Just to add my twopenneth; If your car has E4 with Particulate filter, then service costs for the 75K, will not be that much different (over£1000). So Ford/ Volvo comparison is negated.
My advice on service are these;
1 shop around with dealers - they do vary in costs considerably.
2. If you can get agreement, then supply your own oil. Halfords Ford spec 5w30 is £20 for 5ltrs at present, much cheaper than Volvo.
3. Before buying a car, go to a dealer and ask for service costs up to say 100k miles. VW/Audi are just as expensive and BMW don't actually give you a figure "it's all done on the key fob sir!", but I know it's about £200 for an oil change on a 320d.
Finally, Volvo servicing is expensive , but you do get professional customer orientated treatment in my opion.
Point here is that when everything works fine then you may well ask why do you pay so much. When the car has a fault then I would rather be at my Volvo dealer than a Ford one, that's for sure.
Last edited by 7050man; Jan 25th, 2009 at 12:50.
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