£1600 for a service????

[mojo21]

Ive just been quoted £1,610.46 for the Annual Service of my 2007/8 DB9-surely this is crazy high? comments welcome

[XlBilbo]

There are big services and small services. You may have dropped on a big one.
Wait till they find a few things that need doing....:-(

It does seem a lot though. My last big one at Chiltern was about a grand plus work. (DB7)

[mojo21]

its the 4 year /40K service -even tho the car has only done 15K-is that a big one to your knowledge or are they taking the proverbial?

[XlBilbo]

They go by the service book, not the actual mileage.
Try another specialist to compare prices.

[SL500UK]

4th year is the biggie (for the V8V and probably the 9); although £1600 does seem a bit on the high side. Mileage doesn't come into it as they change various fluids regardless.

[mojo21]

thx for replies-yes Ive already begun to research alternative quotes. anyone care to suggest a more likely price

[michael gould]

Bloody stupid price.....just had the "big" service on my DB9 at a main dealer £850 including VAT but supplied my own oil (which cost me £50 from Costco for Mobil 1)if you want to discuss e-mail me

[mojo21]

wow Michael thats VERY interesting-thank you for that-should help in the negotiations !

[michael gould]

no problem im happy to dicuss on the phone if you want---e-mail me your mobil if you want some advise

[mojo21]

again thankyou for your kind offer. Im just waiting to hear back from the dealer who quoted me that price to see how they react-we'll take it from there eh?

[mojo21]

ah the power of help and support on here -and a reasonable ability to negotiate-got it down to £900! DEAL!

[XlBilbo]

If they are that quick to lower the price, perhaps they don't have a published price list, which seems strange.
Make sure you know what you are getting for your money.
Chiltern have a sheet of paper with the prices for each type of service on it.

[Jockman]

mojo21 said:

ah the power of help and support on here -and a reasonable ability to negotiate-got it down to £900! DEAL!

Mojo, stay on the forum and you will get these pearls of wisdom on a regular basis.

Only 4 weeks ago, Michael was giving the same advice

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=105...

[michael gould]

mojo21 said:

ah the power of help and support on here -and a reasonable ability to negotiate-got it down to £900! DEAL!

good job Mr Mojo.......you see guys I do have my uses......can somebody ring my wife and tell her that!!

[George H]

michael gould said:

...supplied my own oil (which cost me £50 from Costco for Mobil 1)

How come you use Mobil 1 instead of Castrol? Are there any differences?

[Jockman]

George H said:

How come you use Mobil 1 instead of Castrol? Are there any differences?

Nope - both fully synthetic - but our Manuals say Mobil 1 (can be slightly cheaper than Castrol Edge)..............unless your Manual says differently Georgeous

[George H]

Jockman said:

Nope - both fully synthetic - but our Manuals say Mobil 1 (can be slightly cheaper than Castrol Edge)..............unless your Manual says differently Georgeous

I shall check tonight. I think it's Castrol that I've got at home. Only had to use it one though so I might be wrong, I usually buy what the manual recommends, but this was 18 months ago.

[michael gould]

I think Mojo has done a great deal to drop from £1600 to £900........might pushing his luck to try and supply his own oil

[Jockman]

George H said:

I shall check tonight. I think it's Castrol that I've got at home. Only had to use it one though so I might be wrong, I usually buy what the manual recommends, but this was 18 months ago.

Hope its not Castrol Edge 10-60 for the cheaper dry sump models Georgeous.

Now, how embarrasing would that be matey

[brakedwell]

michael gould said:

I think Mojo has done a great deal to drop from £1600 to £900........might pushing his luck to try and supply his own oil

Push your luck. If we all supply our own oil dealers will get the message and reduce their mark-up.


Nielsen do a good deal.