MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Craigh1983 on January 04, 2016, 03:22:28 pm
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Hi guys,
At some point soon I'm going to be selling my GTI as I am saving for a mortgage and really can't afford the running costs that these cars need.
So my car is due for a service now but I was wondering as it's going to cost around £300-£400 for it to be done, is it better to pay that and get it serviced prior to selling or should I leave that for the next owner? Not sure which would be more cost effective?
Thanks
Craigh
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What needs doing?
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Full service and more than likely brake fluid change
Not too sure what else just yet.
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Probably the cam follower too.
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Oil change ~130quid
Brake Fluid ~60
Cam folower 35quid (DIY this.. its easy)
Can you DIY?
Brakes all ok?
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Oil change ~130quid
Brake Fluid ~60
Cam folower 35quid (DIY this.. its easy)
Can you DIY?
Brakes all ok?
No I definitely can't do that kinda of work myself. I wouldn't know where to begin! :)
Not sure about the brakes either. I was going to take it to AKS and just get Alex to do whatever needs doing.
Thinking about it now it might be a better selling point to say to a potential buyer that it's been serviced. Think I'm gonna get it booked in actually :)
Knowing my luck though I will take it In and it will need a whole list of things doing to it :-/
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My opinion:
Better to get it done, and get it done at a good indy rather than a main dealer. Irrelevant of cost, I'd trust a good indy over a stealer.
When I was looking to buy a Gti, I was suspicious of a couple of cars I enquired about that needed a service. Made me think, if the owner hasn't serviced it, is it because they can't afford it, and therefore may have skimped on other things? I started asking leading questions about one of these cars, and it turned out that it hadn't been serviced as the guy couldn't really afford the car to begin with; everything done on the cheap (e.g. budget tyres, patchy history, small issues not attended to). Didn't bother viewing that one.
The car I ended up buying had been recently serviced, but the DSG service had been missed; I haggled that off the sale price.
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Depends on the car really, if it's mint I think you should get it serviced.
I personally always service my own cars when I buy them, so from my point of view I'd prefer the money off the asking price.
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Oil change ~130quid
Brake Fluid ~60
Cam folower 35quid (DIY this.. its easy)
Can you DIY?
Brakes all ok?
Wow £130 for an oil change, that's some expensive oil or labour
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Oil change ~130quid
Brake Fluid ~60
Cam folower 35quid (DIY this.. its easy)
Can you DIY?
Brakes all ok?
Wow £130 for an oil change, that's some expensive oil or labour
Not really. Find me a garage that will do it cheaper? That isn't dodgy Dave around the corner.
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Great north tyres http://www.greatnorthtyres.com/index.html
£60 oil n filter
£40 for brake fluid
My R36 was £120 for oil n filter
Iv been going there for 15yrs,
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Yeah well up there of course it's gonna be that cheap. Down south no chance.
The oil I use is 60 quid for 5L
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£130.00 is a little steep for an oil and filter change.
My Indy, who's an ex Audi tech, only charges me £40.00 labour. I can get the oil, Castrol Edge 5W40, for £28.00.
I live in London too.
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40p/h. In London.... He isn't making any money then I can assure you.
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My local garage let me change my own oil and filter and power flex bush for £0000000000000 I offered him £20 but he said I'll have a drink next time lol £40 is okay for an oil change.
VW want £145 for the same although the pri*** do a X point safety check as standard.
£40 is a fair rate tbh. I wouldn't want to pay anymore than that.
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40p/h. In London.... He isn't making any money then I can assure you.
Yeah but it's not a hour long job.
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No but most will charge 1hr minimum.
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I wouldn't service it before selling, explain it needs a service and expect them to take the money off. They will most likely want money off even if you do the service, so only you will lose out. This is assuming the car has FSH and you're not over time/mileage by leaving it.
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Oil change ~130quid
Brake Fluid ~60
Cam folower 35quid (DIY this.. its easy)
Can you DIY?
Brakes all ok?
Wow £130 for an oil change, that's some expensive oil or labour
That is absolute crazy money :jumping: for such a simple straight forward job, I'd be not far from broke if I didn't do all my own work on my cars if I had to pay that sort of money. Dread to think what people pay for clutches etc :scared:
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Not really. What do VW charge?
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Not really. What do VW charge?
£149 for a minor service (oil and filter change)
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You say you are selling soon- so lets assume not for another month and then the car doesn't sell for say another 2 months. That would mean the car would be over due the service by 3 months or 3-4k miles (im just guessing the mileage here).
I would get it serviced -that way there would be no doubt in any potential buyers minds about whether the car is cared for etc.
Rich
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If my car needed doing an oil & filter change on the cheap to sell I would personally use National Tyres: http://www.national.co.uk/oil-change-search?VRM=LC05WXS
For £40 you can't grumble.
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I sold my 23000 mile 2007 ED30 needing a service and a new tyre and MOT last year for £10k. Depends on what your buyer wants and when it was due , i sold in April MOT/Service due in May. Just adjust the price accordingly .
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£130 for an oil and filter is a joke, even if the oil is £60 and filter £10 your telling me you get charged £60 labour for the privilege? must be mad lol
£200 would easily have you a full service with all genuine bits mate and changing every filter and using genuine VW spec oil from TPS, just have a shop around and use genuine bits, if i went to view a GTi that had just been serviced, fresh PCV and Diverter you know the owner has half a clue about the engines and wanted to look after it
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Thanks for all replies.
Car is booked in at AKS. After reading all your replies and having a good think about it, there are pros and cons to having the service done but I think I would just feel more comfortable selling it having been serviced rather than having to explain why I haven't. Also if it hadn't been serviced and the potential buyer is suspicious of why, they might start to look more closely at the car to find faults to knock me down even more.
So I would rather go in confidently and explain that I have really looked after it :)
I've just got to look at what my car is worth now so I may post soon asking for your opinions on pricing :happy2:
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How much for the service?
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I'd do the same
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Thanks for all replies.
Car is booked in at AKS. After reading all your replies and having a good think about it, there are pros and cons to having the service done but I think I would just feel more comfortable selling it having been serviced rather than having to explain why I haven't. Also if it hadn't been serviced and the potential buyer is suspicious of why, they might start to look more closely at the car to find faults to knock me down even more.
So I would rather go in confidently and explain that I have really looked after it :)
I've just got to look at what my car is worth now so I may post soon asking for your opinions on pricing :happy2:
Good decision. :happy2:
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How much for the service?
I'm not too sure to be honest. I can't remember how much it was last year without digging out the receipt.
I'm actually thinking about having a go at the oil change myself though. There is a really good video on youtube on how to do it and it looks so simple!