| Title: | Cars in the UK |
| Notice: | Please read new conference charter 1.70 |
| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2584 |
| Total number of notes: | 63384 |
I need to get my Volvo serviced.
Why should I go to the dealer when I could go to Lucas?
Is there any advantage?
diana
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1583.1 | Why wouldn't you? | NEWOA::SAXBY | Aye. When I were a lad.... | Tue Oct 29 1991 16:29 | 14 |
Is your car a new car (age less than the length of the warranty)?
Has your car got a full, dealer service history?
If the first, NOT taking it to the dealer could void your warranty.
If the second, ending that will almost certainly reduce the resale
value.
If neither are true, you can probably find someone providing better
quality servicing without going to the dealer OR Lucas.
Mark
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| 1583.2 | trying to be rational | IOSG::HUNTD | up up and away | Tue Oct 29 1991 17:20 | 8 |
No it isn't new. It is a 1986 340, but it has previously always
been serviced by Volvo. The mileage is 29,000 and those were reasons
why I bought it - because it was not used a lot and had been cared for.
But am I going to an agent because they ARE better or because
someone_in_the_future_who_might_buy_my_car would think it was better?
diana
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| 1583.3 | NEWOA::SAXBY | Aye. When I were a lad.... | Tue Oct 29 1991 17:26 | 4 | |
Probably the latter to be honest.
Mark
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| 1583.4 | FWIW | KERNEL::SHELLEYR | Tue Oct 29 1991 17:29 | 7 | |
A few years ago I had Volvo (360 GLT) and didn't get serviced at a
Volvo dealer. When I went to a Volvo garage to get a price on my car I
was told that if I had had it dealer serviced it would of increased the
resale value by �300. Mind you I probably saved that amount in
servicing costs by doing the work myself.
Roy
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