4 year service cost

4 year service cost

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sticks090460

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1,105 posts

165 months

Saturday 22nd April 2017
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Just had mine done on the GT Sport. As well as standard work, had two chassis plates renewed (corroded) and brake disc holes cleaned. Came to £2,516.95 at Maserati Colchester.
Believe that's what's called "reassuringly expensive".

Murph7355

38,905 posts

263 months

Sunday 23rd April 2017
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Did they replace the carbon can and the lambdas? And did you supply your own oil?

If yes and no, then considering the extra work you had done the pricing seems good to me.

PrancingHorses

2,714 posts

214 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Good price. If lambda sensors were changed it would be more like £4k

EC2

1,514 posts

260 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Rack rate for a 4 year which included lambda/fuel can and tracking is about £2600 at my local Graypaul.

Murph7355

38,905 posts

263 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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EC2 said:
Rack rate for a 4 year which included lambda/fuel can and tracking is about £2600 at my local Graypaul.
Agree. ~£2.5k is the going rate from a main dealer. Discounts to be had. And supplying own oil can knock another £1-200 off.

If anyone paid £4k and had no other work done I at least hope they didn't have to pay for the Vaseline!

vanman1936

799 posts

226 months

Thursday 27th April 2017
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I have been shopping around a bit and found Christian Lewis recommended on a few forums, based in Northampton - haven't used them but quite seems to be very reasonable and suitably informative narrative supplied per below - any views?

"The 4 year/25,000 mile service on your vehicle would be £680 inclusive of part labour and VAT. We use genuine parts and the correct spec shell oils. Included in the price we carry out a thorough health check using our Maserati SD3 factory diagnostic tool, which also check items such as clutch wear percentage. The only difference between the Maserati factory schedule and ours is the option of some additional items that were "advised."
These items are the charcoal canister filter, at £175.55 inclusive plus £24 inc. labour to fit, and two oxygen sensors, which would be a further £305.83 inclusive for the sensors and £78 to fit them. These extra items would therefore bring your total cost to £1263.38.

Just to clarify, many owners DID opt to have these done when the vehicles were within manufacturers warranty in case it was affected, nowadays most specialists offer it as a cost option. We inspect the operation of the sensors as part of the service, and can advise on there condition to help you make up your mind."

jakesmith

9,463 posts

178 months

Thursday 27th April 2017
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I've never heard of lambda being a service item, surely you just change when broken / throwing a fault / lumpy acceleration
I've never heard of a service being £2500 either coming from 10 years of Porsche ownership
Having had a look through my GT's invoice history wallet is slightly troubling to be honest, the cars do seem pretty reliable but goodness are there some labour intensive jobs & the parts aren't exactly cheap.

vanman1936

799 posts

226 months

Thursday 27th April 2017
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Lamda - agree and what the above concur with.

£2,500 - not uncommon for a 4 year on a Masser if you replace the Lamda and Charcoal filter and go main dealer or London specialist it would seem.

EC2

1,514 posts

260 months

Friday 28th April 2017
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vanman1936 said:
I have been shopping around a bit and found Christian Lewis recommended on a few forums, based in Northampton - haven't used them but quite seems to be very reasonable and suitably informative narrative supplied per below - any views?

"The 4 year/25,000 mile service on your vehicle would be £680 inclusive of part labour and VAT. We use genuine parts and the correct spec shell oils. Included in the price we carry out a thorough health check using our Maserati SD3 factory diagnostic tool, which also check items such as clutch wear percentage. The only difference between the Maserati factory schedule and ours is the option of some additional items that were "advised."
These items are the charcoal canister filter, at £175.55 inclusive plus £24 inc. labour to fit, and two oxygen sensors, which would be a further £305.83 inclusive for the sensors and £78 to fit them. These extra items would therefore bring your total cost to £1263.38.

Just to clarify, many owners DID opt to have these done when the vehicles were within manufacturers warranty in case it was affected, nowadays most specialists offer it as a cost option. We inspect the operation of the sensors as part of the service, and can advise on there condition to help you make up your mind."
A very balanced approach IMHO if you have not extended the Maserati warranty.

Bear in mind that Maserati prices also include tracking.

vanman1936

799 posts

226 months

Saturday 29th April 2017
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Not sure if this quote includes tracking, either way seems very competitive.