Nice one i will give them a call thanks

SuperC wrote:

I'm not someone who can do these jobs on the car. Inde's totally have their role and provide value etc. I do use them for most things. But, and its a big BUT here, I prefer to have my car serviced at the main dealer for one reason alone: its the ability to have a monthly service plan. No Inde near me offers this. My car's annual service is January and I don't know about anyone else but, I'm pretty skint after Xmas. This way, big bills and big services are part of the plan. Cost is about £62 p/m including MOT's for up to 5 years, locking out inflation too.

Always has OEM spec parts and fluids with a full LRSH from new on a coming up to 13 year old L320. I plan to keep the car for another 5 years at least so, it will be 18 years old and with me for 14 years total. Other than ACE pipes and consumables, this has been really reliable, touch wood. I honestly feel servicing it like this is the reason why. Really though, its about the ability to spread the predictable running costs.

Check it out for yourselves. For me, it makes total sense.
https://www.landrover.co.uk/ownership/serv...plans.html

BTW, because my main dealer had always serviced the car, when I ran into trouble with the front ACE pipes, they worked with me because they know me. I managed to source OEM parts and they fitted them at a price less than my local inde who didn't want to touch it. You really only know who you can rely on when the sh!t hits the fan. If they hadn't known the car, they wouldn't have worked on it.

they are quoting me nearly £1400 for the same service which is a bit odd. they also don't have courtesy cars which is a shame

I wonder why the extra £200 perhaps they worked out they under changed after doing mine.

Yep no courtesy car, coffee, or glass showroom, all part of the reason they are over £1k cheaper than LandRover.

I took my mountain bike and cycled the near 7 miles back to my house (bloody freezing), then got the mrs to take me down to collect.

Give Bell Autos in Queensferry a call for a price. They have a 12 year old Yaris as a courtesy car which is fab.

Meiang wrote:

My 2010 TDV8 has not been in for any service (Landrover or any Independant) for at least 10 years. I just do regular fluid changes which any normal person can do. For the first 4 years I used to send the car in for service and has nothing but problems. To spend 2400 pounds on a 10 year old car is ridiculous. My car has never broken down or even let me down in those 10 years , it just goes and goes. I think most people get their car "serviced" even when it does not need it.

In answer to your questions.

The vehicle has just turned over 80,000 km. I do an oil and filter change very 5,000km or 12 months and change the transmission oil every 20,000 km. While the vehicle has not done many km, it is the duty cycles that decide the vehicle's wear. The vehicle does about 5 trips per day and the engine never reaches operating temperature on any of the trips. I figure the vehicle is good for another 10 years