I'm not sure that is totally true - I think it is an attempt by the car companies to keep 'older car' owners in the dealerships and stop the business going to the independents.
A cambelt change on a new engine should not be much more than on a old engine.
Newer engines are usaully designed with less maintenence requirements - or so they tell us when selling the car ?
They continue to hang just fine man.
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PST,
Are you sure they actually changed other things besides the Oil/Filter? as I thought it was a free complimentary Basic check
and the only thing they actually change is the oil/filter and not the Engine Air filter etc, but they do provide a report.
Clouddz
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Scooby is now emptied of child paraphernalia
Worth every last penny.
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'They' obviously subsidise this with the charges they hit newer Honda owners with - I just paid £210 for (basically) an oil change on our Jazz. Roll on old age.
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I'm not sure that is totally true - I think it is an attempt by the car companies to keep 'older car' owners in the dealerships and stop the business going to the independents.
LOL! I was taking the Mick. In many cases these 'older cars' (3+ years) will have exactly the same mechanicals as newer cars for which the dealers will be charging 2-3 times as much for the same job! I just wonder how they justify it....
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They have a fixed price tariff: front brake pads and discs £215. Brake pads front: £85. I had mfront pads replaced by the local Honda dealer for £65 all in. if you don't like the price, you can shop around, I guess. Seems quite a reasonable arrangement.
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Yes, to clarify it applies to cars 3 years of age or older. I suppose my point was my local independent could have done a reasonable service for about £80. But I then had visions of asking them to do the timing belt they'd come up with delays in getting the parts, special tools needed etc etc and it's more of my time wasted trying to deal with it.
Maybe that's unfair but when Honda came up with their deal (and they reckoned on 2.5 hours for the timing belt change) I didn't think it unreasonable. Subtract the standard cost of their basic check and the belt change was effectively £135.
As nortones says, they have a fixed price tariff for a variety of items and it might only be a few pounds here and there saved if you shopped around. Of course, they are trying to hook you into using their services and in fact came up with a couple of suspension items that would need changing on the CRV but refreshingly there was no pressure to have them changed and prices were quoted in order for me to shop around.
In comparison I've got to take the Subaru in for a minor service in 1000 miles time - it'll basically be an oil and filter change and there won't be much change out of £250.
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Earlier this year my local Ford dealer were offering a std service on a Mondeo for £99 based on the car being over three years old, normal price IRO £145, I took them up on it, turns out the special offer service did not include a pollen filter though still a good saving.
The likes of Ford Rapid Fit and Renault Minute provide the same kind of service as Honda Happiness, when I had the wife's Clio's cambelt done the Renault dealer service dept wanted IIRC £300 though the Renault Minute dept over the road did it for £195 including an oil and filter change and a Renault stamp in the book, same parts etc.
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