I have a vague recollection of my servicing centre telling me they put the same oil in whether you're on the long service or the short service interval.(as an aside, what oil do they use when they service it? Is it the same whether it's on annual or long-life?)
Wouldn't surprise me. Many a general garage will fill your car's supermini/family hatch/sports coupe/MPV or whatever sump from a ballyI have a vague recollection of my servicing centre telling me they put the same oil in whether you're on the long service or the short service interval.
Sorry to reignite this old thread. Just booked my Cupra in for it's first service. It's done 13500 miles so I assume it's on the long life intervals. I've been quoted £289 for oil service and an inspection. The inspection isn't due for another 6,000miles but the quote without an inspection was £259 so thought i might as well pay the extra.
This seems a bit steep to me - Is the price different for long life servicing?
Sorry to reignite this old thread. Just booked my Cupra in for it's first service. It's done 13500 miles so I assume it's on the long life intervals. I've been quoted £289 for oil service and an inspection. The inspection isn't due for another 6,000miles but the quote without an inspection was £259 so thought i might as well pay the extra.
This seems a bit steep to me - Is the price different for long life servicing?
Wouldn't surprise me. Many a general garage will fill your car's supermini/family hatch/sports coupe/MPV or whatever sump from a bally
great drum of middling-quality 10W-40 regardless.
Cheap and easy for them as most punters don't know or care anyways.
I used to buy oil for the workshop, 1000litres at a time, quality oil from Total, manufacturers don't want engine warranty claims to deal with due to crappy oil in the sump, but at those quantities it comes cheap, probably cheaper than bottled water.