Works Service

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MaxAndRuby

Original Poster:

6,792 posts

233 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Anyone on here use them? I'm sure the service is better, but is it much more expensive?

Any comments would be helpful.

AstonZagato

12,714 posts

211 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Hit the nail on the head - good service but expensive. Very knowledgeable as well. No courtesy cars. perhaps you get some of the premium back on resale but not much.

MaxAndRuby

Original Poster:

6,792 posts

233 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Thanks AZ, with regard to the cost are we talking water pistols or cruise missiles?

Need a standard 24 month on a DB9.

AstonZagato

12,714 posts

211 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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They used to do fixed price servicing - phone them and ask.

They are about the same as a normal dealer for that stuff (try phoning a dealer for a quote too).

However, where you can go seriously off-piste is when they find something else that needs doing or you ask them to do a job that is not fixed price. Then they do an excellent job but the bill can be eye-watering (on my DB7, they installed a Sat Nav head unit that I provided and estimated £200 to fit and billed £2,000 - eek - we compromised somewhere in between).

I don't think I ever managed to "just" do a service (always something else that I fancied doing while it was there).

NDA

21,615 posts

226 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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AZ's got the advice right there.....

I've had some eye-watering bills from Works Service - including £12 labour (excl VAT) to refit the brolly in the Vanquish. That's for undoing two velcro straps, putting brolly in, shutting boot. It was hidden in a £13k bill for some other stuff....