k (was up for £27k).
Squirrelofwoe said:
PrinceRupert said:
I'm budgeting £1.5-2k a year i.e. won't be surprised if each service comes in around that. Just justify it on the basis that values are not going down or are even going up ...
It's a good way of looking at it / making you sleep better at night The previous sales receipts for our car in the history file are for £14k, £17k, £19.5k, and then we got it last year for £23k (was up for £27k).
PrinceRupert said:
Squirrelofwoe said:
PrinceRupert said:
I'm budgeting £1.5-2k a year i.e. won't be surprised if each service comes in around that. Just justify it on the basis that values are not going down or are even going up ...
It's a good way of looking at it / making you sleep better at night The previous sales receipts for our car in the history file are for £14k, £17k, £19.5k, and then we got it last year for £23k (was up for £27k).
Shnozz said:
PrinceRupert said:
Squirrelofwoe said:
PrinceRupert said:
I'm budgeting £1.5-2k a year i.e. won't be surprised if each service comes in around that. Just justify it on the basis that values are not going down or are even going up ...
It's a good way of looking at it / making you sleep better at night The previous sales receipts for our car in the history file are for £14k, £17k, £19.5k, and then we got it last year for £23k (was up for £27k).
Shnozz said:
That was a very late rebuild. Did it survive on the original until beyond 2015? The respray in that colour would have been eye-watering too. Sort of previous owner you want that suggests its been maintained regardless of cost.
Ours was rebuilt in 2014 (it's a 2000 car) on 54k miles, so another late rebuild. I would hazard a guess it was based on excessive wear spotted at one of the big services, rather than the result of an actual component failure as many of the early Speed-6 rebuilds were?I had my Chimaera engine rebuilt in 2019 (a 1995 car) - it still drove ok but when it was stripped down the internals were in a right state. The difference being the old Rover V8 tends to just carry on in that state with a minimum of fuss, rather than fail catastrophically like the Speed-6.
bobsavage789 said:
2007 Ford Focus ST.
Had to get both front wishbones (I think) replaced for it to pass an MOT.
£1200 on a £7000 car (which had only done 45k miles) was quite tough to take...
1200 quid?Had to get both front wishbones (I think) replaced for it to pass an MOT.
£1200 on a £7000 car (which had only done 45k miles) was quite tough to take...
That's shocking... couple of hours labour and the parts surely can't be that expensive?
For reference: I swapped both lower wishbones on my girlfriend's V70 at the side of the road in under 3 hours (that included coffee and fag breaks). Fair bit of camber on my road so you can only jack one side of the car at a time, so that time included jacking up, axle stand, wheel off, splitting the ball joint, removing the 2 inner bolts, fiddling around and swearing. Re-fitting was the reversal of removal.
In a garage with a lift it'd be a hell of a lot easier.
Just over £5k on a AM Vantage.
Front discs / pads
Rear discs / pads
Handbrake pads
Normal ‘big’ ( 4 year iirc service )
Front pads were £1,200.
Told them to FRO as I’d done less than 300 miles in the car and it should have been picked up on the ‘Timeless’ inspection of it was that bad.
Ended up paying about £500 as a gesture of goodwill, makes you think how many owners (with actual money) would just pay the bill no quibble.
Front discs / pads
Rear discs / pads
Handbrake pads
Normal ‘big’ ( 4 year iirc service )
Front pads were £1,200.
Told them to FRO as I’d done less than 300 miles in the car and it should have been picked up on the ‘Timeless’ inspection of it was that bad.
Ended up paying about £500 as a gesture of goodwill, makes you think how many owners (with actual money) would just pay the bill no quibble.
Lord.Vader said:
Just over £5k on a AM Vantage.
Front discs / pads
Rear discs / pads
Handbrake pads
Normal ‘big’ ( 4 year iirc service )
Front pads were £1,200.
Told them to FRO as I’d done less than 300 miles in the car and it should have been picked up on the ‘Timeless’ inspection of it was that bad.
Ended up paying about £500 as a gesture of goodwill, makes you think how many owners (with actual money) would just pay the bill no quibble.
I was given a similar estimate by Aston main dealer last year. Got all OEM parts from Rick via this forum and had them fitted at a fraction of the cost. Sometimes it pays to be savvy. Front discs / pads
Rear discs / pads
Handbrake pads
Normal ‘big’ ( 4 year iirc service )
Front pads were £1,200.
Told them to FRO as I’d done less than 300 miles in the car and it should have been picked up on the ‘Timeless’ inspection of it was that bad.
Ended up paying about £500 as a gesture of goodwill, makes you think how many owners (with actual money) would just pay the bill no quibble.
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