I bought my vRS a few months back, it is supposed to be on variable servicing but lo and behold 9K mile later it tells me it needs serviced! Has some plunker reset the servicing to 10K intervals or is my driving that hard on the oil! (car was serviced at time I bought it).

IIRC, doesn't the ECU start telling you that service is required 1000 miles in advance? If it has popped up now, that would indicate a fixed interval regime.

I know mine is on variable, and the 1000 mile indicator isn't that reliable, as it counts down more quickly than the actual 1000 miles.

However, the maths in your case William seem to be more than a coincidence....

Yes, I agree. Mine said 1000 miles to go, at 18000 miles.

As the ECU's work in kilometers, they give a countdown from 1000km to servicing, not miles.

My car was on the variable service program but I found out that the main stealers I bought it off had set the variable servicing to a minimun of 15k km not 10k km, a maximum of 15k km not 30k km and a maximum of 1 year not 2. Is that what a variable servicing counts as these days???????

Mine counts quite acurately from 1000 miles downward. It is, and always has been, on fixed servicing.

Note: William, can you fix your email account please. Either edit profile or empty account etc...Thankyou in advance. Colin.

My first variable service was at 8000 miles :eek:

My first variable was at 9263 miles. The 1000 mile countdown started around 6 weeks before the 2 year point IIRC.

My first variable service was at 8000 miles :eek:

Hooligan!

Well my Superb (which is on variable) is 14 months old and done 8k miles, and no sign of service requirement yet. All its had is almost 3/4 litre of Castrols long life oil.