I reckon the MOT should be free when.....
When you put your car in for a service!
My car is due for the VERY BIG 4 year/60,000mile service at the same time the MOT is due. Now, correct me if I'm wrong - BUT, surely most of the MOT is automatically covered in the Service? So, the dealer wants you to pay for the checking type work TWICE!? Cheeky Gits!! I am going to suggest that they throw the MOT in as a teaser to make me visit THEM rather than a competitor?! I mean, the 60,000mile service is upwards of £700!!!!!! :eek: Pete |
Im with you.......
The MOT should be thrown in. At least as a gesture of good will. Especially if you ask them to service it to get it through an MOT. Then if it fails..its their fault surely!! |
Ps M8
It's not the dealer that charges you, It's the Vehicle Inspectorate they set the price Criss |
Dont mean the dealer cant pay it! (as a goodwill gesture) LOL As if.......
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Funny? I make the payment out to the DEALER!!
The Department SETS the charge but does NOT collect! So, sorry, you're off the mark - it goes into the dealers pocket! Pete |
Danbo
I totaly agree with you, It's a rip off, Dealers Make more money in an hours labour than most of us make in two if not three. If your going to spend a few sqwids at a dealers workshop they should offer at least a discount off an MOT. Criss |
We can but dream........... ;)
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Just out of intrest, What are they charging for an MOT?
Last one I had was for the girlfriends car was £20, a good discount without any other work carried out. Criss |
£45 or thereabouts?
Pete |
When I have either of my cars serviced, NOT at Scoob dealers, as my nerarest is 30 miles now, they always do the MoT for about £15.
Alcazar |
Originally Posted by pslewis
I mean, the 60,000mile service is upwards of £700!!!!!! :eek:
i dunno where you're getting the service, but a mate got a 90k service for considerably less than that, WITH front pads. i do my own servicing, so it costs me almost nothing.. but just saying the 60k one should be around half what you're paying... it's not rocket science after all :D |
Service is being done at a Subaru Main Dealer (as it needs to be to maintain warranty!)
and it includes ALL fluids, Spark Plugs, normal service items AND the CamBelt! And its £700+ !!!! and to get THAT cheap price I need to drive 70miles round trip and take a days leave!! :eek: I could do it myself as its not rocket science - but, sadly, if my engine blows up Subaru will not consider me a greasey mechanic!! and leave me having to find £1000's! Pete |
Why don't you ask them if they'll throw it in? If small garages can afford to do it for £15-£20 then a main dealer can afford to do it for free if you're spending £700. Tell them you'll go elsewhere if they don't. If they want your business then they can do this.
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mot stations do have to buy the books of certificates they aint free but they dont pay the £40 fee for them they pay by the certificates and i cant remember how many are in a book but at the end of the day the dealer pays out a lot of money upfront before you pays your £40
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Originally Posted by dome
Why don't you ask them if they'll throw it in? If small garages can afford to do it for £15-£20 then a main dealer can afford to do it for free if you're spending £700. Tell them you'll go elsewhere if they don't. If they want your business then they can do this.
Pete |
Erm, cough cough, I have a subaru dealer reciept for a 60k service with cambelt change and everything else that should be done at £511 including VAT. you are being shafted. which a man of your intelligence can quite obviously now see...... I hope.
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i had my 540 mot'd, for that bmw took my car- gave me a 525 for the day, they drove it to the mot place...it failed (chunk out of 19 inch tyre), they cleaned it gave it back......i got new tyre, back to step 1 and repeat....all for £45, bargain. it took BMW about 2 hrs of time- twice to get it done, that very cheap abour in my book. (i'd pay £45 for two valets only!)
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Originally Posted by RIGPIG
Ps M8
It's not the dealer that charges you, It's the Vehicle Inspectorate they set the price Criss yeh but they dont set the price at £40.75,thats wot the dealers charged me a couple of weeks ago for the mot,and they also had it in for the 82500 mile service at the same time,you guessed it no discount... BM |
£40.75 is what the inspectorate think the minimum cost of an mot should be so that is usally what people are charged
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£700 :eek:
Mine was £500+10% SIDC discount AND they picked my car up from work on the back of a low-loader and then delivered it back to me mid-afternoon all cleaned and polished. Never mind the MOT price, I'd be asking for an all-round better service and price from your Dealer ;) Stefan |
Ok, challenge!
Someone find me a Subaru Dealer in the South - within 35 mile radius of the Newbury/Basingstoke/Reading Triangle who will do a 60k service (WITH Cambelt change) for less than £599!! Pete |
Sorry but £40.75 is the MAXIMUM a garage can charge for the MOT.
steve |
sorry thats what i ment not minimum duh!!
that is until they sub it out then they can charge vat on top of the £40.75 |
what car have you got and i'll see what we charge. at £55 + vat we got to be one of the cheapest
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Originally Posted by scoobyboy
what car have you got and i'll see what we charge. at £55 + vat we got to be one of the cheapest
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IIRC the cost to a garage of an MOT certificate is 20p !!!!!!! The differential between the recommended price of c.£40 is for labour / setup costs & profit.
D |
Come on anyone! I need that 60k servive and Cambelt change and MOT at under £599! Main Subaru Dealer only!
Anyone out there? Pete |
why not take it for it mot and ask the for a free service :) as they have checked most things
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there is if the garage have to sub contract it out had a big argument with our new owners over this...they won
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So? All this talk about, "You shouldn't be paying £700 for a 60K Service" is meaningless?
Unless I can have some Subaru Main Dealers names to check I can't verify that anyone actually gets it any cheaper at all! Pete |
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