Cheap Service

[Sir Tigger KC]

My V70 is due a service and I CBA to do it myself, so I've been looking around for prices. 

I know my local garage will charge somewhere between £200-£250 for a full service, but being a tight arse I kept looking.

Best so far is ATS at £58.99 for a basic oil and filter change and if I book and pay online via Topcashback I get 5.25% off, so £56.04 and they use Mobile oil. 

That's the messy bit sorted and I can get the air, pollen and fuel filters from ECP for £31.24 (inc cashback) so a total of £87.28 for a full service with minimal effort from me. 

[Doctor Gollum]

A little being arsed will help you get a feel for how the car has been looked after

[Sir Tigger KC]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

I'm not crawling around under it in this weather if I can help it. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Squeak, squeak...

Pest control to Darzet

[STEMO]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

I'm not crawling around under it in this weather if I can help it. 

I've forgotten what the underside of a car looks like. The local indie garage is good......and cheap. I seem to remember my last service and MOT was about £150. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

I'm not crawling around under it in this weather if I can help it. 

I've forgotten what the underside of a car looks like. The local indie garage is good......and cheap. I seem to remember my last service and MOT was about £150. 

After crawling around on the cold tarmac changing my rear discs and pads on the Mondeo a couple of weeks ago, I was stiff and achy as hell for a couple of days.... 

Getting past it I think!   

[STEMO]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

I'm not crawling around under it in this weather if I can help it. 

I've forgotten what the underside of a car looks like. The local indie garage is good......and cheap. I seem to remember my last service and MOT was about £150. 

After crawling around on the cold tarmac changing my rear discs and pads on the Mondeo a couple of weeks ago, I was stiff and achy as hell for a couple of days.... 

Getting past it I think!   

A local garage would have thrown it up in the air and charged you an hours labour.


Oh.....wait.....and another hour to get the discs off.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My V70 is due a service and I CBA to do it myself, so I've been looking around for prices. 

I know my local garage will charge somewhere between £200-£250 for a full service, but being a tight arse I kept looking.

Best so far is ATS at £58.99 for a basic oil and filter change and if I book and pay online via Topcashback I get 5.25% off, so £56.04 and they use Mobile oil. 

That's the messy bit sorted and I can get the air, pollen and fuel filters from ECP for £31.24 (inc cashback) so a total of £87.28 for a full service with minimal effort from me. 

With the 3+service scheme Jaguar provide I pay between £199 and £249.

Having said that it is basically an oil and filter change by a retarded neanderthal.

[Kevin Wood]

My V70 is due a service and I CBA to do it myself, so I've been looking around for prices. 

I know my local garage will charge somewhere between £200-£250 for a full service, but being a tight arse I kept looking.

Best so far is ATS at £58.99 for a basic oil and filter change and if I book and pay online via Topcashback I get 5.25% off, so £56.04 and they use Mobile oil. 

That's the messy bit sorted and I can get the air, pollen and fuel filters from ECP for £31.24 (inc cashback) so a total of £87.28 for a full service with minimal effort from me. 

With the 3+service scheme Jaguar provide I pay between £199 and £249.

Having said that it is basically an oil and filter change by a retarded neanderthal.

You forgot the "road test".

[TheBoy]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

No, it means the previous owner paid whatever the garage thought they could get away with. Definitely not the same thing

[BazaJT]

Does it have any history of timing belt and auxiliary belt changes? I understand that if the aux. belt lets go these engines will 99 times out of a hundred take out the timing belt at the same time with consequent damage to valves etc.

[Lizzie Zoom]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

I'm not crawling around under it in this weather if I can help it. 

I've forgotten what the underside of a car looks like. The local indie garage is good......and cheap. I seem to remember my last service and MOT was about £150. 

After crawling around on the cold tarmac changing my rear discs and pads on the Mondeo a couple of weeks ago, I was stiff and achy as hell for a couple of days.... 

Getting past it I think!   

Oh yes Sir Tigger, we all join that club eventually; I did last year.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Does it have any history of timing belt and auxiliary belt changes? I understand that if the aux. belt lets go these engines will 99 times out of a hundred take out the timing belt at the same time with consequent damage to valves etc.

Yes at 72,000    It's now on 151,000 ....     So I might have to get it done.   

I'll have another look through the paperwork before commiting though. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

No, it means the previous owner paid whatever the garage thought they could get away with. Definitely not the same thing

Just going through the receipts and the V70 has had £1787.85 spent on it in the last 12 months! 

That's for a nsr caliper, rear brake shoes, discs and pads all round, brake fluid change, a track rod end, alignment, a couple of services and other sundries like screenwash/bulbs etc! 

[Andy B]

The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after. 

No, it means the previous owner paid whatever the garage thought they could get away with. Definitely not the same thing

Just going through the receipts and the V70 has had £1787.85 spent on it in the last 12 months! 

That's for a nsr caliper, rear brake shoes, discs and pads all round, brake fluid change, a track rod end, alignment, a couple of services and other sundries like screenwash/bulbs etc! 

Good God .... where was the work done? I felt I'd spent more than I'd wanted to when I replaced two calipers, front discs & brake pads front and back ..... twice! It was still nothing like that.