Dealership Prices

[migrator]

Hello All,

From an entry in the 900/v90 forum I see mention of a dealership charging £90 per hour. Even my solicitor charges less than that!

What are the prices around the country? This is for costs only and is not intended to be a 'quality league' table. It may be that some people will be able to save a bit by travelling slightly further for franchised or non-franchised work.

Franchised in Edinburgh - £52 per hour
Non-franchised in Edinburgh - £26 per hour

[Beardy Rich]

Franchised in Southampton around £60 per hour I believe. Ouch!!!

[roy chu1]

Franchise in Worcester £65

Non franchise in Worcester around £35 - £40

Roy

[George Holmer]

I HATE Johnsons.

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230ET/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K/M55, 90k)

[roy chu1]

George,

Did you start hating it when Lewis left? Bad experience, Do tell!!

Roy

[George Holmer]

From the minute I walked in, I had bad wibes and it took them 10 minutes to make me swear I would never put my foot in the place again, so help me God! They are obnoxious, ignorat, stupid, fraudulent and useless. I meet the parts manager, the sales manager, the service manager and the general manager and they all treated me as if I was a piece of dog poo under their shoe. They knew nothing about cars and even less about Volvos.

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230ET/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K/M55, 90k)

[sheerwater]

Oh George!!!!
Of course they treat you badly because that is how dealerships make their money!!! They sell you a car claiming it to be the best thing in the world and when you try to trade it in then the car is the wrong colour, high mileage, a model nobody wants etc.etc. Then they sell you little pieces for the car that would be dearer weight for weight than solid gold. As for knowledge of the car I have found some parts departments (not all I will add) rely on some computer system and you identifying the part on screen. Some garages treat people like fools and what fools we are. We buy something with a deliberate depreciation value. If you bought a car, drove it ten miles and tried to sell it back you would be well out of pocket. Its just as well our houses dont depreciate as fast or my 20 year old house would be scrapped by now. And what do stupid buyers do. Rush out and buy a new car as soon as they can afford it. The trouble in the UK is that cars are usually bought with somebody elses money...either a loan or as a business purchase. Keep running the older models George and find alternative sources for spares as I do. Cheers Nige

[Mav_UK]

Just to add to that, I would never buy a new car for exactly that reason. When/if I have the cash for a new car, I'll go for either a pre-registered thing if living in the UK, or a 6 month old car if still in Holland and either upgrade to a better model, or pocket the saving.

And look on the bright side, second hand cars in the UK are *cheap* compared to Holland....

Stu

[cootuk]

Maindealer in Bradford about £60ph excluding vat!!!!, non-franchised about £30ph....certainly makes a difference when you have a job with a few hours labour. What really gets me is the VAT added on top, just to rub salt into the wounds.

[macscrooge]

I'm not sure how much the franchised dealer in Sheffield charges, and I'm aware the franchise changed hands recently, but the old ond (Hinclliffes) had a hellish reputation for so-called service.

I have had few experiences with franchised dealers in varoius parts of the UK (including Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot, Rover, Volvo, Fiat, Chrysler) which would send me to their doors clutching money.

Suffice it to say that a few years ago, when at the helm of a '92 850GLT I started using Gelders, the non-franchised specialist in Sheffield and since then, and despite a 2 1/2 year period of Renault & Ford ownership prior to recently nuying my '98 945, I have seen no need to go anywhere else!

The current rates are less than £30 per hour, all mechanics are very experienced, and I generally get a load car if I give enough notice.

Call them on 0114 266 5937.

[macscrooge]

Re Gelders in Sheffield - their number is 0114 266 2937.

...sorry

[Grizlyadams]

I went in to my main dealer in stourbridge after some part numbers, they didnt even know that there was a Volvo owners club!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are Volvo dealers coming too? They all charge too much.
Volvo was ruined the day Ford took over.

Griz

[migrator]

Griz,

The prices were high before Ford came in.

[karlp]

In Southampton I was quoted £95.80 per hour.

To have tracking and 4 tyres fitted to rims (supplying my own tyres) I was quoted £220.

[migrator]

For this sort of work I would generally use the likes of National Tyres. Any worries about the tracking could be covered at the next service.

This sort of price for non-specialist type of work is really over the top. This is not to suggest that tyre fitting / tracking work is any less important.

[Networkguy]

>Maindealer in Bradford about £60ph excluding vat!!!!,
>non-franchised about £30ph....

Which I am guessing is the same company that runs my dealership in Huddersfield yet they only charge me £50 (including VAT).

But what really surprised me was that with my last car (a Ford Mondeo), my local ford dealer (about a mile away from my current Volvo dealer) charged £69 per hour. I really expected the Volvo dealer to charge more than the Ford dealer.

[karlp]

The only reason I am having this done at the garage is to get the 20% discount for older vehicles when buying accessories.

A set of alloys is £1550. If I have them fitted by the garage with tyres etc I save quite a large sum, but ordinarily you are correct.

With the tracking they are doing the 4 wheels not just the front.


Karl