I had my new to me 05 Octavia in for a engine oil & filter change yesterday at Palmers Watford and they picked up that the near side puddle light was not working.

I asked for them to send me through a price.

Received price of just over £125 inc

Inclusive of what i have no idea, but it has just taken me 10minutes to strip the wing mirror down, replace with new bulb (15p) and put back together.

Mind i must say thanks to Palmers for picking it up as i thought only the drivers side had the puddle light up until yesterday

Just out of interest, the dealer also picked up a fault on diagnostics with the glow plugs. Am i right in thinking the vcds should identify the specific glow plug which is faulty or would it just show all four?

Just they wanted £185 for x4 glow plugs fitted

Edited 21 December, 201213 yr by Northlodge

Glow plugs are £40 to buy, i had 6 replaced in my old BMW Beru ones and costs £110 fitted, £185 is a joke.

Totally depends on the glow plug. They are cheaper for some cars than for others.

'inclusive' will likely have meant including VAT.

£125 is hugely exagerated. I don't know what the dealers labour rates are down south but mine is £90/hour (Pulman Durham) which I think is very high.

Assuming they round up to the nearest hour, £90 plus a £2 bulb plus VAT = £110.40.

I dread to think what you paid for an oil and filter, hopefully no more than £129 inc. VAT...

http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/owners/national-pricing/pages/servicing.aspx

I went for a cambelt change today at the dealers and surprised they did not charge any labour for an indicator and side light bulb

Engine oil and filter plus a new fuel filter was £119 so not to bad tbh. They also included a engine flush, which i never asked for and would not want again as don't really think it's needed.

Mind when i initially asked for the engine oil, filter plus fuel filter they quoted me £139 for a lubrication service, plus £38 for the fuel filter. Was not until i re-iterated i did not want a service just the specified items it was reduced to the £119.

Again just makes you wonder how many people just agree and pay up.

I fitted a new air filter, cabin filter and rear wiper blade today again only took 10minutes if that per item, the wiper probably 30seconds

Edited 21 December, 201213 yr by Northlodge

Glow plugs are about £8 each, shouldn't be more than £30 to fit them. It is recommended to change the loom under the cover at the same time.