Perhaps an inconvenient fact when convicing oneself that running a newish car can be done cheaply ?
Yes, its something that people forget too easily and has to be put in perspective.
The drivers window regulator recently started 'jumping' on my pillarless W124 MB, so off to my indy who had to replace the motor as well as the regulator due to both parts showing wear at the usual points, he reckons there won't be much change from £400 when he eventually bills me, obviously no pattern parts available.
On the face of it was it worth it?, well to me yes because i intend to run this car indefinately and if i bought a new car of similar standard it would lose more than £400 every month in depreciation alone where mine has bottomed out, hopefully, but needs investment to maintain its condition and value.
Thing with this thread is that the oil bottle was supposed to be a free gift yet it was underhandedly (IMO) charged for, and our OP took umbrage at that misleading little rip off, quite right too, it doesn't matter that it pales into 0.05% of a years costs, even if it was a 5p washer its the principle involved....works the other way too, seeing as the dealer extracts many hundreds of pounds for servicing they could easily put a bottle of genuinly free oil in as appreciation of custom and say nothing.
A MB i owned before had the most comprehensive MDSH i've ever seen, every bill inc the cars invoice was there, he put £19k's worth of extras on the car yet the supplying dealer never once failed to charge for every single little item at service time, right down to washer fluid, clips and washers @ pence each, not one visit came in under £500 and £2000 bills were not uncommon, you'd think when sundries came to less than £5 they would have waived them on such bills, would have cost them only pence but bought huge amounts of customer goodwill.
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