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Apr 11th, 2021, 12:03 | #21 |
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my thoughts.....
When I bought my V70 AWD R in 2008 I bought a volvo 2 year extended warranty. The car had full VDSH. I could have taken the car to an indi for service but due to the complex nature of the car ( 4C suspension + AWD system ) I opted to get the car dealer serviced. I'm so so glad I did. Under warranty the car received new bevel gear, clutch, DMF, x2 4C shockers, and various electrical components. I may have got those repairs done under the warranty if I had gone indi servicing, but it was so much easier having the dealership "going into bat" for me with Volvo..
Once the warranty expired I began serving my car, if you don't wish to, or prefer others to do it for you, an indi would be a good choice. Your car sounds as if its AWD, perhaps its not, but one "malfunction" will perhaps make you wish you had the car Volvo serviced. The dealership looked after me, which I don't believe they would have done if the car was not FULLY serviced within the dealer network. So.... how lucky do you feel....????? My 2d... Cheers Bob |
Apr 11th, 2021, 17:08 | #22 | |
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Yes, there's plenty of Volvo independent garages around that are usually far cheaper than the dealership. Once you find a good one, stick with them for future servicing/repairs would be my advice. £275 is very reasonable for a major service. You could get that figure down even more if you told them to an "essential"/minor service, taking into account that the car didn't do big miles in the last year.
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Apr 11th, 2021, 17:41 | #23 |
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Your paying for the dealership, the glass, the concrete, the staff, the equipment, the investment, the payments to Volvo, the staff training, the coffee, Tracey on the front desk. All needs paying for, what you get in return is latest equipment, software, training etc plus goodwill in the future. For a new car it's essential, after that it's personal choice.
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Apr 11th, 2021, 19:04 | #24 |
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Personally I'm with the OP here. The fact you can service a bloody Ferrari for pretty much the same cost as a Volvo shows how mental Volvo has become as a brand.
I've had Volvo's most of my life and have a master tech within my family at a main Volvo dealer, he's worked 30+ years between my 2 local dealerships - Some of the stories I get from him..... Unless you're on PCP/finance and you're forced to get it maintained at a main dealer as apart of the finance agreement, just don't bother. I take my car there because I get 'family' rates which brings the price of parts to cost price to Volvo + 5% and labour rates in line with an indi garage and even then, I'll only book it in if he is personally working on it, or overseeing the work they do. A lot of their 'techs' are actually ex quick fit and make no end of mistakes, yet they still charge £152 per hour in labour and have a huge turn around of 'techs'. If you think you're getting value for money because of 'experienced people' working on your car, think again. Regarding paying for quality parts etc - On the pre 90's Volvo's yes, fair point but most pre 'Geely ownership' Volvos are essentially a Ford Focus in a frock with most of their parts stamped FordMoCo, so you're not getting 'quality' there, just a heavily inflated 'Volvo price, for a Ford part. Find a good local Volvo specialist and use them, they're usually setup by ex master techs and generally do know the cars well. Only use the main dealer for software or if you need a VIDA/DICE system to find out what's wrong.
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I have said on here many times , that the new software driven volvo is probably more complex than a Ferrari now , and would you take your Ferrari to someone who hasn't been trained to do the necessary work .... well here we DO have a Ferrari owner . who does do the right thing with his Ferrari but wont with his volvo ! a strange world we live in ... you do need to negotiate that price down a bit though ... the difference between the 18000 and 36000 service is a fuel filter and Air filter that's all and dont forget the whole car's software gets all the updates and you get breakdown cover all for free....
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May 15th, 2021, 12:37 | #29 |
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The servicing deal is an excellent deal but is isn't always available. It wasn't available when I bought my XC60 in September last year. However in January the salesman who sold me the car called to offer three services for £399. Given the normal cost of the first three services would be close to £1100 the decision wasn't exactly a hard one.
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