The Yeti is coming up for its 2nd service at about 36,000 miles and is also due the Haldex oil and something else (brake fluid?)

 

Timing isn't great though as I'm taking the car away on holiday for a week and will be doing quite a few miles

 

I could get the service done before I go, about 500 miles early, or get it done when I get back, about 500 miles late.

 

Decisions, decisions...

Hi I would go for service beforehand 500 miles is not going to make a lot of difference.

Then anything that may upset your holidays will be seen.

Cheers John.

Probably safer to get it done early then you know the car is ok for your hols .

500 miles overdue is not going to make a blind bit of difference in the scheme of things.

I was told the recommendation from Skoda was 500 miles each way.

Just to be sure, I'm thinking sooner rather than later.

 

I'll see if they can fit it in

 

Cheers all

See it as a safety check, not just a service.

Salesmen always want to boast about the longer service interval but is that wise?.

Here, you'd be just reaching your 4th service 37,000 miles/60,000kms and have voided your warranty......here

If it was me, and have been in a similar situation in the past, would opt to have a service before I go on holiday rather than after.

See I'd do it the other way around. I have had plenty of experiences where car has gone in for service and something wasn't done up tightly or correctly.

Now if you find that out when you get home, no major shakes, you just take it back in.

 

But if you've whizzed off on holiday for hundreds of miles, the first thing you might know is when the car breaks down.

 

I would ALWAYS get service done when you've got a few days of local trips immediately afterwards to ensure everything has been screwed back together properly.

 

The way I see it, your car's running fine now - get your holiday done. Then get it serviced.

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Personally, I would do it when I got back as the car will probably have done some very long runs, the oil will have sloshed about more than normal runs and cleaned lots of deposits off from around the engine and broken down a bit more more due to more than likely higher engine temperatures for longer periods of time and will be ready for changing, but modern long life oils are designed to last much longer as well.

 

This way you have nice fresh oil in a clean engine ready to go into winter and the shorter runs back home which put more of a demand on the engine oil than long runs do.

I always thought a month or 1000 miles was the point a service was deemed 'overdue' and could potentially have warranty implications. But clearly an early service would never be an issue. Whilst I take the 'let sleeping dogs lay' approach to getting it done on your return, on balance I would get it done before.

Mind, that backfired on us a few years ago, we took our 307 estate in for a service a few days before a 1000 mile road trip to France as we knew we would be cutting it fine. They found an engine fault and advised us not to take it on a long trip so we ended up doing the road trip in our VW Lupo 'second car'. By the time we had packed for our self catering holiday, it was a very meagre return on the cheap wine front!

Well, I've come to a decision and that decision is that I'm going to get it done when I get back from holiday.

 

...because the dealer can't fit it in before.

Well, I've come to a decision and that decision is that I'm going to get it done when I get back from holiday.

 

...because the dealer can't fit it in before.

 

Well that's sorted that one out  :p

Well, I've come to a decision and that decision is that I'm going to get it done when I get back from holiday.

...because the dealer can't fit it in before.

Did you get that confirmed in writing(email)? I only say that in case there is an issue in the future, and Skoda try to wangle out of it.

Remember; no paper, no trail!

I learned this the hard way when dealing with SUK CS, and it cost me a lot of money.

I didn't, but I merely asked them when they could book it in, not when it was OK to do it.

 

It's out of warranty anyway, so it probably won't make much difference.