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« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2010, 10:43:47 PM »

cheapest plugs i have seen are £48.72 on line. bit more from fiat. if you use the proper parts i can,t see you getting it below £200 even at local garage labour rates Thumb Up

What are the plugs?
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« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2010, 10:51:12 PM »

If they are these NGK IKR9F8 which i believe they are then www.sparkplugs.co.uk do them for just over 39 quid for 4... so thats 20 quid saved straight away.
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« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2010, 10:51:39 PM »

http://www.abarthforum.co.uk/grande-punto-abarth/agp-spark-plugs/

my plug thread Thumb Up
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« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2010, 10:55:26 PM »

nice one dom, you found a cheaper source Thumb Up
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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2010, 06:41:47 PM »

had a word with my friend who serviced my grande punto sporting and integrale and he informed me that anyone thats vat registered and prints out a proper invoice can service your / my car .to double check i rang fiat uk and they said this is correct , so i think that will be saving me a fair few pound notes
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« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2010, 06:44:12 PM »

All on page 13 of the warrany/service book  Wink
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« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2010, 07:09:01 PM »

thanks  Thumb Up
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2010, 07:36:02 PM »

I'm just worried about parts/labour cost anyway, i should have had it done when she was in Mancs! To go back again would be another day off work, and petrol money. We'll see...
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« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2010, 01:44:52 PM »

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  Huh? what do you lot think

Hi - coming up for my annual service on my A500 - read a bit of this thread, just wanted to question what the concencus cost was. I pre-paid at Glynn Hopkin, car has covered just over 5000 miles.

Any idea what they should be hitting me for?
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« Reply #39 on: March 10, 2010, 01:46:31 PM »

If you pre-paid surely it will be nothing  Huh?
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« Reply #40 on: March 10, 2010, 02:54:07 PM »

If you pre-paid surely it will be nothing  Huh?

Well - it comes out of the credit I have built up from the monthly direct debit payments.
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« Reply #41 on: March 11, 2010, 10:46:38 AM »

If it is pre pay, I would expect not to pay anything extra.  Even if the work costs more than the credit the garage should swallow any extra or it sounds like it has been mis-sold as they have calculated what the DD should be incorrectly.
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« Reply #42 on: March 11, 2010, 12:21:16 PM »

I am confused re service intervals I thought it was 12 mnths or 18000 miles where does 4k mile service come in I have checked service booklet
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« Reply #43 on: March 11, 2010, 12:31:35 PM »

If you read the additional clauses at the bottom of the service items pages in addition it basically says if you do less than 6k in a 12 month period or use it in heavy conditions (mainly city driving is listed as one) then you need to have the oil and filter changed, it also states that the pollen filter should be changed every 12 months regardless.

Its not really a 4k service, its the yearly 'low milage' one, oil filter, gerneral visual check and pollen filter. I had mine on Tuesday although I was at 8k.
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« Reply #44 on: March 11, 2010, 12:32:53 PM »

Oh so you dont need it done after 6mths 4k then?
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