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1st service question

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:08 pm
by pocket
i'm about to book my meg in for its first service and i was looking at renaults online service booking thingy to get an idea of cost. But then i found this.

For a 12 month service its £200.59.
But its £237.84 for the 18k miles service.

Now seeing as my car has to be serviced after either 1 year or 18k miles, whatever comes first, should they not both cost the same?

My car, (GT150 2.0 dCi) has done just under 7k miles.

Re: 1st service question

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:50 pm
by Ray
you'd think so but no.

some components are "time sensitive" in that they need to be replaced after x months. some are due to amount of use on them. so if you haven't done 18k miles before 12 months.. you have less things to replace/change.

Re: 1st service question

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:08 pm
by nickbell69
Try quotes from an independant also, you'll probably(almost certainly) find it's a lot cheaper.

Re: 1st service question

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:07 am
by navid.v
also,try different dealers,they are not going to quote you the same price as I have seen before.

Re: 1st service question

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:36 pm
by andywills
navid.v wrote:also,try different dealers,they are not going to quote you the same price as I have seen before.


and playing them off against each other tends to work