€49 service anyone?

bah Dublin :rolleyes:

Basically it's an oil and filter change. I want to know what kind of oil they are using? Genuine filters ?

mondeo wrote: »

Basically it's an oil and filter change. I want to know what kind of oil they are using? Genuine filters ?

I doubt very much they'd be using genuine filters at that price........

Oil wise I'd imagine a brand name but probably 10/40 semi synth.

Hmmm to me an oil + filter change isint a service .
Cheap oil + filter = €20 .
Then they'll have a poke around to see can they sting yah for anything else !

Of course its doable.

Some of you are quoting 5w-30. 5w30 is the stuff of cars (and people) who don't need 49 quid services ;-)

And someone else has a problem with 10w40. What's wrong with 10w40? I sold lubes for a few years and, like every consumer product, there's price levels for horses and horses for courses etc. Of course you can run synth, but don't poopooh 10w40, that's just silly.

Quality 10w40 comes cheap in the guise of many brands e.g. Bardahl. Bloody excellent stuff. Ask any good mechanic or anyone who works in an oil lab. Similarly for oil and air filters. You can get good brands for small money on ebay (or anywhere else you like) for less than trade prices here. And yes, good brands. Just do the research.

My primary concern, that I share with all of you, is that you don't know what a garage is doing behind the scenes. My local guy always put in the filter and oil I brought him, while I was there. That's comforting. But the BIGGEST problem with garages, in my mind, is 1. a young apprentice being left to do it, as against an old boy in an independent and 2. sucking out the oil via the inlet instead of letting it out through the sump as the great car engineer in the sky intended it to be done.

I reckon its a great offer. And unlike others here, I do consider oil and all filters a complete mini-service. never mind your checks; at that price. Oil should be changed twice as often as the manufacturer intends, to lengthen engine life. Short journeys = arduous working conditions, which most people do but most stick to standard recommended intervals. Get ...up .... that ...garden....

My car is 200k miles and going strong, thanks to carsurvey.org, frenchcarforum, boards and also HonestJohn. Not least of which is this pearl of aguide for maintaining healthy Xantias http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/citroen/xantia-1993/?section=bad

What have you got to lose? Ring the garage and give them a break. They could simply be tapping into sunk resources such as wasted labour and turning it into a way to get more eyeballs into the showroom. Wouldn't you?

-Corkie- wrote: »

Putting 10w 40 in to a modern diesel car with a DPF will not have good consequences.

Who in their right mind would put the wrong oil in a car? You're hardly suggesting they're going to do that or maybe evn put 20w50 in all of them? Cheaper again ?

turbodiesel wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

Hmmm to me an oil + filter change isint a service .
Cheap oil + filter = €20 .
Then they'll have a poke around to see can they sting yah for anything else !

You mean they'll draw your attention to any defects with your car and while you're there you might have a nosey around the seat car range..... Nothing wrong with that, that's how they make money.

Your right ,
And I wouldent have a problemWith that . Speaking from experience my sister tookUp one of these offers lately
They did the oil + oil filter no problem
But on there inspection they thought her wipers needed changing , maybe they did maybe they dident ?
She let them fit new blades
2x wiper blades cost 35€
And another 40€ to fit them ?????