My superb has hit 102k and is in need of a service. I am on time and distance and service my 170dsg every 10k upto now at a main dealer.

I am handy at car maintenance and would have no problem going it alone. What do you think? Saving verses losing main dealer history?

I would not consider doing timing belt/DSG oil myself. These have been done at the dealer.

Surely an oil change can't be worth £150?? At a dealer?

An oil and filter change should cost no more than £129 at a main Skoda dealer (see link below).

 

The hardest part of servicing yourself is getting under the car to remove the plastic engine undertray and sump plug.

 

The oil and filter will cost you £50. Doing it yourself will take a good few hours.

 

Personally for the extra £80 I'd rather stay warm and dry, avoid skinning my knuckles or tweaking my back!

 

They also change the pollen filter for £129 too, and wash it. And stamp the service book...

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/service-and-maintenance/national-pricing/servicing

Edited 18 September, 201312 yr by silver1011

An oil and filter change should cost no more than £129 at a main Skoda dealer (see link below).

 

The hardest part of servicing yourself is getting under the car to remove the plastic engine undertray and sump plug.

 

The oil and filter will cost you £50. Doing it yourself will take a good few hours.

 

Personally for the extra £80 I'd rather stay warm and dry, avoid skinning my knuckles or tweaking my back!

 

They also change the pollen filter for £129 too, and wash it. And stamp the service book...

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/service-and-maintenance/national-pricing/servicing

There is still cheaper way of changing oil rather then taking it to Skoda dealer.

 

I got my trusted mechanic and he changes oil in my cars for £10 (I got VAT invoice for it). I know that often if you buy oil from the garage they will change oil for free.

 

However as long as i have valid warranty I prefer to take the car to Skoda

If you are indeed handy at car maintenance then DIY, keep the invoices and use genuine filters and it will arguably be done just as well (if not better) than at a dealer.

 

The hardest part of servicing yourself is getting under the car to remove the plastic engine undertray and sump plug.

 

The oil and filter will cost you £50. Doing it yourself will take a good few hours.

 

An oil change should take anyone who is competent less than an hour to do from start to finish (including jacking the car up etc)

If you are happy to pay someone £80 to do it then great, others either prefer to DIY so they know it is done correctly or to keep the costs down.

In addition to Gizmo68's comments, if you do service the car yourself, you could consider taking a digital photo or two of, say, the odometer, and the new oil and filter sat on top of the engine cover (maybe next to the old, removed filter?), so a prospective buyer can see extra evidence of it happening.

An hour to change the oil and filter perhaps, once you've done it a few times, but then you've got to considor the time to get the parts.

 

And then there is the time taken to drop the oil off at the local tip.

 

The extra £80 isn't just to have the oil and filter changed. It is also a pollen filter, a visual check of the brakes, tyres and underside of the car.

 

They wash it and you get a stamp in the service book. Even on a car out of warranty that stamp alone has a value.

 

And to top it off my local dealer pick the car up from my work and drop it back off the same day. I even leave the keys with our reception so it couldn't be less hassle.

 

I actually used to enjoy servicing my old car. It was the satisfaction of knowing I'd saved myself some money and done the job right but when you think about what £80 gets you these days I think the £129 service I get from my dealer is great. It's just a shame not all dealers are as good.

+1

 

Often ppl forget the extra (hard to count) value.

I change the oil in our cars myself every 10K.  

I use a pela extractor pump.   

does a perfectly good job in minutes.

I always do mine, I can buy trade that is 5L of 5/30 synthetic oil and oil,fuel,air,pollen filters sump plug for about £60

 

The DSG I'm not sure if it's a con or not, watch this and decide

 

Had I kept mine I was going to simply soak a new filter in the correct oil and just change that which would cost about £30, in the video you'll see the oil comes out pretty clean and as it's not under the temps the engine oil is all it's really doing is moving  hydraulic things, the risk is up to you but I would say the filter is essential as it will have been collecting clutch material.