$80 Service

[Lucky Dog]

Well as I've mentioned in a few other threads I change my own oil every 7,500km. Took the wife's Lancer in to get its 60,000km service today and was quoted $200. We explained that the oil and filter had only been changed a couple of days ago and asked if they could leave it alone. When we returned to pay the bill I was surprised to see it only came to $80. The dealership here advised that apart from a few system checks and inspections the only other part of the service was the oil change which took up most of the overall cost due to the labour, but seeing as it was only done they only charged me for the inspection, which included a reflash of the ECU (it's a CH with the drive by wire fault).

So there you go, spending $60 on oil and a filter and a bit of time saved me $120 at the service department. Very happy.

[exaltd]

Yea mate. You will find that

Oil+ filter normally costs around $50-60, labour is around $80 - 150 an hour. So if you do things yourself, and use the genuine parts, they are more than happy to stamp it for you, but you dont have to pay $$$ for the labour.

[spunkybob]

Nice....
What oil do they use for a service... coz when I change it I use nulon fully synthetic.. but if they put generic stuff, then im going to do all my oil/filter changed from now on.

[Lucky Dog]

Not sure what they use but I use Castrol Edge Sport.

[exaltd]

@ Pierre,

All dealers use the cheapest stuff they can get their hands on. And the cheapest synthetic stuff they can get their hands on. It's best you do it yourself.

[spunkybob]

^ Thanks for that.. from now on I'm spending the 30 mins and just getting them to do there "chekup"