Menu Priced Servicing

[fuzzer]

My W204 is due for its first service in a few weeks.

Not really taking the first answer and looking about i made a few enquiries about the price of this service A service as car is one year old and 9000 miles or so.

Glasgow £259
Edinburgh £249
Perth £249
Carlisle £199


now .. what do they do in glasgow for the extra £60 that doesnt happen in carlisle?

Seems like we are getting a bit of a raw deal up here

 

[chiefski26]

Hi nothing new there had a difference of about £80 locally from main dealers when getting quotes for a service b on a c63

 

[w124coupe]

My W204 is due for its first service in a few weeks.

Not really taking the first answer and looking about i made a few enquiries about the price of this service A service as car is one year old and 9000 miles or so.

Glasgow £259
Edinburgh £249
Perth £249
Carlisle £199


now .. what do they do in glasgow for the extra £60 that doesnt happen in carlisle?

Seems like we are getting a bit of a raw deal up here

Justify the nickname "stealer"?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Possibly a factor a different dealer group, and quieter ramps and therefore keener pricing. We see a similar disparity between MB Birmingham and surrounding franchise dealerships.

My thoughts:

• Glasgow, Edingburgh - Plenty of demand for servicing in the central belt
  
• Perth - Small but captive audience with few alternatives
  
• Carlisle - Small mobile audience able to travel North to Glasgow, South to Lancashire, East to Newcastle

Making Carlisle keener for business?

 

[fuzzer]

You might well be right.

They all seem to be quite taken aback when i ask them for the price. Too many people just saying it needs serviced and do it tbh.

The glasgow dealership wouldnt entertain price matching it. It just means ive got £60 to spend on a nice day out somewhere instead of paying for the gold leaf celing in the service managers office.

 

[st13phil]

As Bobby Dazzler says, it's most likely down to the dealer group. Around this area, Mercedes-Benz of Oxford (part of the Inchcape Group) are £199 for an A-service on a W204, while Mercedes-Benz of Aylesbury (part of the Hughes Group) are £249.

FWIW, when I had the B-service done on my W204 a couple of weeks ago, the Service Team Leader at MB Oxford made a point of mentioning that they'd "discounted" the labour rate and parts prices to get the price down to that on the Menu - £299.

 

[fuzzer]

The dealer in glasgow is Stratstone. The dealer in carlisle is Syntner.

 

[st4]

Go to Carlisle if you have the time Jason, you'll no way spend £60 on fuel getting to and back, more like £35.

 

[kwakdonut]

Supply your own oil and you could knock a serious amount off that price....

 

[lockyer]

Supply your own oil and you could knock a serious amount off that price....

Especially as Halfords have 20% off Mobil oil at the mo.

 

[fuzzer]

Im already buying mobil1 for £21 for 4 litres from costco. Its going to cost me £42 for the oil from costco or MB of Carlisle are supplying the oil for £48.

didnt seem worth the hassle of going to costco and getting it.

 

[lockyer]

Im already buying mobil1 for £21 for 4 litres from costco. Its going to cost me £42 for the oil from costco or MB of Carlisle are supplying the oil for £48.

didnt seem worth the hassle of going to costco and getting it.

Agreed, but mine is usually over £80 for 5.5 litres of Mobil1

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Its going to cost me £42 for the oil from costco or MB of Carlisle are supplying the oil for £48.

didnt seem worth the hassle of going to costco and getting it.

Blimey, that's exceptional value if buying it from a shop, never mind a main dealer.

 

[w124coupe]

Make sure you are comparing like-for-like - Mobil 1 ESP is a fair bit more per litre than the non-ESP full synth...

Also, the recent lower "menu pricing" at the Drayton Group has been achieved by dropping the oil price drastically (while keeping the hourly rate high!) - supplying your own oil there is no longer worthwhile. If you were cynical, you would say this is to allow the inevitable "extras" to still command a premium!