Mercedes Car Service Dublin -€665

What's a "full health check" exactly?

You're essentially doing oil, oil filter, air filter, and cabin filter there. €665 might be the going rate but it's madness.

Standard main dealer pricing. Their hourly labour rates alone will make your eyes water.

250 max for this service, health check is a OBD scanner check for errors most likely. Plus visual checks underbody like you get at NCT

Unreal rates…

OP have you bought second hand and it’s your first service or has prices in MSL gone up?

I'm surprised there so many people buying bmw Mercedes and can't afford to service them in main dealer went there still fairly new

Terry Jackson motors though he not cheap

This is a stupid argument to make, I see it on Boards all the time. Just because something is nice/expensive, that doesn't mean the owner should be open to getting ripped off at every available opportunity. Absolutely bizarre logic, essentially defending price gouging and rip off merchants. It's one thing skimping on the basics after splashing big on a purchase, but it's quite another to blithely handwave away any overcharging based on your original purchase price.

It's the equivalent of me seeing: "If you bought a gaff for a million, you'd have no problem with a painter charging you €9000 to do your skirting boards, yeah? Or a plumber charging you €15,000 to powerflush your rads? I mean if you can afford the big pad......"

Prices can still be a rip off, even if you have the cash available. Did you even read the OP properly to get a feel for the context of the post or did you see the title and go "hurrrr, these Merc/Beemer/Audi dopes can't afford the most basic of services durrrrr what a pack of saps". They CAN afford to service them in the main dealer. This main dealer is still being a complete bowsie when it comes to how much he charges though.

Aside from Oil (20k), Oil Filer (20k), Air Filter (??k), Plugs (60k), and potentially less wear on the brakes, EV's need everything else really, and this lack of scheduled maintenance is sometimes reflected in car testing.

I would be same but if hes planning to keep a few more years won't matter

not really people should check these things out when buying , say i was buying a 3 year old prestige car and previous owner had tried to save money on servicing - it wouldnt inspire me .

The OP was merely questioning a ridiculous quote for a relatively minor service. The two of you jumping to conclusions about their ability to ‘afford’ it is embarrassing (on both your parts).

That does not make it prestige.

But if someone wants to pay S Class money for servicing an A Class then good luck to them.

That does not mean they or any car owner cannot shop for value for basic servicing work.

It's not about affordability for the owner, it's about value for money. For example If someone can afford to buy a Mercedes/prestige car, they dont have to fill up at the most expensive garage because it's an expensive car. It's their choice whether they do. Same for servicing.

Searching for value or knowing when you are being over charged are common sense tools any car owner or consumer should have in spades in this country.

Is it down to payments dealer has to make to use authorised Mercedes diagnostic equipment?

Because mechanically there should be no difference whether you drain oil from Mercedes or from a Skoda

From my experience an independent brand specialist will do the work to a higher standard and won't blindly replace whole systems when just a component will suffice. Dealers don't need good reviews and happy customers to get business because of people blindly going in to keep full dealer service history which is of little actual value come resale when you account for the increased cost.