glojo
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
Good luck and it will be interesting to see the result. Our vehicle is a February 2004 and we declared a similar mileage.I'll post their response when I get it.
Regards
John
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Good luck and it will be interesting to see the result. Our vehicle is a February 2004 and we declared a similar mileage.I'll post their response when I get it.
Mercedes-Benz think from those figures they would make a profit. Me personally; I would wait until very near the third annivesary, just make sure the car is serviced at 2 years 11 months and take out Service Plus at the same time. That's what I did as the MOT is not covered by the three month period.So if I were to pay for the 5 year contract then it would cost me £5,643 (inc Vat) over the 5 years. Do you think I would spend this much on Servicing etc. over 5 years ?
So if I were to pay for the 5 year contract then it would cost me £5,643 (inc Vat) over the 5 years. Do you think I would spend this much on Servicing etc. over 5 years ?
Mercedes-Benz think from those figures they would make a profit. Me personally; I would wait until very near the third annivesary, just make sure the car is serviced at 2 years 11 months and take out Service Plus at the same time. That's what I did as the MOT is not covered by the three month period.
Regards
John
Hope it's okay to jump in on this one. I believe (with my own car) its the first 3 months or 3,000 miles whichever comes first. Hope that helps.Good advice John -- but I would rather take it out 3 months before the end of my warranty - I think wear items arent covered for 3 months ...but I may be wrong if so then i withdraw my thoughts.....
Your correct, hence my suggestion of having the service. If you have no faith in the competance of the workshop the obviously the 3 months is the better option or as tudu kindly pointed out the 3000 miles. 2 yrs and 9 months is belt and braces.Good advice John -- but I would rather take it out 3 months before the end of my warranty - I think wear items arent covered for 3 months ...but I may be wrong if so then i withdraw my thoughts.....
I've just contacted my local dealer and asked for a service plus quote. I've been told that I've got to get two different quotes, one for a 12 month warranty quote and one for a service quote.
So far I've only had the warranty quote, but that's come in at:
£1056 + £200 inspection fee (to confirm my car is without defects).
What the?! Based on other threads other people seem to have ServicePlus quotes for about £80-£100 per month which is much more reasonable as this covers service AND warranty.
Was this guy talking out of his backside or has ServicePlus been canned?
I've just received a reply to my quote request. If I take out the contract for the following lengths of time it will cost me (VAT not included) per month:
2 Years: 69.99
3 Years: 74.62
4 Years: 76.03
5 Years: 80.05
As mentioned this does not include VAT and is on a 10 month old E280 CDI with a estimated mileage of 15000 per year. My current Mileage is approx. 13000.
So if I were to pay for the 5 year contract then it would cost me £5,643 (inc Vat) over the 5 years. Do you think I would spend this much on Servicing etc. over 5 years ?
Been there and had the same conversation. Hopefully your service advisor will now educate themslves on the pro's of the contract.I just received my paperwork on Service Plus, and as my car is due MOT in Feb, I just asked in passing if my contract would cover this...Yes of course! So I ring my service advisor...never heard of such a thing, will get back to me! Aghh.
Cheers
I have some thoughts about the whole ServicePlus thing, but I don't want to put the wrong idea in to the mind of anyone from MB who might be watching!Having read this thread I thought I’d get quotes (service and service plus) for my car:
GL420CDI mileage now 6k with 3yr contract at 15k miles per annum.
The service contract is £36.20 (plus vat) pm fixed for 3 years as long as I stay within the mileage limit. This is OK but doesn’t seem to offer any clear benefit over paying for the service when it’s due. I checked with local service dept and this seems to be about the amount I’d pay anyway.
The service plus contract is a massive £87.89 (plus vat) for 3years. This is an annual difference of about £620 before vat.
Given that the car is under warranty (apart from the last six months of the 3yr period) and the only real additional benefit I can identify from the service plus cover is brake discs / pads.
Called MBs service contract number to attempt to understand the numbers and the person I spoke to was about as useful as a chocolate fireguard, just reading from a script and said knew nothing about warranty.
I have some thoughts about the whole ServicePlus thing, but I don't want to put the wrong idea in to the mind of anyone from MB who might be watching!
I've just bought a W211 E320 CDI with 24,000 miles, first registered April 2004 - I'm the second owner. I've just e-mailed [email protected] asking for a quotation on the standard Service and Service Plus contracts based on a mileage of 8,000 per annum, and what discounts are available under their current offers.
I'll post their response when I get it.
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