Friend of mine just had a major service at 60k miles on his Espace. Bill came to £2,500 plus VAT including new timing belt. Why can't Renault build cars that last?
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That isn't a major service, that's highway robbery! How old is this bejewelled carriage of opulence that so clearly deserves to be coveted at such great cost by Renault-trained technicians?
Oh and in answer to your question; cos that way they sell lots of replacements. Don't ask me why, but people keep buying 'em!
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2500 quid ! What on earth did he have done ?
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My Octavia has cost a TOTAL of £2163 to cover ALL the servicing it's had in the last 142,000 miles!
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Yes, please enlighten us all so that anyone considering such a purchase can possibly reconsider before it's toooooo late!
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Apart from the "major" service he had the cam belt? changed
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Unless there's subframe removal/engine drop to do the belt AND a major component replacement, there's no way that's purely a belt & service.
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AS the previous owner of a Renault I can confirm that ALL the parts fitted by main dealers are gold plated and that includes the Elf oil that they insist on using!
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..must have had a dashboard lightbuld and heater matrix replaced..!
Sacre bleu!!
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Any chance of posting details of the invoice he received here Dogbreath ?
I'm riveted and I don't even own an Espace!
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V: In case you wondered how dealers run up large bills you might like to take a look at this old thread
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=7866&m...e
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Thanks FIF - very interesting. In your colleague's case there was an obvious problem of dodgy fault diagnosis but I didn't get that impression from Dogbreath's post. Could £2.5k be the real cost of a scheduled service and cam belt change ? Mate of mine's got an old Espace - I bet he'd be interested to find out the details.
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Sorry I don't have all the details but will try to get the copy invoice - my mate did mention an engine drop.
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