£245 plus vat for the 18k service is what other Abarth garages are charging.
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I paid £235.41 for second year service (including a fiver for a replacement car for the day) at Walkers in North Yorkshire. They did everything in the book except changing teh pollen filter as they had done this less than a year ago, checked it, and it was fine).

FIAT have told me that anyone can service it (as long as they’re a registered garage) and it doesn’t alter the guarantee.  Walkers are excellent – they’re a FIAT Lancia service centre and used to be an Abarth service centre before Abarth became FIAT.

Also, you actually to get to talk to the people who are working on your car so you know what is being done, what has been done, and get a really clear report.

Anyway, £250 seems reasonable - £300 if you needed a new pollen filter.
J.