Andy131 wrote:

Although I can't fault the guys in Stockport who service mine.
I must admit to being impressed with the Skoda dealers in Bolton and Eccles when we both had Skodas, no you didn't get coffee, you had to book in weeks in advance to get a courtesy car, but they had the parts in, they knew the vehicles inside out, and didn't give you the run around when in warranty. Both were locally owned.
God they were boring to drive, reliable, just boring.

Yeah but I bet they don't charge £100 an hour either!  (Past) Freelander 2 HSE 2010 MY In Rimini Red.
(Past) RR Evoque Dynamic Lux Si4 In Firenze Red.
(Past) RR Evouque Pure Tech in Barollo Black with bespoke Firenze Red colour coding.
(Present) Freelander Metropolis 2015 MY In Santorini Black with Ivory Premium Leather.

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You will be surprised, it was around £70/h. a couple of years ago.
Servicing used to cost between £125 and £300 depending on which service was due.
The first FL1 went back and I needed a car to do 40K a year, bought a L&K Octavia new for £15k (top of the range, full leather, climate control, traction control etc.), three years later I was doing a lot less miles but the car had 110k on the clock so I went to swap for another.
They offered £2k against the latest version of the L&K but the price had risen to £24K - I said I could get a FL for that sort of money, they agreed and blamed VW. So I bought the second FL1.

By the way the £2k was apparently a good offer, sounds awful but £13k depreciation in 3 years and 110K miles isn't that bad. My current car lost £15k in the first year and 900 miles. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner