 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Alfa Romeo Cars / October 2004Outragous !!!
I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile service on a 156 1.9JTD. Please tell me I can get it cheaper somwhere else and still keep my 3 year warrinty! -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Domestos > I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and > they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile > service on a 156 1.9JTD. Please tell me I can get it cheaper somwhere else > and still keep my 3 year warrinty! It's about the going rate for a 24k mile service on a prestige car.  SignatureSteve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # Take your car, have a trip to Italy, do the service (regular servicing is about 200euros), return to GB and you'll find you have extra 100GBPs in your wallet ;-) SignatureJacopo Prato, Italia -- Sportwagon 2.5 V6 24V Distinctive Join the Club! www.alfasport.net -- >> I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and >> they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It's about the going rate for a 24k mile service on a prestige car. > Take your car, have a trip to Italy, do the service (regular servicing is > about 200euros), return to GB and you'll find you have extra 100GBPs in your > wallet ;-) A friend lives out in Portugal for 6 months of the year, he times the servicing of his 156 V6 so it falls due whilst he's out there. Lucky bugger also has a lovely old 164 V6 in his garage in England. SignatureSteve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and >they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile >service on a 156 1.9JTD. Ho Ho! That's just an opening offer!! Just you wait 'till they get your car in and say there's some 'bushes need replacement!'. They'll soon DOUBLE that quote. If they've got your car in already and that's the final quote..you're laughing mate - you're lucky! > Please tell me I can get it cheaper somwhere else >and still keep my 3 year warrinty! Possibly not worth it! You may well need replacement parts for your car and then you'll need that magical Alfa warranty. Parts aren't that expensive but labour is and you need lots of it for everything you do on a 156. I ended up getting worn parts replaced under warranty which I was completely amazed at. It did help reduce the £900 ish bill for 24000 mile service though. Next time you go for a service, make sure you've got £1000 in your wallet just wanting to escape! Just remember that Alfa does to your wallet what Domestos does to your toilet!! Oh..I just remembered..getting the aircon serviced is 'voluntary' and it kinda needs done every so often. I do mine every couple of years on the 156. Factor in another £100 for that too. Alternatively, you can let all the gas escape over time and the seals and A/C compressor will die. At that point you get another 'outrageous' sum to pay. I love my Alfa..I hate it's servicing costs.. SignatureZ Scotland Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather 'Oil' be seeing you.. (Email without 'Alfa' in subject are auto-deleted..sorry!) <snip> > Oh..I just remembered..getting the aircon serviced is 'voluntary' and > it kinda needs done every so often. I do mine every couple of years on > the 156. Factor in another £100 for that too. Alternatively, you can > let all the gas escape over time and the seals and A/C compressor will > die. At that point you get another 'outrageous' sum to pay. <snip> You can always get the air con serviced by an independent specialist in your own time. Your dealer will only call one in anyway. > I love my Alfa..I hate it's servicing costs.. <Snip> >You can always get the air con serviced by an independent specialist in your >own time. But you'll only save about 30UKP doing so. Not a lot of comfort if the bill is heading for 1000UKP. You also have the hassle of a service then another part of a day taken up while the indy does your A/C. YMMV. >Your dealer will only call one in anyway. Only the stupid ones! Mine (Reg Vardy) worked out that they could buy all the kit, train their staff and then offer a full A/C service for a cleverly pitched 100UKP and recover all their costs SO quickly the Service Receptionist could only smile when telling me about it. Good for them! 30UKP plus the convenience of being in a main dealership if any Alfa specific parts etc are required plus the convenience of getting everything done in one day is a reasonable temptation IMHO. SignatureZ Scotland Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather 'Oil' be seeing you.. (Email without 'Alfa' in subject are auto-deleted..sorry!) > From: Zathras <webnewsgroup@nospamthanks.hotmail.com> > Organization: NTL [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > any Alfa specific parts etc are required plus the convenience of > getting everything done in one day is a reasonable temptation IMHO. That sounds ideal. None of the main dealers round here sort the air con out themselves but if they could I reckon they'd charge more than £100. I don't use my dealer either as my car's out of warranty and they charge £65 an hour labour and they're crap! Last time I used them they charged me £130 to steam clean the engine to find the source of a leak that was due to their incompetence in fitting a part they'd already charged the previous owner £500 to replace a month before. Not to mention the fact that they left my battery improperly connected after they'd finished. >I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and > they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks, > Domestos Domestos Where are you? Have a look at my "Service" 14/10/04 news:<Aswbd.841$2N2.449@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>... might take you to it, but I don't know. Dave pretty much most of the main agents I know do their own aircon in house these days, it's not exactly rocket science is it. Just about an average rate for such a service in western europe. Similar rates as B**/ Merc / Audi etc. Tip: Whenever you buy a car, take the service rates into account as well when making your choice. SignatureCiao from Holland AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan) Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000) (soon: GT 2.0JTS) Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4) >I just got a quote for my Alfa 156 to be serviced from a main dealer and > they quoted me the outragous sum of 415 GBP. It is for the 24,000 mile [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks, > Domestos |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.