Thread: Do I really not need to service my Puma for 20,000km?

Originally Posted by AndyG

For me paint corrosion warranty, although you can pay for it separately, and, if something goes seriously wrong, at least you have a relationship.

That may be important for us as the roof on my 110 has cracked and I'm waiting to hear back from them regarding repairing.

Yesterday I put my defender in for its first service. Always meant to go a bit earlier but got delayed. Went in at 14,000km and and got $490 service at Barbagellos. Was an "arduous 10,000km service" when you ask by the factory manual even though 20,000km is the first service by the hand book. Told them I had done quite a bit of off road and gravel roads.

Will say they looked after me. Got a brand new Evoke as a loner. Wife is a life long Volvo driver but she has decided that once we have paid off the deefer a bit more the Xc60 will be swooped for an Evoke!

But back to topic. Personally I will keep doing 10,000 km services at a minimum. My car is a keeper. Feel bad I left it a bit too long for this one.

Many on here bag Barbagallo's but I have never had a problem with them,you can be assured your vehicle will be serviced correctly. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Many on here bag Barbagallo's but I have never had a problem with them,you can be assured your vehicle will be serviced correctly. Pat

What about the other mob SOR?

Besides the $$$ factor Barbagellos seem to be good, you just have to make sure the service manager relays EXACTLY what you say to the mechanics, or ask to talk to them yourself, otherwise it gets lost in translation.

So I did a sneaky today and took my Puma to my local Land Rover specialist for a checkover with a whole 400km on the clock. I have read of low diff levels and know others not on the forum who had low gearbox levels, so for piece of mind had it checked. As predicted the gearbox was a bit low, but the others ok.

Jeff