Car full service price

mac167

Brought my car to a local Irish owned garage for full service lately, ended up costing me 340 euro. They replaced the filters, engine oil and 3 spark plugs. Is that a bit much for a full service?

User1998

Depends on the car. I assume its a small 3 cylinder engine? If so, it sounds a little bit expensive considering it wasn’t a main dealer.

mac167

Yeah it is a small 1.2 litre 3 cylinder engine. They also mentioned about the doing the manual gearbox servicing, and I was quoted around 400 euro, which I think is way out of my budget at the moment.

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463029#Comment_121463029

How much were you quoted for the full service?

mac167

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463033#Comment_121463033

I was quoted around 300 to 400, but I thought that would include servicing the gearbox as well

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463081#Comment_121463081

Okay, so you were quoted 3-400 euro for a full service and you were charged 340 euro for a full service.

You did well.

Next time you should maybe ask more than one garage/mechanic how much they will charge and exactly what it will include.

You can't lay the blame on a business for being too expensive if they do what was asked for what you were quoted, no garage or mechanic will include a servicing of a gearbox when doing a "full service."

mac167

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463182#Comment_121463182

Yeah I know, definitely not laying blame on anyone here, just this is my first time bringing the car to a full service. In fairness the owner is very nice and walk me through what they have fixed with the car, but I will try to get a quote from other garages as well next time.

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463182#Comment_121463182

Far too expensive.

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121463219#Comment_121463219

It's all relative really, if someone else nearby is charging a lot less for the same service then it's expensive but if every other garage within 10 miles is charging more then it's a bargain.

mickdw

It's expensive full stop for an indy servicing a little 1.2 3 cylinder.

Small quantity of oil no doubt,

3 plugs

Filters should be relatively cheap too for a small car. Probably no fuel filter done.

As for the remainder of the service, we have no idea how good or bad the inspection was so no point commenting.

mac167

Thanks for the comments. Will definitely shop around for quotes with other garages next time!