Servicing - Is it time to go independent

[Oak]

Just wonderings whether folks are still taking their B7's to the main dealers ? I'm an 07 at 55k and just wondering if its worth it any more.

Current thinking is that I might move to Brookspeed at Eastleigh for servicing.

Be interested to know what everyones doing now?

[The_Coat]

I found that if I supplied my own oil, filters etc to the dealers it cost me just under £100 more than if I went to an indi.

IMO for the sake of £100 I would rather keep the dealer stamp in the book for the re-sale value.

[Surrey Sam]

I found that if I supplied my own oil, filters etc to the dealers it cost me just under £100 more than if I went to an indi.

IMO for the sake of £100 I would rather keep the dealer stamp in the book for the re-sale value.

Exactly my line of thinking. Audi a pretty good with out of warranty contributions if there is a full Audi service history and low mileage.

[John Johnson]

Audi . Supplying my own bits though .

[PJC]

Just had mine done at Audi, oil service £106 and supplied my own oil.

[RIV]

I broke away from Audi once the warranty expired, just used good indi's
Sold mine 6 months back with 67k on the clock for just under 22k
Just because it's Audi doesn't mean it's better, some techs are crap TBH

[PetrolDave]

I broke away from Audi once the warranty expired, just used good indi's
Sold mine 6 months back with 67k on the clock for just under 22k
Just because it's Audi doesn't meen it's better, some techs are crap TBH

+1

Mine hasn't been near an Audi dealer for the last 4 years, the local dealers (Southampton and Portsmouth) are cr*p for sales & servicing (SOuthampton parts guys are great though) so I use an indi in Totton who really knows and cares.

[lengster1]

I'm in the same situation,mines up for its 50k service,I've sourced the oil myself so the dealer only is providing a filter,Hull want 260 basically for labour to change the oil and give it a check over,it borders outrageous for such a basic task and a visual inspection.I can't really believe the full price of 400 notes either if they charged roughly double the going rate for castrol oil.York have come in at 200 which I may go for but I think for the last time,what really brought it home was the fact you can get 3 years complete servicing on a new bmw for the price of 1 audi oil service

[RS4_Ollie]

Southampton quoted me £740 for oil service plus plugs and pollen filter.
Now I know the genuine plugs and oil are not cheap but that, in my view is taking the f'ing P

[gt2]

Lincoln Audi told me that they'd price match any local indi's. Might be worth an ask if you were interested in keeping the stamp

[HYFR]

Audi have a nationwide price match scheme on....not sure it applies to RS cars thou, but worth asking.

I took the Mrs A4 Cab to Tamworth Audi today. Bought a service plan for £299 which covers x1 interim and x1 major service. Can't argue with that!

[PJC]

Wow, bargain

[John Johnson]

Audi have a nationwide price match scheme on....not sure it applies to RS cars thou, but worth asking.

I took the Mrs A4 Cab to Tamworth Audi today. Bought a service plan for £299 which covers x1 interim and x1 major service. Can't argue with that!

[docurley]

I do my own and found the V8 easier to do then my old 1.8t.

[lengster1]

£740 for a service!!! The materials are around £200,they want to make over 500 quid on a 2-3 hour basic full service is bordering theft imo,theres no way you will retain that cost on resale of an 7 or 8 yr old car of which many are sub £20k now.