I was just wondering how much was covered on the maintenance side.

My washer fluid light has just come on. As part of a service this would be topped up, so I presume I should be able to go into any dealership and get them to fill it and charge Skoda.

I would also expect to do this with bulbs and wipers etc.

Anybody done this??

Calculate cost of fuel against the benefit of the free washer fluid. However, if you live next door...

Any consumables don't get covered, that I know of. It's the same with fluids (engine oil, gearbox oil, washer fluid etc.) and the same with bulbs and wipers. And you're seriously considering going to a dealership for them to replace your washer fluid?!

LOL - I'm sorry I don't have an answer but surely the petrol to drive to the dealer would be more than a bit of screen wash?!

Hmm. Consumables.

Washer fluid, wipers, tyres?

You'll be in there every week for washer fluid if last winter is anything to go by.

I always top up my fluid but then leave it to run low when it comes close to service time so it gets filled by the dealer.

I suppose it depends on whether it's a fleet vehicle or not. And what the terms of the contract are.

Is this guy for real?|

I was just wondering how much was covered on the maintenance side.

My petrol warning light has just come on. As part of a service this would be topped up, so I presume I should be able to go into any dealership and get them to fill it and charge Skoda.

I would also expect to a free wash, new mats and a 60 horsepower re-map etc.

Anybody done this??
 

Thanks for the responses!! And YES, I am totally serious. I drive past the dealership atleast 2-3 times a week.

I have a service AND maintenance plan. When I have the car services they will top up the fluid which I do not expect to pay for, so why would I nt expect it to be maintained????

On the mkII forums people used to talk about how Skoda riffled out of warranty claims when people didn't use the correct screen wash etc

They have calculated te charges based on my mileage (which is 35k a year) so they should expect certain wear and tear.

Hope I have given some of you a good laugh, but thought it was a reasonable question.

Maybe you should check all the small print on your plans. That will tell you exactly what is (and more importantly what isn't) included within those plans. You may be disappointed to find these things are not included except during a full service.

Skoda riffled out of warranty claims when people didn't use the correct screen wash etc

 

You crack me up... )

 

And even during a full service, it would only come as a goodwill gesture, which I can assure you it actually is included in your final bill (called something else of course)... 

You crack me up... )

 

 

 

I don't think he was joking, several people have been told that problems have occurred due to not using 'approved' washer fluid.

True or not, it's retarded.

Maybe you should check all the small print on your plans. That will tell you exactly what is (and more importantly what isn't) included within those plans. You may be disappointed to find these things are not included except during a full service.

.

Dunno 'bout Skoda but with my Mazda MX-5 I was warned that Mazda dealers always top up the washer fluid (without being asked) during an annual service and charge extra on top of the service charge for doing so (cheeky gits).

So (being Titus) I always top up the washer fluid myself before taking it in for a service and leave a note saying (among other things) "Washer fluid already topped up - no more needed, thank you."

 

I don't bother to top up the tyre pressures though because they always beggar them up and I know I will have to re-adjust them again afterwards.  (An MX-5 is of course all about handling.  It benefits from always having 4 absolutely identical tyres and the pressures can be critical if you want to get the very best out of the car.  And some makes / models of tyre work best at pressures slightly different from what Mazda recommend for the tyres they fit as original equipment.)

 

 

So do we have to use Skoda approved air in our tyres?

Edited 5 November, 201312 yr by Pumatron

So do we have to use Skoda approved air in our tyres?

.

You would if it was a Porsche.

Met a man who had had a load of sports cars over the years - all good ones and all fairly new (He's obviously not short of money).  He currently has an MX-5, and I asked him what he thought of it.  Rather to my surprise he said "Best car I've ever had!"

"But you were running a Boxster?"  I asked.  "Two of them" he replied "And I got fed up with being continually ripped off all the time."

 

 

So Porsche drivers get ripped off? There is a god after all......

So Porsche drivers get ripped off? There is a god after all......

.

Indeed.

OK I know this is a Skoda forum not a Porsche or Mazda one, but the contrast shows what good value Skodas are.

Reviews often say "the Boxster holds it value well".  Hmm.  Before I bought my MX-5 I was considering a Boxster and visited a well-known dealer.  I knew the list prices (I was considering buying new) but they also gave me a list of new-ish (up to two-year-old) second-hand ones.  Lo and behold, all the second-hand ones were listed at a price higher (or at the very least, as high as) a new one.  Wow - impressive.

Until I did a bit of arithmetic.  There are a lot of (expensive) options on a Boxster.  If, just for instance, you want a coloured Porsche logo on your wheel hubs ("You wouldn't want the plain ones on your Porsche, would you, sir?"), it costs quite a bit more.  And it goes on ... and on ... you can even have leather-covered louvres on the heater vents ... and most new Boxsters are indeed sold with a lot of expensive options on them.

So I added up the full new cost of some of these second-hand Boxsters, and it came to a lot of money.  Way more than the list price.  And once you took that into account, their depreciaiton was as high as - if not higher - than any other car.  Another Porsche myth busted.

Even the tyres suffer from the Porsche effect.  There are many approved tyres and obviously Porsche don't want people to put unsuitable tyres on their high-performance cars.  But even the approved tyres from a reputable tyre company (who naturally have excellent quality control and are obviously not going to sell rubbish tyres) are not acceptable unless they are the official Porsche tyres with "Porsche" written on them.  More bullshine from Porsche.  Ker-ching!  I think it was the tyre ripoff particularly which eventually peed off the former owner I spoke to.

Don't get me wrong - Porsche make some very good cars but the dealers do persist in trying to make out that they are somehow "special".  Likewise the owners.  Many are fine people, but some really do have their heads jammed up their bottoms and have convinced themselves that owning a Porsche somehow makes them a superior person.

I'd like a Porsche but I'd like it even more if it had a different badge on it.

 

 

Edited 6 November, 201312 yr by Stuarted

Actually I remember the screenwash issue being mentioned on the Yeti area, when they first appeared as some guys had problems with washer jets. Some dealers were being awkward with responses to problems. Now, given that there have been issues with some of the octy headlight washers, i wouldn't put it past some dealers to wheel out the same excuse again.

Actually I remember the screenwash issue being mentioned on the Yeti area, when they first appeared as some guys had problems with washer jets. Some dealers were being awkward with responses to problems. Now, given that there have been issues with some of the octy headlight washers, i wouldn't put it past some dealers to wheel out the same excuse again.

I challenged one Skoda service, from a dealer I no longer use, about the charge on the bill for washer fluid when the bottle was full before the service. I was told that a new bottle of washer fluid would be in the boot as Skoda told them it was a service requirement to supply it. Never used them again for service or a new car and I am on my 6th Skoda.

... Skoda told them it was a service requirement to supply it. Never used them again for service or a new car ...

.

Good for you.  Vote with your feet.  We have a free market - use it.

Like me, you probably resent having your intelligence insulted even more than you dislike being ripped off.

 

 

It's just possible that the information Skoda are giving out is correct re the washer liquid needing to be a certain type.

 

I've not been convinced either way, need facts.

If Skoda do try this, it might be worth drawing the attention of the makers of the allegedly unsuitable washer fluid to that fact and see what they say.  Assuming you were using a reputable screenwah flud, I think its manufacturers would defend their product vigorously.  "Fight!  Fight!"  Bring it on.

Just checked the 'small print' and it does say that no 'top up fluids' are included inbtetween services.

So Porsche drivers get ripped off? There is a god after all......

See what is it with this? - I mean seriously, I'm not a millionaire, but I've owned one, just saved enough cash to be able to afford it and worked hard - it was a stunning car. Yes you get ripped off if you walk into xyz garage off the street, but shop around, speak to the right people, and you won't - I could find service costs which were less than the Clio I once owned....

 

The whole attitude against people who drive them really used to naff me off - not everyone who owns one is a tax dodging banker....