I have recently relocated to Portsmouth from Scotland. The 4 year service cost price for my 2014 Freelander 2 in Edinburgh is £450 (expensive enough). In Portsmouth it is £550! Edinburgh is not a cheap location, so why nearly 25% more in the South?
Both prices, incidentally, are from Land Rover's website.

Anybody recommend a local Indie?

Thx

Have you asked if the LR dealers down there do the 3+ service scheme ? £275 for A service and £350 for B service inclusive of VAT.
or play the dealers off against each other, I knocked about £100 off by shopping around and playing them off against each other

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I will phone around to get best price - it's just the starting point that amazes me! If the main dealer price in Edinburgh is £450, then the local independent there (who was fantastic) would charge about £250. Hence I'm a bit stunned by the £550 price from the Portsmouth main dealer.

I have 4 dealers within reasonable distance off me in Nottingham and Doncaster (both Stratstone), Hunters in Derby, and Gordon Lamb in Chesterfield.

prices varied between £350 at Hunters (3+ scheme) to around £650 at Chesterfield.... all but Hunters came down in price when pushed to match the others but none could get close to the £350.

Just less than 3 years ago B service in Wakefiled £520. After a negotiation in Ripon it was £350.

Now I do it myself as out of warranty - B service circa £100. Land Rover service parts and correct grade of C1 oil.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-FREELAND...XQoiJRf6Nz FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Thats definitely the way to go, if you are able and capable and dont mind getting your hands dirty. I realise dealers have to make money and cover overheads but quite frankly what they charge for a simple oil and filter change is taking the
I begrudge the fact that I even have to have it done by a vat registered garage (not necessarily main dealer) to maintain my LR warranty when I could just as easily use genuine parts and do the job myself. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Thank you for all the replies. Target price at a main dealer from the figures submitted should be sub £400.

Can anyone recommend a Land Rover independent garage in the Portsmouth/Southampton area? 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto

Thats a sub £400 target for a B service and it generally if on a 3 years cycle service wont include new brake fluid.

Hope you find a good Indie. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Booked mine in a few days ago for MOT and a B service at Yeovil LR on the 3+ scheme £350 and even though I didn't need a loan car (just a lift into town) the workshop is booked up for nearly a month ahead. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Am going through this with my D4 at the moment, needs a 128k service so I have been ringing round the dealers & prices vary from £565 to just shy of £800! The labour is 2.8 hours, a service kit is sub £100 bought from a dealer as genuine parts & it needs 6 litres of oil. The big cost is the labour rate which in some cases even with Allegiance discount is horrendous. Best price I got was from Inchcape in Southampton (ex Hunters) - if you want/need a dealer stamp in the book try them.

Was amazed that I even got different prices from two branches of the same dealership - I bought the car from one but got a better price from their sister dealer in a different town!

One even tried to justify his price by saying that they had to top up screen wash etc. on top of the service items... REALLY?

But I guess they have to pay for their receptionists, nice coffee, biscuits & satellite TV somehow!

If you want an Indy with a good rep try West 4x4 near Bishops Waltham.

Duckworths £234 labour only and I provided my own oil & filters (about £100)

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

At these rates you could have a weekend in Exeter or Truro while you get the car serviced and still be in pocket! It's beginning to sound as if the garages in more prosperous areas have ditched the scheme as they know they can charge more. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

colsay wrote:

I have recently relocated to Portsmouth from Scotland.

Anybody recommend a local Indie?

Thx

I've used Keith Gott for the past 3 years, excellent service. They're about 35 miles from Portsmouth, so you could have a day trip out to Alton

http://www.keithgott.co.uk/index.html

Thank you for the Keith Gott recommendation. I will definitely check that out. 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto

If anyone is interested I had the 3+ year scheme "B" service at Yeovil LR today plus an MOT for £395. Everything OK. Lift into town and back provided and I was given a printout of the car's service history with my invoice and MOT paperwork. A car wash was offered but I decided to forego rather than wait as they had a number of cars in the queue.

The 3+ scheme is mentioned on their website but you have to ask for it.

No FL2 on their forecourt but they did have a couple of Defenders at £45k+ 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE