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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 August 2015, 17:51:54
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
For the Signum and not the Omega.
Here goes. :y
Sump plug washer.............................................................. £2.93 plus VAT.
Oil Filter..............................................................................£18.25 plus VAT.
Vauxhall Dexos 5w-30. 6 litres at £9.50 a litre..............£57.00 plus VAT.
It gets worse.
They have also charged for 1 hour of labour.....................63.75 Plus VAT
Environmental charge .......................................................£9.00 Plus VAT.
Subtotal Total....................................................................£150.93 Plus VAT.
Grand total........................................£181.11 for an oil and filter change. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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You never paid that....never, ever..... ;D
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You never paid that....never, ever..... ;D
Certainly not.
However, the previous owner of my Signum was not short of a bob or two.
I think that 'they saw him coming' :-\
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
For the Signum and not the Omega.
Here goes. :y
Sump plug washer.............................................................. £2.93 plus VAT.
Oil Filter..............................................................................£18.25 plus VAT.
Vauxhall Dexos 5w-30. 6 litres at £9.50 a litre..............£57.00 plus vat
It gets worse.
They have also charged for 1 hour of labour.....................63.75 Plus VAT
Environmental charge .......................................................£9.00 Plus VAT.
Subtotal Total....................................................................£150.93 Plus VAT.
Grand total........................................£181.11 for an oil and filter change. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Buy 20L for that, and for 1hours labour 4 oil filters minimum.
So moral is do it your self "my lord" husbanding's ones resources.
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Too many dealers try to hoodwink their customers by wrapping a vastly overpriced an oil and filter change in pretty clothes by calling it a 'small service' or an 'interim service'
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Surely it is the chauffeur's job, m'lud. Tell him to put down the polishing cloth and get on with it. ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Surely it is the chauffeur's job, m'lud. Tell him to put down the polishing cloth and get on with it. ::) ;D ;D ;D
No, Mr Rods. I employ a buxom scullery maid when I need to get down and dirty.........with an oil change. ::)
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Surely it is the chauffeur's job, m'lud. Tell him to put down the polishing cloth and get on with it. ::) ;D ;D ;D
No, Mr Rods. I employ a buxom scullery maid when I need to get down and dirty.........with an oil change. ::)
You mean like in your popular 10 minute videos, m'lud: Clothes fall off, oil is rubbed liberally all over, other things happen, the end. ::) ::) ::)
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
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Surely it is the chauffeur's job, m'lud. Tell him to put down the polishing cloth and get on with it. ::) ;D ;D ;D
No, Mr Rods. I employ a buxom scullery maid when I need to get down and dirty.........with an oil change. ::)
You mean like in your popular 10 minute videos, m'lud: Clothes fall off, oil is rubbed liberally all over, other things happen,........eventually. ::) ::) ::)
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18 squid for an oil filter????
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18 squid for an oil filter????
It's a special Vx one. If you don't use genuine Vx parts, your car will break. Any dealer will tell you this, Webby.
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18 squid for an oil filter????
It's a special Vx one. If you don't use genuine Vx parts, your car will break. Any dealer will tell you this, Webby.
It'll break whatever you fit, they all do... eventually.
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18 squid for an oil filter????
Remember young bear, only use genuine, pattern not good. This is OOF. :D
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That's seems a low labour rate! Local main dealers here are charging just shy of £100 per hour inc.vat :o
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Thanks for the reminder of why I keep the old girls and do DIY service :y :y :y :y
£181 :o :o :o :o
All in costs me around £15 or so on the 2.2, maybe £20 on the 3.2 cause of opening another can...... using geniune GM bits :D
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18 squid for an oil filter????
That's likely to be the retail price for one, and of course only mugs would pay that. The same filter is liable to be a TC item for a fiver.
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18 squid for an oil filter????
