saab servicing
- Thread starter rob30
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Have a 00 Saab 9-3 myself. Firstly, even the main dealer said not to bother much about intermediate service, unless you're doing more than 15K or so a year?
I have the same problem as you re servicing. The main dealers are way too expensive, and I cant trust backdoor garages with the SAAB. Tried an "independent saab specialist" in north city centre recently, wasn't too happy with him either: he failed to spot a few obvious things! and wasn't that cheap either.
So let me know if you find anything.
Yeah right. Great input from the wise man!!!
i didnt mean to sound sarky but ive heard more stories lately of people with volvos and saabs that i know getting completly shafted and they all have very fresh cars and with service bils goin into the 1k bracket and cant see why.im goin into servicing these cars!!!
But isn't it a general trend that people are getting shafted by main dealers for servicing all kind of cars? There has been recent stories on this in a separate thread, and there was mentioned of royal ripoffs on servicing Alfas and Hyundais amongst others.
But in general I think most Saab owners ARE quite meticulous about servicing their cars and that's part of the reason why they last so long. The problem with Saabs (and I suppose Volvo) is the high cost of original parts but if you're clever enough you can get the main dealers to run all the daigs on your car while doing a service and then get the costlier jobs somewhere else. That way you can even buy (often higher quality) alternative parts on the internet and get your local garage to do the job.
But in general I think most Saab owners ARE quite meticulous about servicing their cars and that's part of the reason why they last so long. The problem with Saabs (and I suppose Volvo) is the high cost of original parts but if you're clever enough you can get the main dealers to run all the daigs on your car while doing a service and then get the costlier jobs somewhere else. That way you can even buy (often higher quality) alternative parts on the internet and get your local garage to do the job.
Funnily enough, in another thread, I asked you to name this wonderful garage that can service any car at a reasonable price. Haven't heard anything from you since.
yeah sorry about that you neek my garage is in blackchurch on the naas rd. i do alot of the technaical warranty work for alot of the ford main dealers which is why ford is my thing but i service alot of high end cars for all the dealers in west dublin if you want my number i can pm it to you .i do not advertise as all my work is trade work but i do alot of private work also if you want a price on anything.
