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Originally Posted by Dancake
You drive a 9 year old non-premium representation of the marque that any reputable garage could easily maintain, so I fail to see exactly how you've been greatly inconvenienced. Stick with Volvos current service regime and have the work carried out by an independant. Staying with Volvo for your servicing is not cost effective. You won't get back most of what you've put into the car when it comes to selling it. Aside from that, £250 for a basic oil, oil filter and cabin filter change is absolute madness.
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The inconvenience is that, due to other demands on my resources such as a narrowboat i co-own with my partner, i had not set aside an additional £1k for this service. Or, to put it another way, i do not have the money. If the Volvo Service Indicator, which, it appears, is frankly wrong, and highly misleading, had been accurate, i would have budgeted for this expense during the past year. As it is i now have to delay the service until May when, due to the original owner actually having the first two services done within a year, the car actually reaches ten years old and thereby falls due for the ten year/125k service. Since i only do between 6-8k miles per annum and the actual mileage since new is only just nudging 70k, i am going to take a chance that the belt doesn't snap in the next few months and that the oil will be ok for nearer 18 months rather than 12. I agree with your view regarding Volvo's service costs up to a point, but the main dealer service does come with Volvo expertise, Volvo HQ software updates, and, moreover, comprehensive breakdown cover which is worth about £100. This makes the £250 service cost look better value, and although i accept that this major service could be done considerably cheaper by an independent specialist, it's not the sort of work i would want bodged.