£1800 for b service!

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I bought my 2018 AMG GTC 1 month ago and although the service wasn't due until June I decided to do it early. The mileage is only 4200 and although it all checks out to be legit I wanted the peace of mind all is good.

I just had it serviced by a Merc only independent specialist. This was a B service with the additions of the oil flush, fuel treatment, MOT and DCT transmission service. the cost I thought was a very reasonable £963.42 including the dreaded VAT.

Reading the replied above I personally look for service history but you can find the odd gem. My son has a 2017 VW Polo GTi with 50k miles. He has lost his service book and over the 7 years of ownership he had it serviced at different independent garages every time due to being in the forces and being moved constantly. I also have a 1972 Land Rover Lightweight that I rebuilt 6 years ago that has a box file full of receipts but no official service records.

 

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A good way to see is a used car has been looked after is if it contains th emain dealer/indy service history ito establish if services were on time - also look around the car inside and outside gives an indication - another good indicator is the quality/brand of tyres and how these tyres look along with the wheels.

When I was looking to replace my car recently I short listed three VW approved Golfs in the chosen colour. Two had only one VW service and that service was done during the preparation for sale. To me that immediately marked them down as fleet cars of some sort that had just come into the VW approved network for the first time. The remaining car was 1 owner with a full VW history including things like MOT's brake fluid and aircon services all done by VW. The tyres were a matching set of Premium Dunlops on what looked like unmarked alloys. The choice of which of the three to buy was obvious and the decision was almost made before even seeing the car in the flesh.