Service price

Best service price is to haggle onto "Corporate Service Plan" when you buy :)

Nothing beats - Free :cool:

sadley not too many options in NT, just got stung $791.90 for 26,000 service, I think I need to look for more options next time out.:(

I got a quote from a stealer for a 48,000km service - was quoted $800. I costed the job at an hourly rate of $150 and added the parts and oil at stealer prices and came up with an overcharge of around $200. When I queried I was simply told that was the cost - they didn't get my work and will get no further work unless an emergency.

Garry

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Originally Posted by Graeme

From where did you buy at that price? I paid $282 from my local Castrol distributor only recently. Perhaps there was a price hike with the new name.

I wanted to change the oil in the new motor at around 5K but no oil was available in Australia at the time. Reluctantly it only got its 1st change at 25K - far too long IMO for a 1st change so I hope the filters are good. With my usage I'm quite happy to thereafter let it go 20-25K. I'd like to use the non-DPF oil if its available when I need to buy the next drum as the DPF compatibility compromises some qualities.

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Hi Greame,
Purchased the oil from W.R & M.T Lumsden in Bomaderry NSW 02-4421-2111. Is it true that the 3.0l doesn't have a DPF ? Thought I read it somewhere in a thread, if so the normal 5-30 Castrol edge would do fine.