does anyone know of any authorised indy garages in south west london? I've got 2 years free, but have the car for 4 years. Weighing up whether to just buy the £29 pm plan with Mercerdes or do it elsewhere

 

perhaps check with the lease co., i remember mine offered a service package for similar cost and said they had a list of approved garages i could take it to but i didnt follow it up with them at the time.

 

The lease is with MB direct :smile_big:

 

The lease is with MB direct

I can check with my lease co. next week and let you know. I am also in south london.

 

If you have a PCP with M-B Agility, read the small print carefully.

The finance agreement may say that as part of the finance agreement, it has to be serviced at an authorised M-B workshop, if it isn’t, there are end of lease charges to pay.

While the EU ruling prohibits manufacturers from tying in consumers servicing their cars (bought with outright with cash, or an 3rd party finance agreement) at their own dealerships, a lease or finance company can impose their own servicing requirements onto the consumer (as they have ownership of the car during the PCP/lease).

With M-B Agility Finance products, there is often a clause in it about servicing at M-B dealerships.


See:
https://www.aclassclub.co.uk/forum/15-main-message-centre/9652-servicing-help.html#post98170

 

If you purchased the car on MB PCP and acquired the 3 years free servicing, do you know if you settled the PCP early, like within 1 to 2 months if you would keep the 3 years free servicing or would they claw this back? I know this has been done with dealer finance deposit contributions but this comes off the final invoice price so they can not claw it back.

 

I have just booked it in for the first service: £269.95 plus £36 for the “courtesy” car. Not too bad, but could have been better.

All booked via the app, which is pretty handy.

 

I picked up my A180d on the 2nd Jan, pre-reg so 1 year old but only 98 miles on the clock and just under £20K. (PCP)

There's no doubt about the fact that i rushed into this, my company car was due to go back soon so i had to make a decision and the right spec car was there. No complaints with the car so far, in fact i'm really pleased with it.

So today I've started thinking about servicing and since i rushed into it i didn't see (nor was i told) about the having it serviced at a MB dealer to make sure they stick to the agreed final value or whatever it is. I'm happy to accept that this is a lesson learn't, its the first time I've done a PCP deal so i'll definitely know better for next time.

So today i was presented with the following costs..

Service 2020
B Service £362.60
Brake Fluid £102.36 (required every 2 years)

Service 2021
A Service £287.38
Air Filter £53.76 (required every 3 years/46,500 miles)
Fuel Filter £130.80 (required every 3 years/46,500 miles)
Automatic Transmission Oil £471.84 (required every 3 years/46,500 miles)

Service 2022
B Service £362.60
Brake Fluid £102.36 (required every 2 years)

Service 2023
A Service £287.38

TOTAL £1508.74 (Service 2020/2021)
TOTAL £1973.70 (Service 2020/2021/2022)
TOTAL £2261.08 (Service 2020/2021/2022/2023)


Service Care Plan for 2 services (2020/2021)
24 payments of £32.00 - £768.00 – Minimum saving of £740.74

Service Care Plan for 3 services (2020/2021/2022)
36 payments of £32.00 - £1152.00 – Minimum saving of £821.70

Service Care Plan for 4 services (2020/2021/2022/2023)
48 payments of £32.00 - £1536.00 – Minimum saving of £725.08

None of this is a problem, it is what it is and lesson learnt but i'm intrigued to see what everyone thinks. Does the above look about right or is my local Mercedes dealer trying to really rip me off?

 

How long is the PCP agreement? 4 years? You can always do a voluntary termination after you have paid 50%. And no it does not effect your credit score.
Your dealer absolutely spot on with Service Schedule and Prices.
For under 12 months old car plan starts at £29 pcm and over 24 months £32 pcm.

 

How long is the PCP agreement? 4 years?

Yes but i very much doubt i'll keep it that long if the option to upgrade is viable.

 

Not just the A class that has high service costs. ALL Mercs do and is their achilles heel. Always get a service plan when buying a Merc or accept the costs that go with running one. I have never known why they are dearer than Audi or BMW but have been for a number of years on all their models in comparison with the rest.

