Which dealer lets you supply own oil

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:47 pm

hi chaps

need to get the new car serviced
just bought 12l of oil Castrol Edge 5W30 from ASDA for £105

Which Audi dealers are happy to you to supply to your own oil?

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Post by **Timster** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:49 pm

Watford do.
(works out a lot cheaper too).

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:52 pm

interesting
i usually use Whetstone and they are part of the same group

cheers Timmy !

Post by **Timster** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 pm

Yup, they are (so are Hatfield).

Use http://www.eurocarparts.com/ to get an excellent price on oil.

Think I paid 80 odd quid the other week. Then Watford took over a hundred off for not using their usual stuff.
Quids-in.

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:13 pm

right

Whetstone Audi £605 they supply oil
Chingford Audi £446 I supply the oil

they say it needs 10.1 of oil

so 12l costing me £105 so 10.1l of oil costs me £88

so Chingford Audi works out at £446 + £88 = £534 ..... vs. £605 = £70 saving

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:19 pm

right
eurocarparts 4l of CastrolEdge 5w30 is £27 !

further savings !!

Post by **Timster** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:22 pm

How much is the service on it's own ? (using their oil)?
Which service is it ?

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:23 pm

Timster wrote:How much is the service on it's own ? (using their oil)?
Which service is it ?

£605 using their oil
its 2nd service ... the car is 2.5yrs old on 17k ....

Post by **doodlebug** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:28 pm

Can you not just haggle on the price of the oil at the dealers?

Post by **Timster** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:34 pm

D_K wrote:
Timster wrote:How much is the service on it's own ? (using their oil)?
Which service is it ?
£605 using their oil
its 2nd service ... the car is 2.5yrs old on 17k ....

£605... fcuk, that's a lot isn't it.

No knowing what they're "really" putting in, oil-wise. Think Watford tend to use Mobil1 iirc.

Hence why I went for the Castrol good stuff And saved some money into the bargain.

Post by **Ian_C** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:35 pm

doodlebug wrote:Can you not just haggle on the price of the oil at the dealers?

Thats what Hitchin ended up doing for me. Hitchin were happy to supply own oil though too

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:55 pm

Timster wrote:
D_K wrote:
Timster wrote:How much is the service on it's own ? (using their oil)?
Which service is it ?
£605 using their oil
its 2nd service ... the car is 2.5yrs old on 17k ....
£605... fcuk, that's a lot isn't it.

No knowing what they're "really" putting in, oil-wise. Think Watford tend to use Mobil1 iirc.

Hence why I went for the Castrol good stuff And saved some money into the bargain.

Its an R8 and they jus see dollar signs
But to be fair cos its dry sump chsnging the oil in an R8 isnt as straight forward as the b7 as there are 3 drains iirc

Anyway, thanks Tim, ordered oil from EPC for £80 so i recon im £100 up supplying my own oil

Post by **lofty** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:01 pm

I dont think it's too bad a price for a V10 supercar.I wonder what Lambo charge to service a Gallardo?

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:19 pm

Agreed

£500 is a bargain for a 525PS mid engined V10 Supercar

Post by **Timster** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:37 pm

D_K wrote:
Its an R8 and they jus see dollar signs
But to be fair cos its dry sump chsnging the oil in an R8 isnt as straight forward as the b7 as there are 3 drains iirc

Anyway, thanks Tim, ordered oil from EPC for £80 so i recon im £100 up supplying my own oil

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