Steve
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well and truly shafted!
Noticed me car had uber low oil level so decided to get an oil filter change, i needed to take it somewhere this morning for work reasons, found a place called "The VW Centre" asked for just an oil/filter change, didnt think to ask how much it would cost.
Went to pick it up and the women was going "Ok weve given it a lube service"
At this point i though, ok fancy name for oil/filter change then.
She then said
"Weve checked all the gearbox oil levels and all other lube levels."
I thought, I didnt ask for that but ok carry on.
She drew up the bill and said that will be £90 please, i thought WTF, I said I didnt ask for all that other crap i just want an oil/filter change, at SEAT its only £65 so i said how the fuck can you charge me £90!!!
She said ok for this time we'l just charge you parts and labour, which was
Oil £19 - ok
Filter £5 - ok
Labour £40 (1 hour)
all plus VAT still made the bill £75 
nothing really I could but pay, id normally do it myself but didnt mind paying like 40 quid purely because i couldnt be arsed to do it,
oh well lessons learnt, dont get spanners monkeys to do work on your car
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Marc
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Oh well! Least gear box oil doesn't need doing for a while 
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JadeM
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Would have been £300 if you took it to Vaux 
£40 oil change....are they using vegi oil
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JadeM
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I used to be £70 for oil & filter on my scouberu  Every 4k
[Edited on 18-09-2006 by JadeM]
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Steve
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ATS is £34, seat is £65 i cant see how a spanner monkey side street can charge more than seat TBH
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John
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So its not just official dealers that take the piss.
That makes the whole argument in the other thread fall apart.
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Steve
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what argument
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JadeM
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quote:
Originally posted by John
So its not just official dealers that take the piss.
That makes the whole argument in the other thread fall apart.
Thats a bit of a no brainer,
You can get a cheap oil change from franchise Vaux / VW just like you can indepandant ATS / National. Both offering the same service.
Which would you take....neither!!! Oil is very important if you value your cars internals....I would never scrimp.
Back street garage supplying the oil & filter is best solution 
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John
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The best oil to put in a vaux engine is the stuff they use
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JadeM
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Yeah they tell everyone that
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Steve
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whats that quantum stuff like
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allza
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Quantum stuff is pretty good, thats what we usually use. Was it the 5w - 30 fully synthetic? Still at our gare would be about 40 quid even with that oil.
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Steve
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full synth
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Fad
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Did they not include an anal lube in the 'full lube' service
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Steve
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i was thinking that everytime they said "lube"
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Fad
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I would to
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allza
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Yep good oil for vags, think thats what vw use aswell. But price is definately steep!
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Dave A
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5 litres of 0w 40 motorsport oil= £15
oil filter = £1
£16 a go for me
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Ojc
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Well Rachels £146 quid service included a oil change, new oil filter, new oil, engine flush
No spark plugs, no pollen filter
All she got for her time was a stamp in the book.
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
I used to be £70 for oil & filter on my scouberu Every 4k
I still do
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Fad
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My parents had a 30k servie done on their Focus ST170 which has only done 11k miles
for an oil change, pollen filter, spark plugs and sump Washer £270
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Marc
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30k service will be down to age of car Fad.
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Steve
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fucking rip offs
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