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Red_SXi
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Me and My Dad just booked our cars in for their first service. I have a Corsa C as you know and my Dad has a Porsche Boxster.

MY service cost £115 and my Dad's is £350
Ditch
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
M3 Evo servicing comes close to a grand without anything being broken
Jason Iles
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Paul H
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the actual service on the c is £60 the rest is labour wish i was on that an hour
Pablo
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
M3 Evo servicing comes close to a grand without anything being broken


3 stages to service tho, 1 expensive, then next 2 cheapers ones follow before the expenive again
Red_SXi
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeh Porsche is £350 every other year and £500 in the years between
Paul H
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22nd Mar 04 at 10:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
porsche are a nightmare to work on though
Red_SXi
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22nd Mar 04 at 11:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
porsche are a nightmare to work on though


Very true, but imagine their hourly rate. It would be a silly amount
Paul H
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22nd Mar 04 at 11:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah i wouldn't mind earning a pound less an hour
wayne hiscock
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my last service was 300 with 2 belts changed

so 250ish

next one should be a cheap one as P4UL said

and that was a specialist
Red_SXi
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22nd Mar 04 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
His car has only done 3k too
nik
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22nd Mar 04 at 17:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My next service is £400 for 18k mile one without parts etc
Drew
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22nd Mar 04 at 18:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
porsche are a nightmare to work on though


Very true, but imagine their hourly rate. It would be a silly amount


my local toyota dealer charges 70 quid an hour

ive never been
Red_SXi
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22nd Mar 04 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Vaux charge about £60 an hour. They just dont do much in their services apart from look under the bonnet and scratch their heads

 
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