Arnage Servicing Costs

[stats007]

I'm looking at buying an Arnage and wondered what the servicing costs are typically like? Not decided between the BMW / RR engine yet as I've yet to drive either. What sort of servicing schedule do ten year old Arnage's have? Is there a big difference between Bentley specialists and main/franchised dealers? My rule of thumb normally is that if a car already has a full main dealer history I won't break it as it usually has a bearing on resale.

Are consumable Bentley parts (discs/pads etc) available outside of the dealer network?

Budget up to £30k for the car and probably looking to run it for two years.

[great2cyou]

It will cost a fortune to service it at a franchised dealer. And they are getting a little long in the tooth for many of them.

Where are you based?

Plugs are a pain but the rest of the servicing isn't too bad. Make sure it's all greased up and waxoyled underneath though.

Make sure EVERYTHING electrical is working properly. All oils are nice and clean. Change every fluid if you are not 100% sure it has been done fairly recently!

[stats007]

Seems most Bentley dealers have fixed price servicing - £1k for 10k mile service to £2k for major every 4 years.

Found a few parts specialists that sell the usual comsumables - brakes/pads etc.

[Rushmore]

The biggest item is the change of all rubber hoses - every 6 years if I am not mistaken. I would not have this done at a major dealer, but at a specialist.

[VinnyT]

have a look at mine she is up for sale in car and classic mag you will not get better other than the pics.

[stats007]

Is the advert online?

[VinnyT]

on line with car classics follow the link area cleveland

[VinnyT]

Sorry I should of said car and classic.co.uk prsently out of the country offshore
so limited at times to access personnel accounts.
Servicing can be carried out by most garages who service high performance cars who would be cheeper that Bentley as there labour charges are 120FBP per hour as to 80GBP.
Anyway if you are intrested contact me by e-mail [e-mail] or at [e-mail] whilst I am out here.
Regards,
Vincent.

[stats007]

Thanks but that colour really isn't to my taste.

[RoyaleDetailing]

stats007 said:

Thanks but that colour really isn't to my taste.

I quite like it, but I think at the end of te day I would end up with a black one.

[simonpieman]

I love that colour on the Arnage. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to change cars just yet.

[Cerbieherts]

Specialist service price around £480 (10,000) to £799 (30,000) based on a green label.

[stats007]

Following on from this - can anyone verify exactly what a FBSH is? I've enquired about numerous cars and all but one (including an AUC) seem to miss yearly services. I know most of these cars only do limited miles but from what I can tell they still require annual servicing to maintain the proper schedule?

[2708420018]

FBSH should mean that it has had all the services required at the appropriate mileages or age. So long as you have the Service book it is easy to follow through the time line and see whether the car has had all that it should. The big one is at six years or 60,000 miles and involves among other things swapping all the hydraulics. If it hasn't been done, the dealer (Non Franchised) will tell you its not really necessary and only put in to generate work for franchised dealers. I would think it more important to have had it done on a "Garage Queen" where the hydraulics are more likely to deteriorate through lack of use.

Whether the servicing under FBSH has been carried out by a franchised dealer or a recognised "indie" is not in my opinion critical. On older Bentleys most franchised dealers do special rates typically £500 for a basic annual service. They note all the matters needing attention and I then get my man to fix them.

Paul

[Rushmore]

2708420018 said:

The big one is at six years or 60,000 miles and involves among other things swapping all the hydraulics. If it hasn't been done, the dealer (Non Franchised) will tell you its not really necessary and only put in to generate work for franchised dealers.Paul

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[stats007]

2708420018 said:

FBSH should mean that it has had all the services required at the appropriate mileages or age. So long as you have the Service book it is easy to follow through the time line and see whether the car has had all that it should. The big one is at six years or 60,000 miles and involves among other things swapping all the hydraulics. If it hasn't been done, the dealer (Non Franchised) will tell you its not really necessary and only put in to generate work for franchised dealers. I would think it more important to have had it done on a "Garage Queen" where the hydraulics are more likely to deteriorate through lack of use.

Whether the servicing under FBSH has been carried out by a franchised dealer or a recognised "indie" is not in my opinion critical. On older Bentleys most franchised dealers do special rates typically £500 for a basic annual service. They note all the matters needing attention and I then get my man to fix them.

Paul

Thanks.

So what's the opinion on this history:

18/01/2013 SER 1000 MILES Bentley Essex 41057 M
27/02/2012 SER 10000 MILES HR Owen 38430 M
31/12/2009 SER 84 MONTHS HR Owen 20955 M
19/01/2009 SER 72 MONTHS HR Owen 16255 M
25/01/2008 SER 60 MONTHS Bentley Hampshire 11622 M
22/05/2006 SER 72 MONTHS Jack Barclay 6287 M
02/12/2003 SER 1000 MILES Bentley Manchester 1203 M
18/09/2003 SER 100 MILES Bentley Manchester 152 M

[2708420018]

stats007 said:

Thanks.

So what's the opinion on this history:

18/01/2013 SER 1000 MILES Bentley Essex 41057 M
27/02/2012 SER 10000 MILES HR Owen 38430 M
31/12/2009 SER 84 MONTHS HR Owen 20955 M
19/01/2009 SER 72 MONTHS HR Owen 16255 M
25/01/2008 SER 60 MONTHS Bentley Hampshire 11622 M
22/05/2006 SER 72 MONTHS Jack Barclay 6287 M
02/12/2003 SER 1000 MILES Bentley Manchester 1203 M
18/09/2003 SER 100 MILES Bentley Manchester 152 M

It's got nothing at all for 2004 and 2005 or 2010 and 2011. Without the Service book which says exactly what has to be done and when its difficult to say but it has definitely missed a few annuals and done 18k between Dec 2009 and Feb 2012 which is unusual for the earlier models. have you got the service book? Its an easy calculation as to what has been missed.

Paul

[bergxu]

And for the love of all things holy (and your wallet), make sure the car has had the pollen filters replaced regularly, as when they get clogged up, they burn up the heater/aircon blower motors and that is NOT a job you want to (a.) pay for or, (b.) undertake yourself on an Arnage.

[stats007]

2708420018 said:

It's got nothing at all for 2004 and 2005 or 2010 and 2011. Without the Service book which says exactly what has to be done and when its difficult to say but it has definitely missed a few annuals and done 18k between Dec 2009 and Feb 2012 which is unusual for the earlier models. have you got the service book? Its an easy calculation as to what has been missed.

Paul

Thanks - it's obvious that it's missing annual services and gone more then 10k miles between a service. My point was would you regard this as a full service history? I wouldn't yet Bentley Essex seem to think it is. Arnage service intervals as described in the service book are annually or 10k miles.

This seems to be a common theme with used Arnages - people just don't seem to stick to the schedule because of the low usage.

[ADP68]

I would if they had done all the things that were scheduled to be done in the previous services (including those missed) like hydraulics.