I'd agree with you Muddy.

I have all maintenance done at a local Indy and I wouldn't touch a stealer for that with yours…..

The Indy replaced the pads/discs last month and gave it a pre-MOT checkover. I know the car is all good so if the stealer finds anything it's the usual b*llshit as you say.  FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

GLWTMOT  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Cheers Muddy. I'm hoping it's the last one before I change the car, but the car is just soooooo good. Or shouldn't I have said that with a 600 mile round trip next week ????

Apologies to the OP. Hope you get sorted.  FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

ellivas wrote:

I just organised a service with my local dealer at £225.

I have a 2.7 HSE on an 09 plate with 46,000 miles.

The receptionist said its a special deal because its out of warranty and over 4 years old.

Andrew

JPR 1 wrote:

Bit of a dilemma after just being quoted £646.66 for a TDV8 59 plate, 41k service. Do I go to the dealer as already has full dealer s/h, or do I save a few quid and go independent. Will I have issues when I come to sell it, which will be this year at some point. Been pondering over this now for a week...thoughts anyone

JPR 1 wrote:

Bit of a dilemma after just being quoted £646.66 for a TDV8 59 plate, 41k service. Do I go to the dealer as already has full dealer s/h, or do I save a few quid and go independent. Will I have issues when I come to sell it, which will be this year at some point. Been pondering over this now for a week...thoughts anyone

I don't think flrsh is better than fsh and would trust my indi any day over the morons at dealer who can't fit tow electrics without scratching bumper and breaking panel clips but as long as I have a lr warranty and risk replacing a £12k engine I am forced to bend over the dealers barrel

Once the warranty finishes I'm free  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

But there are people who only buy cars with main dealer history therefore not having it does limited the buyer.

Doesn't matter if you agree or not it's fact.

Of course it's a fact, question is if it's a significant factor and I honestly doubt it is, i.e. I suspect only a small percentage of prospective buyers would demand this. Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

I've never been asked for flrsh by a private buyer or dealer when px'ing  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

The biggest reason why someone would ask for flrsh is to haggle the price down if it doesn't. Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

tanloverluke wrote:

Of course it's a fact, question is if it's a significant factor and I honestly doubt it is, i.e. I suspect only a small percentage of prospective buyers would demand this.

RRS Daz wrote:

But there are people who only buy cars with main dealer history therefore not having it does limited the buyer.

You can't please all of the people all of the time. I think a genuine seller like the OP who comes across as meticulous kind of guy is more important to a buyer. I'd rather buy off a guy like him than some clown at a dealer in a fat tie full of hair product on a commission.

Take what we do [Dyson vacs] as an example. Is a genuine part fitted by a guy of mine who has done it ten years somehow worse than paying more for some 'approved' place to do it? Of course not. I am sure businessmen here have similar comparables.

We could spend five grand on shop floor machines and get 'approval' too.

A specialist in any product, be it a certain brand of car, domestic appliance or whatever is always going to know more than an 'all-rounder'. I'd be perfectly confident in any specialist indy with a decent reputation. Why would I want to pay more to feed someones higher overheads, corporate profits and advertising?

Will the OP's car be worth £300 more for having one extra dealer stamp? I doubt it. So why should he spend that extra money if the local indy can do a good job too? Nobody will thank him for it. Except maybe Sytners shareholders.

The country needs small businesses. Use them.

But they won't know that about the seller as they won't ring him if the car doesn't tick the flrsh box

I've had people even ring me asking if it has full main dealer history and because it didn't they didn't ask anymore questions therefore a lost sale.

Somehow you think I agree with this but I'm really making the point to some buyers it is important.

Yea maybe in some peoples mind it will add value to a vehicle.

Daz, similarly, some people wont ring him as it might not have X wheels, X accessories, be X colour or be within ten miles from their home. All of us exclude some buyers of anything we sell by various sets of unknown metrics that are important to that guy.

He only wants one buyer. He doesn't need ten of them.

Spending an extra £300 on something that will exclude a very small percentile of potential buyers while not adding that £300 of value on it seems daft to me. I could get it if the car was two years old, and warranty was a factor, etc. But this car is five years old. The older a car gets, the less this stuff matters.

Lets do a spot test - A question for guys here, readers: Is there anyone here that would be put off going to look at a nice, clean five year old car because it had ONE non-LR dealer stamp in its history?

*cue crickets and snoring*