Ok all, does anyone know a better way doing the right thing.

My RRS reaches its 10 birthday in 19 days, it was one of the first off the line and it's been mine since its 4th birthday and everything has been done by the book and touch wood the only thing it's ever needed is an alternator, discs, pads and last year both rear calliper's.

So on the 10th year service 150k (mines done 103k) it needs every single oil and fluid changing due to age!

Engine, gearbox, front diff, rear diff, transfer box, brake & coolant !

My local dealer in Derby wants 1300 pounds for this privilege and next local dealer wants 950, an Independant quoted 750(ish). You can see some discrepancy here and up to 10% of the cars value just about to be shelled out. It seems these oils are rather pricey the transfer box is around £20 per litre!

I wonder as the D3 is older and follows the same service regime if anyone knows any dealer who can better the 950?

I got 19 days and counting

Is there any reason why you are discounting the Indy?

The genuine LR oils are what would be used in a dealer, and are very expensive. There are aftermarket equivalents now, at much more reasonable prices

You should get a quote off these guys

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic37599.html 2014 L405 SDV8 RR Autobiography

2012 RRS SDV6 HSE -Orkney Grey with A/B bodykit - Now Gone
2007 RRS TDV6 HSE - Zermatt Silver - Gone

No reason to discount the Indy only that I've only ever used franchise for service items and the Indy price was a "best guess" and the 950 was firm so given that guesses generally go up.... The Indy was pretty close to the main dealer. That my reasoning, but as I say I'm looking at options as its a huge expense for fluid changing. Plus I could get my rear wiper fixed, which has decided to give up in the last few weeks.

I and a couple of the other guys on here use this place, excellent service and price, I recommend them very highly, they changed the gearbox on mine etc did a great job.
http://www.westonautocentre.co.uk/ Current RRS 2.7 (de-badged Black) & 335i Cab for the sunny days.

I recently had a big service at an indy which included the following,
Engine oil, oil filter, air filter, pollen filter, fuel filter, front and rear diff oils, transfer box oil and a gearbox megaflush with additives and reset. All usual checks etc.
All in for £660.
Should give you an idea of an indies cost.
Good luck

Hi MJ87 660 sounds fair, are you able to quote the dealer/Indy as SY is not that far from me and I'm willing to travel a bit t these prices

SilverAuto,

I use Quattro Autocare in Ricall, near York. Would highly recommend.

I've sent you a pm with website/ details as i'm unsure whether i'm allowed to put a link on here?

Cheers, Michael

All booked in, I will let you know how i get on... the EGR blanking service looks tempting as well

I had my EGR's blanked when i was last there...was going for a remap too but found out that it was already remapped..Just didn't realise due to the egrs being partially stuck open! I can definitely tell the difference with the egr's blanked- fuel economy went up to a stupendous 37mpg whilst travelling to the lake district

thats now seriously tempting, but one big bill at a time

Supply your own oils to the dealer for the service, this should save a fair bit of money.

Audi wanted similar money for RS4 servicing (20 quid a litre for engine oil), this quickly dropped when I supplied oil, filters, plugs etc.

Good example Main Dealer charged me £112.00 + vat. for 8 Litres of Castrol Edge. proably get it from Factors for a quarter of that.

Cheers
Col

MJ87 wrote:

I had my EGR's blanked when i was last there...was going for a remap too but found out that it was already remapped..Just didn't realise due to the egrs being partially stuck open! I can definitely tell the difference with the egr's blanked- fuel economy went up to a stupendous 37mpg whilst travelling to the lake district