I’m weighing up whether this is likely to be worth buying. Cost for 5 years for 3.0d SDV6 is £725 but I’ll only have the car from brand new for 3 years / 30k miles so will probably only need 2 services, or maybe 3 depending on when it falls. I can’t find the cost of “pay as you go” services with a dealer, but if I could pay for 2, or maybe 3 services for about £700 then the service plan isn’t worth it. My dealer said “they’re about £500 each” but is that about right or was it a plucked-from-the-air figure to encourage me to take out the plan? Any guidance on costs would be welcome

Hi,
thing its more like #700 per service, dont forget the service plan does add value to the car (if you sell pvt that is)
also includes DEF top ups

 Porsche Cayenne 2022
gone Porsche Cayenne 2020
gone Corris Grey HSE Dynamic 2016
gone Ipanema HSE lux 2010
gone Rimini HSE 2005
!!

As much as it pains me to say, I can't even match the service plan prices over 3 years

Hi,

YES for four reasons:-

1. Based on service prices for my last sport - it’s a bargain.
2. Free top ups of ALL fluids if required.
3. Interim oil changes included. MY18 & MY 19 vehicles don’t fall under “goodwill” so oil changes are chargeable.
4. I “sold” the remainder of my 16MY plan back to my dealer when I did the MY 19 deal.


Scrumps Somerset - Where the apples do grow and the cider do flow!
2021 Defender 90 D250 HSE in Tasman with white roof.
24MY D300 AB - Verasine Blue - 😀
19MY SDV6 AB - Byron Blue - Gone
17MY D5 SDV6 HSE - Firenze Red - Gone
16MY SDV6 AB -Aruba Silver - Gone
13.5MY SDV6 "HSE Black" - Baltic Blue - Gone
10MY TDV8 HSE Galway Green - Gone
14MY D4 HSE in Scotia Grey - Gone
05 TD5 D90 CSW in Cairns Blue

No brainer, do it!
I have already had one 'free' adblue top up at 900 miles.

PS the adblue tank was not full at handover. 2018 MY19 HSE Dynamic, Santorini, Ebony/Ivory, Sliding pano, Adaptive cruise, Black wheels. Arrived 3rd September 2018
2015 MY16 HSE Dynamic, Santorini, ebony/cirrus, sliding pano, cameras, black wheels - Arrived 1 October 2015

Ok - a fairly resounding “yes, it’s worth it”! Thanks

Oh yes and as Scrumps says you sell it on to the next owner as it lives with the car after you sell it, up to the end of the contract. When I sold my car to the Mini dealer their in house LR franchise made a point of asking if the car had a service plan and I had two services remaining on it. Doesn’t mean to say that they told the person that purchased the car as an approved used vehicle though......... and it wouldn’t have helped with the car having a change of plate when I took my private plate off it as the car was first registered with my private plate...... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

When I bought my SC I only found out it had 2 services remaining is because I found the previous owner on Facebook & he mentioned it to me,when I called the dealer who I purchased it from he wasn't happy because he said their admin should have checked that out & if they knew it had services remaining it would have been more money,,,,unlucky LR & im now about £1000-£1200 beter off,the last service I took it in for was the big one with the fluid changes. Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Doesn't apply to OP but just remember that there is also a 60k mileage limit – it never registered with me even though I knew I'd be doing a lot of miles. After its fourth service it was a real shock when they wouldn't give me my car back until I got my credit card out and especially annoying as the mileage was approx 62k (though service centre did say they would have taken it at 59,999 if I'd known about it).

But even with only three services included the plan was a huge saving.

HaggisMan wrote:

I’m weighing up whether this is likely to be worth buying. Cost for 5 years for 3.0d SDV6 is £725 but I’ll only have the car from brand new for 3 years / 30k miles so will probably only need 2 services, or maybe 3 depending on when it falls. I can’t find the cost of “pay as you go” services with a dealer, but if I could pay for 2, or maybe 3 services for about £700 then the service plan isn’t worth it. My dealer said “they’re about £500 each” but is that about right or was it a plucked-from-the-air figure to encourage me to take out the plan? Any guidance on costs would be welcome

I’ve got mine through a private lease so much less scope for that sort of thing. There was only a very little negotiating on the lease costs, no trade-in or scope for pushing for other “freebies” and I didn’t even deal with the local dealer until the car arrived. Still, as I wouldn’t be keeping a RRS after its warranty expires, the up side is the lease is cheaper than a PCP and still protects me against the risk of tumbling resale values of diesel vehicles over the next 3 years!

Hi again,
not 100% sure of this as not been back to the Build Your Car section
but
ISTR that the diesel service plan was only for 2 services or ??? miles and it was the petrol engine models that had 5 services, as said it was some weeks back when I was looking so

 Porsche Cayenne 2022
gone Porsche Cayenne 2020
gone Corris Grey HSE Dynamic 2016
gone Ipanema HSE lux 2010
gone Rimini HSE 2005
!!

Cheapest plan out of warranty is "do it Yourself". I am well pleased with service cost in Australia only 250 pounds per service so far. M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.