Hi all!

 

So I have a 2009 LE VRS TDI which so far has being serviced by Skoda or VAG specialists. It'll probably need a service this year at some stage too. I've always serviced mine and my partners cars myself (apart from the VRS), but I'm thinking that it might be getting old enough for me to do myself without wiping value off it for the service history.

 

What do you guys and gals think? Am I just being cheap and am I really just settign myself up for a car that's worth less? I plan on keeping it for another 2 years or so I think.

 

Cheers!

Once out of warranty I do it myself. 

I keep all receipts for parts used.

+1, once out of warranty.

+2 once out of warranty.

 

Full main dealer service history isn't worth that much to the value of the car, iirc it's around £500 on a car less than 3 year old. Obviously high end cars like Ferrari's it's essential but on a main stream car not that much. Keep all receipts and use a service schedule report to document what you have done.

+3. I usually wait until 4 or 5 years - which is about the age I purchase my "new" cars at and then service myself.

 

With part receipts and being able to explain what has been done / not done, is as good as a stamp in the book when I've come to sell on several years later. I'd accept that from someone I was buying from as well, assuming it checks out and other signs are good.

 

As we know on here,  service garages both dealer and independents aren't always perfect and doing it yourself, you can take time and rest assured of what has actually been done.

 

A stamp in my opinion is worth very little without an invoice and part detail anyway as it could mean as little as changing the oil (possibly with the wrong oil and without filter) when the car was due filters, plugs, etc etc.

 

Edit: Only thing I would say as a downside to home servicing is that  a garage doing a service on a lift should be able to get a better look at things than when I have the car on stands and crawling around on the drive. An MOT "should" have a decent look at important safety parts as well but it is always good practice to check for fluid leaks, cracked seals / boots, pipework, disc / pads condition etc. when doing a service - I do but it is a bit harder from the ground.

 

 

 

 

Edited 28 February, 20179 yr by TheClient

Cheers everyone! That's basically what I was leaning towards. Whenever It has an MoT I always try and have a look under the car myself at the same time.

Another possible option is to see if your local Skoda dealer offers an economy or out  of warranty service. 

 

I've just had a 'Gold' service which replaces air, pollen and fuel filter. Something which even the Skoda Major Service doesn't always replace (even though you pay for it!) and I got a nice Skoda stamp in the Service Book, all for less than a Skoda Minor Service. 

+4 I'd rather see receipts than stamps out of warranty, I just sold my MK2 Golf and it had £2k worth of receipts of with it and that's just parts mainly, labour was 90% mine, just got my LE as well and will be servicing it myself and filling in the book as I normally do referencing the invoice numbers.

 

I'd rather see receipts over a period also as a lot of new receipts may indicate a fault finding exercise, I owned my Superb recently for 3-4months but I had receipts for about half a dozen things from Umbrella to Tyres, it shows on a time basis, receipts for 2k on the Golf were overs 16 years.

 

I can do my own full service including Quantum 507, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter and pollen filter for less than £50 with dealer receipts, that's good enough for me to see.

Edited 2 March, 20179 yr by T2000