VW Servicing Plan

[Muzzer]

I have a Mk5 Golf TDI on the long-life servicing plan. I pay £x per month and all maintenance (apart from tyres) is taken care of.

I bought it in Sept 2007, on a 3 year deal, so I'm coming up to get shot or purchase time.

It's a good car so I'm considering keeping it, but does anyone know if the fixed rate servicing plan can be extended for another 3 years?

I know that they only offer it when purchasing a car on vehicles under 1 year old and 10k miles, but can it be extended for existing users?

Ta

[cpas]

Muzzer said:

I have a Mk5 Golf TDI on the long-life servicing plan. I pay £x per month and all maintenance (apart from tyres) is taken care of.

I bought it in Sept 2007, on a 3 year deal, so I'm coming up to get shot or purchase time.

It's a good car so I'm considering keeping it, but does anyone know if the fixed rate servicing plan can be extended for another 3 years?

I know that they only offer it when purchasing a car on vehicles under 1 year old and 10k miles, but can it be extended for existing users?

Ta

Now I've wound my neck back in about Wellingboorough .
Is it worth just risking it and paying for service items as and when they come up? Does your plan include a warranty or is it just servicing items? My Mondeo (!!!) only coast about £100 per year to service and in 3 years I've never replacesd anything other than tyres.

[Muzzer]

cpas said:

Muzzer said:

I have a Mk5 Golf TDI on the long-life servicing plan. I pay £x per month and all maintenance (apart from tyres) is taken care of.

I bought it in Sept 2007, on a 3 year deal, so I'm coming up to get shot or purchase time.

It's a good car so I'm considering keeping it, but does anyone know if the fixed rate servicing plan can be extended for another 3 years?

I know that they only offer it when purchasing a car on vehicles under 1 year old and 10k miles, but can it be extended for existing users?

Ta

Now I've wound my neck back in about Wellingboorough .
Is it worth just risking it and paying for service items as and when they come up? Does your plan include a warranty or is it just servicing items? My Mondeo (!!!) only coast about £100 per year to service and in 3 years I've never replacesd anything other than tyres.

My plan is full maintenance - everything excluding tyres so brakes, service parts, wipers, etc - the full monty.

It's my company car (although I'm not doing massive mileage) and I like the fixed cost associated with maintenance. I like the idea of extending it for another 3 years and not having to worry about unexpected costs.

From research though, I'm thinking I'll risk it without if I keep the car. VW would probably try and shaft me anyhow!

[Deva Link]

Muzzer said:

... can it be extended for existing users?

We had it on a SEAT, but it's run by VAG Finance, so I assume yours is too.

I called to see if it could be extended and they said no, and they guy I spoke to was pretty rude too!

The dealership ran their own scheme which covered the next 2 services and MOT (MOT coverage was a bit unclear, but they didn't charge for it anyway) for £299. As one of those was going to be a major service, we took it out.

However they wouldn't do the brake fluid change unless we paid extra, and they failed the MOT on two random things that they charged £100 each to fix. I did eventually get £200 of credit notes back off SEAT but they're useless as I never intend to go to the dealership or buy any VAG product again.

[cpas]

Muzzer said:

cpas said:

Muzzer said:

I have a Mk5 Golf TDI on the long-life servicing plan. I pay £x per month and all maintenance (apart from tyres) is taken care of.

I bought it in Sept 2007, on a 3 year deal, so I'm coming up to get shot or purchase time.

It's a good car so I'm considering keeping it, but does anyone know if the fixed rate servicing plan can be extended for another 3 years?

I know that they only offer it when purchasing a car on vehicles under 1 year old and 10k miles, but can it be extended for existing users?

Ta

Now I've wound my neck back in about Wellingboorough .
Is it worth just risking it and paying for service items as and when they come up? Does your plan include a warranty or is it just servicing items? My Mondeo (!!!) only coast about £100 per year to service and in 3 years I've never replacesd anything other than tyres.

My plan is full maintenance - everything excluding tyres so brakes, service parts, wipers, etc - the full monty.

It's my company car (although I'm not doing massive mileage) and I like the fixed cost associated with maintenance. I like the idea of extending it for another 3 years and not having to worry about unexpected costs.

From research though, I'm thinking I'll risk it without if I keep the car. VW would probably try and shaft me anyhow!

If you took it on yourself you would get greater control of things are replaced. You don't need to go to main dealer - we know a bloke who services VW etc at half the price of the main dealers. I do about 10k a year in my car and replace the wipers about every other year, the brake pads haven't been changed yet, and brake fluid is about £20 every 2 years. I suppose the maintenence pland are basically an insurance policy but you can guarantee they will make out of it in the end.