Remember young bear, only use genuine, pattern not good. This is OOF. :D
If a genuine part is the same price as a pattern part, and invariably of better quality, you'd be a couple of sarnies short of a picnic not to ;), unless other factors have to influence the decision.
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18 squid for an oil filter????
It's a special Vx one. If you don't use genuine Vx parts, your car will break. Any dealer will tell you this, Webby.
It will if its a cartridge filter stuck in a time warp spinning casing :D
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
For the Signum and not the Omega.
Here goes. :y
Sump plug washer.............................................................. £2.93 plus VAT.
Oil Filter..............................................................................£18.25 plus VAT.
Vauxhall Dexos 5w-30. 6 litres at £9.50 a litre..............£57.00 plus VAT.
It gets worse.
They have also charged for 1 hour of labour.....................63.75 Plus VAT
Environmental charge .......................................................£9.00 Plus VAT.
Subtotal Total....................................................................£150.93 Plus VAT.
Grand total........................................£181.11 for an oil and filter change. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
WTF are they charging £10.80 inc. for?
Ron.
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Disposal of your old oil etc.
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
For the Signum and not the Omega.
Here goes. :y
Sump plug washer.............................................................. £2.93 plus VAT.
Oil Filter..............................................................................£18.25 plus VAT.
Vauxhall Dexos 5w-30. 6 litres at £9.50 a litre..............£57.00 plus VAT.
It gets worse.
They have also charged for 1 hour of labour.....................63.75 Plus VAT
Environmental charge .......................................................£9.00 Plus VAT.
Subtotal Total....................................................................£150.93 Plus VAT.
Grand total........................................£181.11 for an oil and filter change. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
WTF are they charging £10.80 inc. for?
Ron.
Its to send a donation to the polar bears.
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I think that £57 an hour for a main stealer isn,t too extortionate compared with some others. ???
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
That to help soften the blow of the bill :-\
Although 180 notes is nothing to some but if you dont know anyone who can help out with diy servicing they have no choice :(
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STEMO, I hear you, but that is gross overchatging; don't they sell all the old oil on to the recyclers anyway, so there is no need to make any charge at all......
Ron.
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Sounds a complete load of bxs from Vx if you do not mind me chipping in and oil disposal, my local tip take it for free and I think they use it as heating though could be wrong DIY defo :y
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I think that £57 an hour for a main stealer isn,t too extortionate compared with some others. ???
maybe but do you think they really spent an hour?
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STEMO, I hear you, but that is gross overchatging; don't they sell all the old oil on to the recyclers anyway, so there is no need to make any charge at all......
Ron.
No, you pay the recycler to take it away. Just like you do with all the other waste that garages generate, like tyres. Now you know why you often see piles of tyres that have been fly-tipped.
Although at least waste oil can be burnt for winter heating.
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Waste oil you can get taken away for free, its the other items which take a bit more getting rid of.
A garage will pay a monthly fee to the likes of Oakwood Environmental who will handle all the waste such as antifreeze, oil, oil filters, pumping out of catch tanks etc.
But that charge is very steep!
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
That to help soften the blow of the bill :-\
Although 180 notes is nothing to some but if you dont know anyone who can help out with diy servicing they have no choice :(
The complimentary visual health check takes the form of a 'spotty yoof' leaning against the car for ten minutes whilst scratching his balls. He then puts a tick in the appropriate box. Job done.
£180 for an oil change simply can't be justified.
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
That to help soften the blow of the bill :-\
Although 180 notes is nothing to some but if you dont know anyone who can help out with diy servicing they have no choice :(
The complimentary visual health check takes the form of a 'spotty yoof' leaning against the car for ten minutes whilst scratching his balls. He then puts a tick in the appropriate box. Job done.
£180 for an oil change simply can't be justified.
Outrageous cost. But then again that's standard dealer stuff.
I bet it would be a similar cost if I took 3.2 to a dealer, I'd save £150 doing DIY change on the 3.2, that's a shit load of fuel. Give it's current miles, that's about 2 months worth of fuel!
