Took my 3.2 DID for it's 135000km service yesterday and provided my own (Delo 400) oil. They changed all the filters and also the gearbox and diff's oil. I paid R2200.
So, I am pondering changing the oils and filters myself and just let them do the nitty gritty things on the required service intervals. I will then keep all the cashslips as proof that I did buy the parts and file it away for future reference.
Question: How bad will this influence the re-sale of the vehicle if I decide to MAYBE sell it someday? Would you buy a vehicle like this? Is the stamp in the booklet really that important @ +/- R2200 a pop? I travel about 4000km-5000km per month, meaning that I have to service every 1.5 months.
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If it's under some kind of warranty then dealers are a must unfortunately.
After that I service myself and keep the slips.
Some people think the dealer service with book stamp is the alpha and omega but after seeing my dad's mercedes' oil filter after we serviced it ourselves I'm sceptical about dealer services. We are both convinced the oil filter was still the one that came from the factory about 100k ago
The merc had noted performance increase after our service.
After that I service myself and keep the slips.
Some people think the dealer service with book stamp is the alpha and omega but after seeing my dad's mercedes' oil filter after we serviced it ourselves I'm sceptical about dealer services. We are both convinced the oil filter was still the one that came from the factory about 100k ago
The merc had noted performance increase after our service.
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Not necessarily true... you need to check the conditions but the warranty for a large number of vehicles' warranties are underwritten by motorite (even on new vehicles). They will accept services done by anyone registered with the RMI4ePikanini wrote:If it's under some kind of warranty then dealers are a must unfortunately.
Simon Bloomer
The vehicle is under no warranty any longer. Last time they overfilled the engine way over the limit and I had to point it out to them. I just get the feeling you pay all that money for a stamp but don't have any guarantee that the work is done according to spec. Then some oke buys the car from you being happy with a booklet full of stamps but has no idea....
I reckon doing the easy and simple stuff like changing filters and oils is not that big a deal if you can prove you did actually do it. Keeping a neat file with all the admin in clearly does this in my view.
I reckon doing the easy and simple stuff like changing filters and oils is not that big a deal if you can prove you did actually do it. Keeping a neat file with all the admin in clearly does this in my view.
Hi there,
In my opinion, if the vehicle is past its warranty period, then you should have not problems servicing at
other service centers, as long as they are reputable,
I think these days, one looks to see how long the services were from the dealer, and thereafter, to me (at least)
I'm more interested in how regularly the vehicle was services (on time) than whether it was serviced by the agents.
In the days gone by, cars were easier to work on, so any one (back yard mechanic) could 'service' a car,
these days its different, most service mechanics tend to do a lot of courses and have all the necessary diagnostic equipment on par with the agents (IMO sometimes even better) just to be able to do business, and so IMO are just as capable, if not more, to service the vehicle.
Whats also more important, is ensuring that parts used are agent parts, as apposed to pirate parts, and as long as receipts of (non agent) services are kept, this should easily be proven.
If you look around, you'll also find that there are a lot of service centres, capable of giving you a good 'record' for re-sale purposes.
In my opinion, if the vehicle is past its warranty period, then you should have not problems servicing at
other service centers, as long as they are reputable,
I think these days, one looks to see how long the services were from the dealer, and thereafter, to me (at least)
I'm more interested in how regularly the vehicle was services (on time) than whether it was serviced by the agents.
In the days gone by, cars were easier to work on, so any one (back yard mechanic) could 'service' a car,
these days its different, most service mechanics tend to do a lot of courses and have all the necessary diagnostic equipment on par with the agents (IMO sometimes even better) just to be able to do business, and so IMO are just as capable, if not more, to service the vehicle.
Whats also more important, is ensuring that parts used are agent parts, as apposed to pirate parts, and as long as receipts of (non agent) services are kept, this should easily be proven.
If you look around, you'll also find that there are a lot of service centres, capable of giving you a good 'record' for re-sale purposes.
When you buy 2nd hand, you want to know 2 things: 1 - are the km on the clock real, and 2 - has the vehicle been maintained and all the ctitical work (eg. Cambelt) been done. The dealers' stamp is a credible indication of this. To my mind, receipts backed by notes about service done, backed by credibility checks and confirmations by alternative servicing stations are equally useful. It is also not a bad idea to check the car out mechanically out in any case - even if serviced by the dealer! And finally, I would always consider a Motorite type warrantee for the possibility of a hidden problem...
Anton
Anton