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[Webby the Bear]

My VX dealer quoted £520 including a new water pump.

After pleading poverty we agreed on £330 including a new water pump.......which I think is reasonable.

Be prepared to haggle, Mr Webby.

no need to mate. i'm doing mine myself and saving around £600!!!!!!

i only rang them just to see what the price would be out of interest. when i had it done exactly 4 years ago it was what rob said... £415

[Webby the Bear]

That's a disgrace!

How much labour were they quoting and a what rate, out of interest?

i didnt ask kev, should have done really. but i was so shocked at the price lol

[Andy B]

Wow!!! That's astronomical!! (have I spelt it right Andy B  ) only messin!  ....

No idea ..... too many letter even for me!     

[Andy B]

very close. im going to reveal that its £698.10!!!!!!! wtf!!!!!

I guess they don't want to do it. Probably nobody is old enough there to have ever done one before.     

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

With the last Omega being more than ten years old, some Vauxhall mechanics, especially the younger ones, are not familiar with them.

" What is it mate?"

"A Vauxhall Omega"

"Sorry mate, I ain't never fixed nuffin newer than one of them Insignia things.......Is it front wheel drive?"

 

[PAULCDX]

And the dealers wonder why people go to independent garages or try doing the jobs themselves etc   

I'm guessing more than half of that quote is labour charges 

[Andy B]

And the dealers wonder why people go to independent garages or try doing the jobs themselves etc   

I'm guessing more than half of that quote is labour charges 

I've no idea what TIS says the labour time is, but you could easily have the job in a couple of hours. Even at £100 per hour it still shouldn't come to much more than about £300

[bored bigyin54]

My VX dealer quoted £520 including a new water pump.

After pleading poverty we agreed on £330 including a new water pump.......which I think is reasonable.

Be prepared to haggle, Mr Webby.

no need to mate. i'm doing mine myself and saving around £600!!!!!!

i only rang them just to see what the price would be out of interest. when i had it done exactly 4 years ago it was what rob said... £415

i always said vx are a rip off . that proves it 

[Kevin Wood]

And the dealers wonder why people go to independent garages or try doing the jobs themselves etc   

I'm guessing more than half of that quote is labour charges 

I've no idea what TIS says the labour time is, but you could easily have the job in a couple of hours. Even at £100 per hour it still shouldn't come to much more than about £300

I can easily see them trumping up the parts cost to another £300 so there we are, I suppose.

[pscocoa]

I paid £270 last October on the 3.2

at a vx dealer?

Yes but no water pump replacement

[YZ250]

And the dealers wonder why people go to independent garages or try doing the jobs themselves etc   

I'm guessing more than half of that quote is labour charges 

I've no idea what TIS says the labour time is, but you could easily have the job in a couple of hours. Even at £100 per hour it still shouldn't come to much more than about £300

3 hours when I last asked at Vauxhall dealers. These guys are old school Vauxhall so they know they can do it quicker but that's what the time-sheet says guvnor. 

[omega3000]

very close. im going to reveal that its £698.10!!!!!!! wtf!!!!!

And thats cheap to some folk 

[tunnie]

very close. im going to reveal that its £698.10!!!!!!! wtf!!!!!

And thats cheap to some folk 

Prob not far off standard Audi service, given £100hr labour plus parts at retail it's to be expected.

All dealers are super expensive

[Gaffers]

Yes, remember the XF and the £300 bill I had for an oil change

[tunnie]

Yes, remember the XF and the £300 bill I had for an oil change

Not just cars, I was looking at bike servicing near my new place, they quoted good prices for tyres fitted, but check out their service costs:

http://www.bldgroup.co.uk/service-repairs/motorcycle-service/

£330 for oil change and some coolant 

Mine does not need coolant, so that's £330 for an oil change and a check over 

Makes Vauxhall look cheap!