Quote Originally Posted by adamc11 View Post
Hi guys,

I purchased my accord a few months ago and just got it's 70,000km service at courtney and patterson heidelberg.

For all my previous cars i've taken it to my local mechanic but i thought what the hell i'll get it serviced at by a honda dealer. Some of you will disagree, but in my opinion you can't beat a dealer who services the same cars day in day out.

I rang them up and asked them how much it would be and they said about $250 plus about $30 more for FEO synthetic oil so i thought that was reasonable. When i dropped it off i told them not too change anything without checking with me first.

I got a call from them later and the rear brake pads needed to be changed, i was quoted $290 fitted which does not include machined disks which i thought was a bit rich. They said they don't machine them, i found this odd, does anyone know why?

Anyway, approx breakdown was this for anyone interested:

Labour for service: $126
Labour for rear pad change: $105
Rear break pads: $163
FEO sythetic: $63
Oil filter: $23
Washer drain: $2.60
Workshop and environmental charges: $15

I thought $63 for the synthetic was not bad, plus they gave me the 5L bottle with the left over oil without me even asking.

They said the 80,000km major service was about $500ish.

Hope someone finds this useful
So 500 all up.

But if you DIY, which is not hard at all, you would pay 80 for pads and 59 for oil and filter (on special at repco)= 139. Take the 361 dollars that you saved and buy more tools for your garage.