2 year Service... how much??

[rivarama]

Thank you

[DaveNP]

Have to admit I'm with Kev 0607 on this, you own 2 Ferraris worth £150k a T5 worth £30k which you hardly use 3 other cars yet you want to quibble over servicing and think Halfords or Kwikfit would be a good place to go?

But if the Ferrari service is so cheap then why not take the T5 there?

[Prad0r]

As far as I know Volvo servicing cost is comparable with German marques of similar quality.
My ropey old 62 plate Insignia used to cost me 200/400 for minor/major at a main dealer. Yes a 50% increase with Volvo but, subjectively to me anyway, way more than 50% more car.

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by Prad0r

As far as I know Volvo servicing cost is comparable with German marques of similar quality.
My ropey old 62 plate Insignia used to cost me 200/400 for minor/major at a main dealer. Yes a 50% increase with Volvo but, subjectively to me anyway, way more than 50% more car.

Yep...

Prestige car = prestige prices.

[rivarama]

That’s probably where my original assumption was wrong when we went out to buy a 5th car to replace a Range Rover that we barely used, as we didn’t think of volvo as prestige car but more like a middle of the road reliable work horse like VW.

Thanks for the recommendation on exploring the specialist network, I didn’t expect there’d be so many around the country... I guess that’s an interesting tell tale of the market the main dealers created taking the P*** with their pricing structure.

For what it’s worth, I have found a well respected local Volvo Specialist that quoted me £275 for the 2 year major, with all Volvo parts and diagnostic tool. Looking at the Google review (4.95) I am safer going there than my local Volvo dealer (3.25).

[rivarama]

Originally Posted by DaveNP

But if the Ferrari service is so cheap then why not take the T5 there?

Ok, I’ll bite....

If I insulted you by asking whether there were alternatives to paying £600 for an oil change, air/oil filter changes, etc... I feel sorry for you.

£600 does not look like good value to me (and to the apparently healthy Indy network), and I guess my approach to smart money in life has helped me get to a point where I can afford 2 Ferrari and a Porsche in addition to 2 daily driver.

Your assumption that people who can afford prestige cars (not talking Volvo here), are happy to **** money away, is as idiotic as your comment.

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by rivarama

I just called my local Volvo dealer to get my 2019 T5 inscription serviced.

They quoted me £600 for it, which I find shocking. The car is 11k miles, and was only driven 4K miles since the last service in March last year. I was told it’s because it is the 2 year major service (or 36k miles).

Given that it’s more than what I pay to get my Ferrari serviced, and that this car isn’t really driven much (3-4K a year as it’s aime of 6 cars in our household), I am considering going to kwik-fit or halfords - both quoting me around £250 for the equivalent service (no idea whether the service parts are same as boesch oem). Am I nuts?

Alternatively- I could just get them to do a minor service for £300... but would they refuse to reset the service schedule light then?? Claiming I haven’t done the recommended service?

Thanks for your advice

I'd want a relatively new car to be serviced by Volvo. I have a full Volvo service history on my much older example. Like you I thought it was something of an extravagance to pay the full price for a service having done so few miles in lockdown and so my local dealer offered me an 'essential' service for only £179 (which was actually cheaper than the service on my ride-on mower conducted the same week). For that I got an oil and filter change, software updates, health check and the service booked stamped exactly the same as if I'd paid the full whack (about £370 iirc). Worth asking your local dealer about?

[XC90Mk1]

Originally Posted by rivarama

As far as Ferrari is concerned, I own an F430 F1 and a 550 maranello. They are both brilliant depending what you’re looking for.

I actually think that sportscar smart money is with Ferrari at the moment. Porsche , esp classics have gone mental. For the price of a 993 4S you get a Ferrari 550 which will destroy the 993 on every single segment. Diff league. 911T are now flirting w 100k which is preposterous. That will get destroyed by a 348 which is 1/2 the money (obviously not L4L car or generation but you get my drift)

Prices for well sorted examples avg mileage.
V8
348 - £45-50k
355 - £60-70k for manuals less F1
360 - £60k for manuals (add 10k if you want red)
430 - £70k
458 - £120k

V12
550 - £80k bullet proof
456 - £50k for manuals not v reliable
612 - £55-60k more exp to run
599 - £85-90k

348/355/550 belt service prices aren’t bad. Belts need to be done every 3 years and add £1k to the price of the service. Engines don’t need to be dropped anymore... at least not at respected indies that aren’t there to bleed their customers dry.
To the point made above I pay £600 for the annual on the 430 / 900 on the 550. Add £300 to that for the major every 3 years

Thank you for the reply, that’s really informative! I can still remember a time when the 360s were half that price.

I do still wonder about the dreaded 996 Porsche. The IMs bearing issues seem very easy to clear up (and don’t occur on the turbo) and the prices for then is so low!

I wonder if the 996 will in fact pale into insignificance or prove to be a shrewd buy??

That’s a nice fleet of cars you have by the way, and well done on getting the 2 year service to £275!

[big square car]

£600 pounds sounds excessive to me but maybe that's London prices. For my 2018 V90 D4 the second service was £424 last July, done by main dealers Agnew (SMW), Belfast. No way would I let Halfords or Kwik fit near it (Except to change a tyre maybe!). Maybe you should shop around, there must be loads of indies and main dealers in London/ SE

[js90]

Also may be worth noting that recent price increases may be due to brexit inflation.