Fellas my first service is due on my Freelander, Harwoods Basingstoke want £382 however service4service.co.uk quote £282, guarantee to use genuine parts and state that the Warranty will be protected. Have any of you used them before, would you use them against the 'Stealers' high prices?

Tell Harwoods what you have been quoted, chances are they will price match

OK, I'm guessing that your's is coming up for a year old and its your hard earned cash that paid (or is paying) for it. So you shelled out a load on a car and you are now quibling over a price difference that amounts to a tank and a half of diesel. I'd always stick with main dealers for new car services; yes they charge more, but you also get a load of free warranty work and software upgrades that the local greasemonkey won't be able to offer. Also, when (becasue these are LandRovers) something goes wrong, you will get less sympathy from the customer services folks at LR for going outside the dealer network. My car goes to the dealer for these reasons.

And no, I a not employed by a motor dealership or the trade - far from it!

Stick with the dealer. I was tempted to use Shardlow 4x4 centre instead of LR for my first service but if you ever want to sell the FL2 or part chop, then full LR service history will carry a lot more clout.

Also, if you have any faults out of warranty, LR give a goodwill gesture (part payment) but they won't if the FL2 has been serviced elsewhere. My tactic was to ring different dealers to get the best price and then ring the dealership I bought from and I got them to match. I saved £60 by doing this.

Wait until you get your 2nd service quotes which is a major service  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

You have to admit LR really go to town on the sevicing charges.

My advice is to get a quote from an Independent dealer and then go back to Land Rover to get them to reduce the price. They may not match it but at least you will get a cheaper deal.

Worked for me anyway at 2 seperate dealerships. (Coming) 2016 RR Evoque td4 180 HSE Dynamc
(Going) 2013 TD4 GS Auto - Santorini Black with black leather. Cold Climate, UK Lighting & Armrest Packs. Privacy Glass. LR Rubber Mats. Full size spare.
60 000 miles averaging 35mpg

(Gone) 2010 TD4 Manual GS - Stornoway Grey. Sold at 3yrs old & 64k miles. Final average consumption 39.2mpg.

Andy S wrote:

OK, I'm guessing that your's is coming up for a year old and its your hard earned cash that paid (or is paying) for it. So you shelled out a load on a car and you are now quibling over a price difference that amounts to a tank and a half of diesel. I'd always stick with main dealers for new car services; yes they charge more, but you also get a load of free warranty work and software upgrades that the local greasemonkey won't be able to offer. Also, when (becasue these are LandRovers) something goes wrong, you will get less sympathy from the customer services folks at LR for going outside the dealer network. My car goes to the dealer for these reasons.

And no, I a not employed by a motor dealership or the trade - far from it!

stick with the dealer supply ur own parts and oil just get a labour price off them if you go to an independant gararge under the block exemption it can carry consiquences ie if you vehicle has just run out of warranty and somthing expensive goes wrong l/r may not help you towards some of the cost  rainy-city
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apc67 wrote:

Fellas my first service is due on my Freelander, Harwoods Basingstoke want £382 however service4service.co.uk quote £282, guarantee to use genuine parts and state that the Warranty will be protected. Have any of you used them before, would you use them against the 'Stealers' high prices?

tenet wrote:

apc67 wrote:

Fellas my first service is due on my Freelander, Harwoods Basingstoke want £382 however service4service.co.uk quote £282, guarantee to use genuine parts and state that the Warranty will be protected. Have any of you used them before, would you use them against the 'Stealers' high prices?

M J Fews at Charfield near Wootton Under edge are doing 20% off service for the month of June. Probably an hour or so from you but they do supply a courtesy car. Just had my 3year service done at £270.

Tenet

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M J Fews at Charfield near Wootton Under edge are doing 20% off service for the month of June. Probably an hour or so from you but they do supply a courtesy car. Just had my 3year service done at £270.

I would agree with andys as well.
I hate paying the dealer prices but for L/R its an easy get out of jail card if anything goes wrong out of warranty !
if its sympathy you will be looking for then stick with the stealer.

Result - phoned Harwoods, explained that their original quote of £386 was bettered by an independent garage quoting £282, they agreed to match the price so I'm going with Harwoods - £290 inc courtesy car and some additional warranty work as well.

Happy days!

Usually works

Stick with the dealer.
I've had some expensive work done out of warranty and L/R contributed towards the cost.
No main dealer service = no out of warranty contribution from L/R Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

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M J Fews at Charfield near Wootton Under edge are doing 20% off service for the month of June. Probably an hour or so from you but they do supply a courtesy car. Just had my 3year service done at £270.

My Freelander is due a 5 year service, I phoned my local dealer, who have serviced the vehicle in the past, and asked them for a quote, they quoted £400 inc a 'free' MOT. I told them to make a provisional booking but I was going to get some more prices.

I found this web site, http://www.maindealer.com they quoted a price of £261 using exactly the same main dealer on exactly the same date. I phoned the dealer back and told them to cancel my provisional booking, they asked why so I explained. They then said if I used them directly they would reduce their price to £265.
So in one call I reduced the price by £135 and they said they would supply a courtesy car. Some price reduction that!! and I still get the stamp in my book