insomniak 0 Posted April 16, 2004 My C is due for a service this month and as this will be the first service since I've had the car, I was wondering how much I should budget for :?: The car has just over 64400 miles and has full service history (not all VW tho). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scott 0 Posted April 16, 2004 Specialist - £140 VW - Major is around £250 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanoVR 0 Posted April 16, 2004 Just got mine serviced at Dubsport for £130+ VAT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Diment 0 Posted April 16, 2004 For what it's worth: Corkills (now Lancaster) charge £65 p.hour labour minus 10% for VW's over 10 years old) plus VAT and parts. You're probably looking at £200 plus for your service. Cheers, Phil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Den_VR6 0 Posted April 16, 2004 £200 for service, plus 'bout same for all the bits that need sorting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corradovr6sc 0 Posted April 16, 2004 You could do it yourself and save a few quid. These cars are old now and as we've seen fvwsh/fsh doesn't mean all that much when it's time to sell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Diment 0 Posted April 17, 2004 :( Be very careful if you take it to Lancaster for any service/repair work on your VR6. In my experience/advice, after my experience with them I wouldn't trust their warranty/ service department at all. If you do take it there expect to pay big bucks; and after the work is done check as far as you can whether it's been done properly. I bought my VR from them. See "Disaster-advice required guys" ( late March/early April) in the "Problems" section of the Forum. Still VW UK might come up trumps...... From now on I'm doing all the work on my VR myself or with a mechanic I trust if I can find one. Cheers, Phil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insomniak 0 Posted April 19, 2004 I dont want to go to lancaster, last time I put my golf in for a service they did a 20k service even though I asked for 10k. and charged me £250. Also.... The reverse light switch was faulty so I asked for a new one - they tried to charge me £12 to fit it. £12 for a I complained, but their attitude was "So....." About about a week later I got a phone call from their "after sales team" - they asked me was I happy about the work they had just done. HAPPY - was I F^*K happy. What I said must have been to the right people because within about 10 min I got a phone call from the manager of corkills, offering to go halfs on the work for the reverse light switch - I told him not to insult me and to "politely" shove where the sun dont shine. They later had the cheek to send me a letter advising me that I hadnt paid and will take further action - even though I paid and they signed and dated my invoice. Bunch of Tw@ts. I would never recommend corkils / lancaster for service Im going to take the C to Eurocars, where the prevous owner used to get it serviced. Putting £250 aside - hopefully that should cover it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
