[Euro] How much was your 20,000 km service?

[BiLL|z0r]

Sorry to kick up an old thread but some of you guys are getting ripped off hardcore.

My 20K service yesterday was $227.50 including FEO oil and tyre rotation. I also got free loan car for the day but that's included in my contact (Huge selling point for me as cant be without a car for more than 20mins.)

[Entity]

heh, about to book mine in for 20k, convinced now to not pay over 250 :P

my first one was only around 140 though so its on the right track.

[corn_flakes]

car dealerships are ***in dodgy...i'm not even gonna service my car at the dealership....

i'll take the risk and just service it with my mechanic...i doubt anything big would go wrong in the first 3 years...at least i hope not

one of the fun things u can do is get a permanent marker and mark little dots on your air filter, oil filter, etc...then when u get the car back, check them for the dots...

u'd prolly find that those dots are still there and those mofos havent changed anything but the oil...and even i'm doubtful of the oil change

[BiLL|z0r]

I know they at least change my oil because I check when I get home that's it's clean again.

[Entity]

just booked mine in for 20k (only done 14k though)

quoted $265, a little more than usual but nothing like $377!!

last time i brought it in they fixed my creaking issue with the notorious parcel tray and also replaced a split boot which was spitting oil everywhere so i was happy with that and am willing to pay a for them to do it again.

these threads are good to keep track of the prices around sydney

[falco]

My 20000k service was $218
I have just been quoted $580 for my 80000k service. I nearly fell over when told that.
Thats not even a spark plug change, its just fuel & air filter.

[yfin]

Falco - what is included in that service to bump it up to $580?

[benthx]

Hey Guys

I notice on service intervals they recommend doing tyre rotation. Is there any interaction between this and a wheel alingment? eg. if you have had a wheel alignemnt say at 20000km and then have tyres rotated at 30000km will this change the alignment?

Ben

[falco]

AsI said, just a fuel filter & air filter, and obviously the oil filter & oil change.

[yfin]

AsI said, just a fuel filter & air filter, and obviously the oil filter & oil change.

Shop around and let us know whether other dealers are similar in price.

By the way if you are sticking with the OEM air filter you can use the one from the Acura TSX that costs $22AUD and change it yourself (Acura of Escondido on ebay). I think it costs $45 in Australia so if you order 2 or 3 you are ahead even with shipping costs. Not a lot of saving but there are other goodies you may wish to buy at the same time..

[aaronng]

Falco - what is included in that service to bump it up to $580?

It could be because of the valve clearance check. That's done every 40,000km.

Hey Guys

I notice on service intervals they recommend doing tyre rotation. Is there any interaction between this and a wheel alingment? eg. if you have had a wheel alignemnt say at 20000km and then have tyres rotated at 30000km will this change the alignment?

Ben

Nope, alignment shouldn't be affected by a tyre rotation.

[falco]

Thats right the book does show valve clearance check.
Do they actually do this ????