mutsey
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« on: March 02, 2010, 12:54:30 PM » |
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just spoke to lipscomb bout booking my 500 esseesse in for service car has covered less than 4000 miles , was quoted £380.00 for oil / filter pollen filter and spark plugs / y the plugs seems an awfully lot of money to me  what do you lot think |
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 12:57:17 PM » |
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Ask about a low mileage service, it should be much cheaper!
I paid £161 a few weeks ago at Westover in Poole.
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lloyd
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 01:02:02 PM » |
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you don,t need spark plugs til 18000 miles have a look in your service book  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 01:06:55 PM » |
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I had my 3K service done (on my NP) at lipscomb weekend just gone, oil & filter change & a tracking check 1 & 1/2 hours £160.
It was booked it for a low mileage service but they said it couldn't be done, so I just insisted on a oil & filter change.
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 01:24:12 PM » |
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Wow ur getting ripped off! All you need is an oil and filter change, there's no way on this earth that you need spark plugs at 4k miles! I had a low milage service at 8-9k miles and it cost me 70quid!
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mutsey
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 02:03:48 PM » |
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exactly what i was thinking !!!!
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 02:17:13 PM » |
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Oil and Filter change only. Mine was done while I waited.
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 06:09:25 PM » |
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I had my 3K service done (on my NP) at lipscomb weekend just gone, oil & filter change & a tracking check 1 & 1/2 hours £160.
It was booked it for a low mileage service but they said it couldn't be done, so I just insisted on a oil & filter change.
more comedy 'menu pricing' from the abarth dealers - you paid more for your oil&filter change than i did for the so-called low mileage, which cost me £140. then again, there's not a lot of difference between them except words. and i know some have got oil/filter change for about £80 so could say i was ripped off with my price too. all i can say is abarth are not gonna get much repeat service business like this, and can kiss goodbye to all of us probably after warranty expiration (and me already!) gotta laugh at the grabbers though, havent you!  |
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 06:37:29 PM » |
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Just been to my local Ford garage, they seem to think it's a bit risky for them to service a car under warranty, and seemed a little confused by the fact that they can, so long as they use Abarth parts etc (i'm guessing in a small town of 3000 people they mainly do local cars!) so can somebody confirm what i would need doing on the car after 1 year and 13,000 miles please so i can explain to them what needs doing and they can then quote me a price. Ta in advance fellow Abarthistis! p.s. my car is feeling a little sluggish recently, could it be the due service? |
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 06:49:34 PM » |
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1 year and 13000 miles.. nothing according to the A500 service book i saw on sunday, what does yours say?
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2010, 06:54:28 PM » |
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Mr DF,
I know you've had a number of issues with your 500!!! But i think i'd rather peel my eyeballs and rinse them in vinegar than go near a Ford dealership!! Wouldn't you be better off with a decent, recommended independent? If you've got anything like that near you?
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2010, 07:07:14 PM » |
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Mr DF,
I know you've had a number of issues with your 500!!! But i think i'd rather peel my eyeballs and rinse them in vinegar than go near a Ford dealership!! Wouldn't you be better off with a decent, recommended independent? If you've got anything like that near you?
Well there are only 2 garages here, Nissan and Ford. Citroen is a 50 mile round trip and Fiat is 100 mile round trip which would both mean another day off work which = big no no. So i'm a bit buggered then really, doesn't help having a service book for an Abarth PUNTO either  (hence why i asked) |
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2010, 07:26:51 PM » |
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Here you go DF, straight of the menu pricing computer.
Thanks a lot John, just downloading Adobe so i can open it! Recent virus wiped my comp of most programs...  |
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lloyd
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 07:28:07 PM » |
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i think the 500 owners who have punto handbooks need to get them changed, the service schedules are not the same, i,ve compared books. not got a 500 book here to quote examples though.
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