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Replying to: jeffyscott (Feb 26, 2007 10:17 am) Man 10k = 12 months for you? Thats awesome. My wife and i have had our bunny since the beggining of october and have almost 12k on her!
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Replying to: eldaino (Feb 26, 2007 11:45 am) IIRC, another dealer I had called wanted $130 for the 10K service. Did not ask why they wanted that much for an oil change and tire rotation. I doubt there are any differences in scheduled maintenance, the cars are the same mechanically. Some dealers just like to pack on extras or overcharge for inspections/checks that are listed in the maintenance schedule.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Feb 26, 2007 12:38 pm)
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Replying to: eldaino (Feb 26, 2007 1:01 pm) Our Jetta is a 2005.5 VE.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Feb 26, 2007 3:31 pm) Geez 180? Its a good thing the service is only every 10k!
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Replying to: eldaino (Feb 27, 2007 10:23 am)
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Feb 27, 2007 10:38 am) |
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Have almost 13k on the bunny, actual odometer reads 12755. No problems so needless to say i'm happy. Only averaged 26.4 mpg on last tank, which is less than i'm used to, but this tank looks more promising. ( I usually can predict how good a tank will be judging by how close to 100 miles i can get before only having 3/4ths of a tank left. So far i have about 110 on it and its just barely touching the line, my best was 120 miles, and i averaged 29 on that tank. I did floor it a lot on my 26 mpg tank though so its no biggie.) I decided to call around to some dealers to find out how much the 20k service was going for, to compare it to what the dealer i got to would charge me. It is as follows: 10k(i've already had this done but this is just for the sake of comparison.) Keffer vw:(dealer i have been going to) $129.95 (no tax or labor included.) Flow Vw: same 20k Keffer Vw: 180.95 Flow Vw: 129.95 here is the scary part:(and no i didn't ask for it they just let me know before hand, both dealers, that it was going to be big.) 40k: Keffer vw: $580.99 Flow Vw: $ Same! Good grief! I remember on my old civic, the 'big one' was about 100 bucks! Rabbit owners be prepared, this is going to cost you a buttload. I called a place in charlotte, nc that a co-worker suggested i tried out, since they had been doing service on vw's for a long time. Called em up and they phased out their service dept. The guy reffered me to another german import place, and told me that the newer vee dubs were hard to service, since vw is very tight lipped about relasing info on em so that they dealers can get all the buisness. This guy i spoke to, though, said he has worked on plenty of 06's and is good to go to service the bunny. He quoted me less than 100 bucks for every 10k service interval and the 'big service' will run me a little more. Thank goodness i was able to locate this guy! (he is closer to me than the dealer i have been going to and i read up on him and have heard some great things.) Hopefully this will work out better. I hope that everyone else is able to find someone to take a look at their bunnies in the future, if not, you'll pay a pretty penny! I sill love my car though! 
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Replying to: eldaino (Mar 15, 2007 11:31 am) And this was when...1976? There is no way that 60,000 mile service (which is the big one on most models, including Honda) is $100 on any car. BTW, edmunds.com comes up with $343 for 40,000 mi. They also estimate $210 on 20,000 mi...which is on target with what I was quoted for 20K (for Jetta), so I am assuming they are in the ballpark on the 40,000 mi. It looks like 40,000 mile over 20,000 mile adds spark plug replacement, air filter replacement, and perhaps they included brake fluid replacement. I guess I'd verify the difference between 20K and 40K (in the owner's manual) and then ask them why changing plugs, air filter and perhaps brake fluid (if that is correct) adds $400 or more to the cost. |
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sorry jeff, when i said big one i was reffering to the most expensive i ever had to pay for serive on my older civic. Which doensn't make sense since the first time i used it i used it in reference to a 50k or 60k service. My bad. Even so, i was always quoted a lot cheaper for the honda. I've asked them and they have seem to reply that it is something exclusive to the rabbit, i dunno why but that what they have told me. There are very few vw dealers around here, (both the ones i'm speaking of are about an hour away in opposite directons.), so maybe they feel like they have a bit more leverage with me. Even so, the edmunds quoted 343 is still a heck of a lot more than anything i've ever done honda oriented, but yeah all that extra is pretty fishy. Then again my rabbit is an 07, the edmunds is an 06, dunno if that has something to do with it, maybe dealers around there have to be more competative. Still dunno if the whole 'exclusive to the rabbit' service is true, probably a load of caca. At anyrate, i found someone who will do it for cheaper and is quite skill, so i'll update everyone then. Hit 13k today. Nice.
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