Sobering thoughts, as any replacement motor for me would likely mean no more DIY.
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I don't understand why anyone would use a dealer unless it's a job that requires a dealer. Overpriced and under trained.
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
That to help soften the blow of the bill :-\
Although 180 notes is nothing to some but if you dont know anyone who can help out with diy servicing they have no choice :(
The complimentary visual health check takes the form of a 'spotty yoof' leaning against the car for ten minutes whilst scratching his balls. He then puts a tick in the appropriate box. Job done.
£180 for an oil change simply can't be justified.
Outrageous cost. But then again that's standard dealer stuff.
I bet it would be a similar cost if I took 3.2 to a dealer, I'd save £150 doing DIY change on the 3.2, that's a shit load of fuel. Give it's current miles, that's about 2 months worth of fuel!
Sobering thoughts, as any replacement motor for me would likely mean no more DIY.
How come? Other than the Dervs produced in the last couple of years, cars haven't gotten soo much more complicated have they?
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
wife or Megane ........... ::)
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This makes sobering reading and is documented on the invoice as a 'small service' to include a complimentary visual health check.
That to help soften the blow of the bill :-\
Although 180 notes is nothing to some but if you dont know anyone who can help out with diy servicing they have no choice :(
The complimentary visual health check takes the form of a 'spotty yoof' leaning against the car for ten minutes whilst scratching his balls. He then puts a tick in the appropriate box. Job done.
£180 for an oil change simply can't be justified.
Outrageous cost. But then again that's standard dealer stuff.
I bet it would be a similar cost if I took 3.2 to a dealer, I'd save £150 doing DIY change on the 3.2, that's a shit load of fuel. Give it's current miles, that's about 2 months worth of fuel!
Sobering thoughts, as any replacement motor for me would likely mean no more DIY.
How come? Other than the Dervs produced in the last couple of years, cars haven't gotten soo much more complicated have they?
The guides and technical knowledge here is second to none, you go to Merc/Audi/BMW/Honda forum, they are vastly less technical. Most advise appears to be take it down an indy garage who will sort it for you.
Then there is fact of working on something vastly more expensive and something very new. Not sure I'd want to change the oil on say a £10k Merc CLS 320 or Jag XJ TDVi, incase of making mistakes. Then of course you need to find someone who can reset service indicators too...
Least if I c0ck it up on current pair of cars, they are worth peanuts so don't really matter.
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An element of the service cost on a premium car is to update the software on various ecus... updating the sat nav for example isn't simply about adding a few road names, but rather updating all the POI info... ;)
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The guides and technical knowledge here is second to none, you go to Merc/Audi/BMW/Honda forum, they are vastly less technical. Most advise appears to be take it down an indy garage who will sort it for you.
Then there is fact of working on something vastly more expensive and something very new. Not sure I'd want to change the oil on say a £10k Merc CLS 320 or Jag XJ TDVi, incase of making mistakes. Then of course you need to find someone who can reset service indicators too...
Least if I c0ck it up on current pair of cars, they are worth peanuts so don't really matter.
I hadn't appreciated that, although I suspect it will change as they age. A good example of this is the L322 Range Rover, initially a £70k plus car, so next to no DIY I would imagine, but now they start at £5-10k and servicing/work can cost thousands, the DIY info on forums is getting better and better. ;D
Look at it this way, 10-15yrs ago, you wouldn't have contemplated changing the oil on a pair of £25k omegas, but now, its not an issue. :y
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
I agree.
That means you now have £6-7000 spare.
May I have it please? :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
I agree.
That means you now have £6-7000 spare.
May I have it please? :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Is 'it' the Megane, Mrs Stemo, or the cash? ::)
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I had a main dealer bill for my Omega for around £700-£800 shortly before I purchased it (can't remember on what). A week later, the chap had a HBV fitted for around £180. There was a note scribbled on the first bill saying something along the lines of "customer came in last week spent lots of money and now car has water leak".