 

Someone’s got to pay for all those free drinks, cakes, cookies, plush furnishings etc. in the dealerships ?

 

This is true, i can honestly say I've never even had a drink at the dealer but i think i'm going to start taking advantage.

 

Jesus. I didn't really think the savings for the plans would be so significant. I've been saving the A and B service amounts not really appreciating all the other elements. Sounds like its time to have a chat with my dealership...

 

I'm pretty sure the individual costs are so high just to get people to agree to the service plans, there's absolutely no reason for them to be that much.

 

Are you sure those prices are correct? With my previous Mercedes the servicing has been fixed price from the dealerships, ie on my E350d it was £299 and then £599, that was it, no extras, everything included. That was at Stourbridge Mercedes.

 

They're a copy and paste from the email sent from the dealer but i'm guessing they can quote and charge whatever they want.

I look at all this as a lesson learnt, it's the first car I've taken on PCP so i know what i'm getting myself into before i make a decision like this again.

 

I have a new CLA, the 3 year service plan is half what I pay for my mobile phone per month. Its cheaper than my 16 Plate VW GTI was to service plus Mercedes will refund any unused value if you sell the car and the VW was cheaper to service the my daughters Fiesta by a main dealer. I'd paid 5 installments to VW but not had a service but there was no refund when I cancelled and bought the Merc

 

Also what is the difference between service A and B if you have to pay separately for the air filter, fuel filter, etc, what are you actually getting apart from an oil and oil filter change?

 

You do get breakdown cover and a new battery in your key fob.

 

Your lucky with the service costs. Try running of the A45 ??

 

I was very interested in the A35, then decided i'd be better with an A200 and then decided i'd be better with the A180 ?, most of my mileage is commuting so made sense to go cheaper.... this time.

 

Does anyone know how soon before your service you need to take a service plan out by? I was told that you can't take a service plan out if its almost time for a service but i forgot to ask how much prior does it need to be?

 

I took mine out after the service was due, service was due 14th Dec and didn't get it done till 3 days ago, they offered me the service plan then at £32 ppm.

 

If you get a service plan after the service, you won’t get the service included that you just had - you need to pay for that separately. Otherwise it’s a bit like getting house insurance after the house has burned down....

 

Big d, I didn't pay separately for the service. I was offered the service plan before they did the service. If you ask them about the service plan before they do it I'm sure they will sign you up and that service will be included and you won't need to pay seperatly for it.

 

many things you can do yourself~ haha

 

Many things you can't including any software updates, keeping value in the vehicle by having a dealership service, keeping warranty if something goes wrong and Mercedes say its down to lack of service and claiming your not competent enough to do it yourself and caused the issue, also in the UK you get continued breakdown cover amongst other things I belive.

 

When I looked into this I found quite large differences in price around the country so I would shop around.

Also filters should be included in the cost & watch out for things like gearbox oil, this might be mileage related only unlike brake fluid which is time & not miles related.

I found my salesman was telling me all sorts of porkies to get me to sign up.

 

I have a lease hire car, and chose not to pay extra for servicing/maintenance. The car is due it's first service in 75 days. Can I still take out a service plan - do I just need to visit any MB dealership and ask them to set one up for me?

 

I would believe it to be as simple as that..

 

What do you recomend for a Pre-owned A200 petrol? It has 3 months

I think they did the 1st maintenance when they gave the car since it had 9k

Should i buy this pack with the 3? Should i contact different dealers?

Thanks

 

I'm assuming you don't need to go to the main dealer to get brake pads, discs and non service parts fitted? If I'm not mistaken?

 

Everything in this world, to be considered good must me expensive!
That´s why I decided long time ago to make "bad quality home service"... but cost´s a small fraction of these values ;-)

 

You have to pay start paying into the service plan way before your service is due if you wanted to do it by monthly payments but you can just pay for the service plan in full just before your service is due which is probably the better route.. for me anyways