DuncanR

Found a garage local to me that will do a service and timing belt for £200 price includes labour is this about and avarge price range for a classic wrx import

Major Services

Subaru Impreza


Oil (Millers)
Oil Filter
Diff Oil
Gearbox Oil
Rear Diff Oil
Brake Fluid
Timing Belt
Fuel Filter
Air Filter
Anti Freeze
Spark Plugs

Including Labour £200

cheers

StudentScooby

Seems very cheap to me! i would expect to pay double that...

briforbes

Sounds far too cheap - most people pay that for a cambelt change alone.

I'm doing a service this week, and in parts alone it's cost me:

Plugs £32
Millers oil £30
Millers gearbox oil £30
Millers diff oil £9.99
Fuel Filter £8.99
Oil Filter and sump washer £7.50
Coolant £15.99

That's £134 without the cambelt, air filter, and brake fluid....

Obviously if cheaper parts are being used it's possible, i.e. plugs could have cost half what mine did, as could the oil etc - but I'd rather pay extra for the parts and do the work myself.

Would still say it sounds far too cheap due to the fact the cambelt change is included though.

bpm1588

allmost sounds to good to be true....do you have any feedback from other owners who have used these guys?

briforbes

P.S. Where is this wonderful garage?

PeteBrant

£500 is cheap for a C&D service, which is what this essentially is.

DuncanR

Phoned up the garage and got the price thought it was really good price heard a lot of good feedback about there work too

kr tuning in Motherwell

collierm

Thats not bad. My main dealer here quoted me £234 for the 50K mile service and that included the cambelt change.

Cheers

Matt

mikepaul

very cheap mate, £234 for 50K service - Mondeo service price


people down here charge a fortune for a service.

worth a visit to Gordieland to see my beloved NUFC and get a cheap car service.


I trick i found, i buy the consumables on the internet and let the dealer fit them.

I found a scooby dealer that charges £34 per hour (in bedfordshire), not the obsene £90 some local large dealerships charge near Maidenhead.


Worth a day out to bedford with the wife.

Don't just accept high bills, shop around.

Even a Mondeo (cheap car to run, hence the example) can cost £1000 for a service if you get suckered.

andy.downes

iTrader: (1)

Subaru charge £200 for labour and £70 for the belt just for a cambelt change. With a service i'd expect to pay the thick end of £500

Paul3446

Haddocks in Colchester charged me £650 for a cambelt service.

I never went back, now go to Special Scoobies in Colchester, who said they could have done it for about £400 ish.

Not sure how anyone can do it for £200 tbh?

collierm

On the newages, the 50K is a minor service so the cambelt takes the bulk of the cost.

Cheers

Matt