ive just booked my car into LR at pickering for its 3rd service & I got them from £441 down to £371 inc vat which I don't think is a bad price.

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Well done Andy. That is an excellent price, more so if it's from Hatfields.
Suppose need to get money in after spending a small fortune on new showroom, works etc.  John

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Hatfields in hull quoted me £441 so when Hatfields Pickering called they were same price so I said hull had quoted £395 & receptionist said they would do it for £371.Same company undercutting each other🤣🤣.

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Well had the service done thi morning & im well happy,,not sure wether they have done a software update or not but it seems to drive smoother through the gears & seems to accelerate quicker & only charged me £302 plus vat.

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Andy your car may have been due the recent Gearbox ECU software upgrade - several of us who have had cars serviced since the beginning of the year have noticed a change - no deadband when you put your foot down to pull out of a junction and quicker pick up. However it may be that they refalshed old software and that has reset the "learning" gearbox and over a period it relearn your driving habits. Not sure if L494's have that but L320 do. I have not needed to use Sport mode once since mine had the update, kickdown is really good since it was done. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Sounds about right Tim,,as soon as I set off from dealers after service it was off like a rocket & I wasn't in sport mode.

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So pleased you are happy with the price and result after service, I generally receive a very good service from them at Pickering, but can be expensive at times, their Castrol edge oil I found was priced OTT, but when I mentioned it, they reduced the price.

They always do the complimentary wash and Hoover and clean inside to, and they don't use brooms etc like some places do, and for a small charge will clay and get out any swirl marks you may have. John

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I won't let the dealer wash mine,,while I was there a chap was washing one but was only using one bucket.They charged me £60 for the oil.The crafty charged me £3.05 to fill the screenwash which was already full as I filled it before I set off & never used the washers.But I did get a free battery for my fob as mines been showing change batter for last 4 month.

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Your oil cost seems reasonable by comparison to my price originally charged of £92.20 inc VAT 😱 I'm sure the L320 doesn't hold that much more oil? May I ask what oil they used.

Will keep a watch out on them washing cars, if they have gone to only using one bucket, will just tell them not to wash it, and why, thanks. John

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Was duplicate post, please delete, sorry.  John

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John,they used Castrol edge fully synthetic.

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So exactly the same oil.
How can they charge so much more to some customers/cars?
Another area to keep my eyes on next service.  John

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ive just had a word with hatfields & they said they charge all the ugly customers more

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I will admit that since falling off roof and being confined to bed now for past 5/6 weeks, with the number of broken bones etc, I expect currently I don't look at my best, but hopefully over next few years I will return to my normal self.
You though Andy........

As an aside, does the later model you have, require or hold less oil do you know than the L320 2012MY model? John

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I would have thought the same as its the same engine or I thought it was.

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