Did they care? Still fleeced the poor guy.
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
I agree.
That means you now have £6-7000 spare.
May I have it please? :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Is 'it' the Megane, Mrs Stemo, or the cash? ::)
I'd imagine he's after the Megane, as he already has plenty of cash and has a volatile latin lady in his life! :D ;D
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
I agree.
That means you now have £6-7000 spare.
May I have it please? :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Is 'it' the Megane, Mrs Stemo, or the cash? ::)
I'd imagine he's after the Megane, as he already has plenty of cash and has a volatile latin lady in his life! :D ;D
For the spare laptop fund ::) ;D
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Wifey's megane was serviced by the local back street mechanic recently. Oil+filter, air filter, front discs and pads renewed. £280 with vat.
You've decided to keep it?
Off topic, but yes. She wanted a 1.6 saloon/coupe, not the gutless 1.4's which seem to proliferate these days. It had to have built in sat nav as she often uses it.
We worked out that we would have to trade hers in and add about £6-7000 to get anything half decent. Rather pointless when hers is running fine, no electrical gremlins (which I'm told French cars occasionally suffer from) and has never needed more than servicing and tyres in the five years she has had it.
I agree.
That means you now have £6-7000 spare.
May I have it please? :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Is 'it' the Megane, Mrs Stemo, or the cash? ::)
I'd imagine he's after the Megane, as he already has plenty of cash and has a volatile latin lady in his life! :D ;D
Nah....The Megane is worth buttons. I'll take the headmistress and the cash. :y
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The trade in on the megane would buy your vauxhall rectum and several omegas. ;D
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migmog, i was just commenting on the hourly rate they charge irrespective of how long they take to actually to do anything. :D
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And, as people are oft to forget, someone has to pay the wages of the staff plus the site costs... Rates/utilities etc ;)
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The guy who does my car has a small four man independent business and he charges £52.50 per hour. That may sound steep to some, but, as i am now unable to roll around on the floor in the rain and mud and i also trust him implicitly, i think, for me, it,s worth the cost. Also he really knows his Omegas thankfully. :y
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The guy who does my car has a small four man independent business and he charges £52.50 per hour. That may sound steep to some, but, as i am now unable to roll around on the floor in the rain and mud and i also trust him implicitly, i think, for me, it,s worth the cost. Also he really knows his Omegas thankfully. :y
I use small independent. I keep costs down by supplying all parts myself.
Oil and filter change plus fuel filter change plus cleaning brake pipes came to 30 minutes labour. £20.
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Look at it this way, 10-15yrs ago, you wouldn't have contemplated changing the oil on a pair of £25k omegas, but now, its not an issue. :y
Apart from when I fell off the bike and hurt myself for a few weeks, I've always serviced mine, and I've had it 12yrs...
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The purpose of a free complimentary health check is to point out to Mr[or Mrs]customer that their tyres are ready to explode their brake pipes due to burst and a myriad other things which means unless they pay oodles more to have the faults fixed straight away they're going to die a horrible and excrutiating death.
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The purpose of a free complimentary health check is to point out to Mr[or Mrs]customer that their tyres are ready to explode their brake pipes due to burst and a myriad other things which means unless they pay oodles more to have the faults fixed straight away they're going to die a horrible and excrutiating death.
Yet here we are still alive and kicking, well most of us younger chaps are, lol.
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Main Vx dealer near me charges £96 per hour >:( thanks to the OOF do my own timing belt now save a fortune :y
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Might be of interest when you see how much can be saved. :y
Bought 4 x 5ltrs of 10/40 oil and 3 # paper filters from local dealer today....total cost including vat...£51=38 ;)
So just over £17 an oil change . ;D
Whilst they are not doing the 4 for 3 offer anymore at £8=25 + vat for 5lts compared to retail of £25=87 getting a bit dirty does saved you a fair bit of cash :)