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PostPosted: 22:14 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Main Stealers! Reply with quote
95 quid for a bloody oil and filter change at the local honda dealers! Is this the going rate?!
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PostPosted: 22:16 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Going rate' for a mugging, yes.

You really should be able to do that job yourself and save about £65...

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PostPosted: 22:18 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shocked Is the filter a custom gold-plated one?

£95? FFS they saw you coming...........

Still at least they won't have stripped the thread on your sump bolt this time (probably...........) Wink
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PostPosted: 22:20 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well the oil should have cost about £18 for semi synth, the filter £5, getting ripped off because you didn't ask me for the bits, Priceless. Razz
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PostPosted: 22:24 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mine would charge £115 if I ever went there, always done it myself its around 9-11 quid for an official oil filter and £30 for brand name oil oh and .90p for a sump washer
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PostPosted: 22:27 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would usually do it myself, but I couldn't be arsed Very Happy

BTW, it wasn't me that stripped the sump bolt, it was another well known garage in Warrington Very Happy
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PostPosted: 22:28 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dunno about the VFR but some bikes are a real bastid to get the filter off, could be the reason for the high price. I change mine every other oil-change.
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PostPosted: 22:49 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got quoted 130 and my doesn't even have an oil filter.

Hence quoted and not charged Wink
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PostPosted: 22:52 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah, looks like they're charging you for the 25kg tub of Vaseline they will be using to fuck you over.
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PostPosted: 23:46 - 04 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Im sure someone on bcf who lives near you would be happy to do it for half that price, or the same price if u are feeling generous.
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PostPosted: 00:51 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
colin1 wrote:
Im sure someone on bcf who lives near you would be happy to do it for half that price, or the same price if u are feeling generous.
I can do it myself. Just really couldn't face doing it myself LOL. 95 quid is bullshit tho.
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Yes you already mentioned that you can do it yourself.

Maybe next time, both you and wave will ask beforehand home much things are going to cost.

Saves nasty surprises.
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£45 quote from my Kawasaki Dealer. Confused

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I would of gone home and got my spare key come back and ridden off.

Thats the reason when I take my bike in for a service I use a cheap cut spare key and give that to them Wink
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I know about sometime not being bothered on big jobs. That and I dont wanna fuck up anything major. Not that I wouldn't get it eventually it's just how much would I break in the mean time to learn how to do it.

But for something so simple.

Me personally I prefer to work on my bike where I can not only because of the money saving but it gives some level of satisfaction when done Very Happy
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PostPosted: 08:29 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:
I would usually do it myself, but I couldn't be arsed Very Happy

Well don't complain about paying Honda main dealer rates for a simple job that you could do yourself. Yes I agree £95 for an oil and filter change is pricey, but a breakdown of the costs is probably something like:
Oil @ genuine retail price - £30
Oil filter @ genuine retail price - £9
Sump washer @ genuine retail price - £1
Minimum of 1hrs labour - £50
Environmental disposal charge or old oil & filter - £5

It all adds up to a whacking great fee. I assume that they have given you a proper itemised receipt for the work which you should be able to see exactly what cost so much.
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PostPosted: 08:39 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Re: Main Stealers! Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:
95 quid for a bloody oil and filter change at the local honda dealers! Is this the going rate?!


That is mental, I know at the local Suzuki dealers they charge £27/4L of Castrol GPS1 from the parts counter and wanted £10 for the oil filter. I suppose if they charge an hour's labour (or part hour) at £30-45, then put VAT on top of all that there's a good chance they'll get it up to £90. I'm not saying I agree with it, but it's probably the way they justify it to themselves. I did mine myself and this weekend I replaced the oil again as I'd broken down the Castrol someone (nice) gave me in 3000 miles. Anyway I'm trying Hein Gericke's own brand 10w/40 semi I'll let you know how it holds up.

EDIT: darn it MattEmulsion got in first while I was tripe'ing
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PostPosted: 08:44 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why are you surprised by this?
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PostPosted: 08:45 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
McGee wrote:
I would of gone home and got my spare key come back and ridden off.

Thats the reason when I take my bike in for a service I use a cheap cut spare key and give that to them Wink


Then you would get raped of the police for stealing your own property. Wink
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:
colin1 wrote:
Im sure someone on bcf who lives near you would be happy to do it for half that price, or the same price if u are feeling generous.
I can do it myself. Just really couldn't face doing it myself LOL. 95 quid is bullshit tho.


Fair price IMO , the price of being too lazy to do it and using a MAIN dealer.

Didn't you think of asking before the bike went in . . . "How much will this cost?"
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PostPosted: 10:43 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Finglonga wrote:
Didn't you think of asking before the bike went in . . . "How much will this cost?"


No, should've done really Very Happy I did ask for fully synth though, which I don't think they have put in...
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PostPosted: 10:47 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Toby R wrote:
I did ask for fully synth though, which I don't think they have put in...


What makes you think that the oil you've got in there is not fully synth? Confused
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PostPosted: 10:58 - 05 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Because it says the oil name on the receipt, Shell VSX4, which I didn't know wasn't F/S until I just looked it up now, they've obviously only charged me for VSX4, but still, I asked 3 times for F/S to be put in.

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