Abarth 595 Service Cost.

[seawise]

Main dealers are such a joke - my local one (Thames) quoted £505 for a 2nd year service on my 2017 Panda 4x4 twinair - it's only got 2 plugs and a 3.5 litre oil capacity. They charging £198 per hour labour - found a Fiat/Alfa specialist locally who charges £72 per hour and provides a loan car.

Do people really pay these prices once their car is out of warranty, what a waste of money if they do.

[wal 45]

seawise said:

Main dealers are such a joke - my local one (Thames) quoted £505 for a 2nd year service on my 2017 Panda 4x4 twinair - it's only got 2 plugs and a 3.5 litre oil capacity. They charging £198 per hour labour - found a Fiat/Alfa specialist locally who charges £72 per hour and provides a loan car.

Do people really pay these prices once their car is out of warranty, what a waste of money if they do.

I had a similar shock when I had the year 3 service done on my 500 Hybrid last week at my local Fiat/Abarth MD, £199 for an oil and filter service only (similar oil capacity as yours too). Shopped around before hand and no one quoted anything differently on the South Coast. The oil isn't cheap for these things but £200 really..............

It won't be going there for year 4 though that's for sure, I absolutely get paying a reasonable price for a technician's work but Fiat really don't help themselves to keep cars and loyalty within the network with these extortionate rates.