05 VW Golf 1.4 Service

donnacha

Lads, any advice on a going rate in Dublin for a VW Golf 1.4 litre service?

Nonoperational

About €200 for a basic service if nothing out of the ordinary is needed. ie you only need oil, filter, air filter, and plugs.

donnacha

My wife just got charged €290! Would ye consider this taking advantage?
€210 annual service + €30(engine oil) + €3.80(oil filter) + €11(throttle cleaner) + VAT.

Its a garage I normally use for my audi and I don't think I even get charged that total for my annual service and I'd be doing 15k in miles every year whereas my wife has only 5k on the clock since her last service (need to check my old receipts)

Nonoperational

It's a bit expensive. If it's a main dealer then it's not ridiculous but I paid €199 recently for oil, filter, air filter, air con filter and plugs on a 2006 2.0L turbo golf GTi. That's in a VW main dealer but it's a pretty good deal in fairness.

donnacha

Thanks - they'll be getting a call from me tomorrow. I've been getting cars serviced by this crowd for 8 years and he was always much cheaper than the main dealers.

Nonoperational

I'd ask them what the €210 included first. If it didn't include oil then maybe you needed something else done.

Nissan doctor

If yours is the standard 1.4 16v then we charge €129 for a full service and vehicle inspection.

The exact price would depend on the milage your car has and what other milage based requirements it has.

donnacha

The car has 60,000 kms on it so it was due an oil change. I rang today but the boss is away on holidays and was told to ring back next week to talk to him. There was nothing else done/changed other than a "standard" service.

donnacha

result - got through to the owner of the garage today and he agreed to a €90 refund bringing the cost down to €200. wife was just up there and €90 put straight back on her card. thanks for the advice.

Tarquin1970

donnacha wrote: »

result - got through to the owner of the garage today and he agreed to a €90 refund bringing the cost down to €200. wife was just up there and €90 put straight back on her card. thanks for the advice.

As a matter of interest, where was this, as I have a 06 that needs a service? Also in the Dun Laoghaire area..
Thanks

donnacha

Tarquin1970 wrote: »

As a matter of interest, where was this, as I have a 06 that needs a service? Also in the Dun Laoghaire area..
Thanks

PM sent with garage details

Anan1

Tarquin1970 wrote: »

As a matter of interest, where was this, as I have a 06 that needs a service? Also in the Dun Laoghaire area..
Thanks

Are you sure? I'm not exactly bowled over by what i've heard so far...

redman

We used these guys who came to the house and did a Golf service for €139
Used for a couple of years now and recommend !

http://www.mobileautoservice.ie/

donnacha

Have to admit if I had Redmans recommendation prior to the wife heading to the garage last week then I'd have been going that route. I'm fairly unhappy with the way this went with my current garage and will definitely shop around for my own cars service when its due in March/April.

Downtime

donnacha wrote: »

Lads, any advice on a going rate in Dublin for a VW Golf 1.4 litre service?

Foster Motors currently doing a full service and full vehicle check for €199 on a 1.6 - might be cheaper for a 1.4.