I've just been quoted

Yeah, 10k is a minor service, so really just changing the oil and having a look round the car.

Find out what their labour rate is!

Rob.

Was at my local dealer's yesterday for the MOT.

Whilst waiting for the cert to be written out, had a gander at the servicing price board thing.

The 1.9 TD engine in both the Octy and Fabia is more expensive to service at all mileages than any other derivative, including the 1.8T in both 150bhp and 180bhp varieties - anything up to

I think the usual price is around the 120-150 mark

The 1.9 TD engine in both the Octy and Fabia is more expensive to service at all mileages than any other derivative, including the 1.8T in both 150bhp and 180bhp varieties - anything up to

I've just been quoted

Just rang Philip Wilks (Witton Gilbert) and they want

I got mine done at Philip Wilks Witton Gilbert a couple of months back cost

My 4x4 which is basically the same as the RS, Just had its service called for on the variable (28000 miles) dealer about 8 miles away & they collected & returned the car because they didnt have a spare loan carner, total cost

I got mine done at Philip Wilks Witton Gilbert a couple of months back cost

I've just been quoted

Five pence short of

Mine was serviced at a main dealer in Huddersfield (cant remember the name), just before I bought it. I'm sure the previous owner said it was about 90 quid - what happened to fixed price servicing?!

My 4x4 which is basically the same as the RS, Just had its service called for on the variable (28000 miles) dealer about 8 miles away & they collected & returned the car because they didnt have a spare loan carner, total cost

I paid about

I just paid

Some 5 months after buying the car, SWMBO had the initial 10K service on her Fabia vRS today. She paid Chathams of Edinburgh

Different dealers have different labour rates surely?

It pays to shop around.

Different dealers have different labour rates surely?

It pays to shop around.

I doubt that there's as much as 100% difference.

I doubt that there's as much as 100% difference.

I don't doubt it at all, we're talking about car dealers here...

I don't doubt it at all, we're talking about car dealers here...

We'll see, what, if anything, they say......

We'll see, what, if anything, they say......

As a matter of interest, what sort of oil did they use on your wife's car, and what was the price per litre ?

Fabia vRS first service should be 1.3 hours labour plus a oil filter and four to five litres of oil.

You dont need Castrol SLX2 as its not longlife variable servcing, but you do need the PD oil which is about

Not Skoda granted.

It's invoiced as 5W-40 at