First service cost - am I being charged too much?

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10-27-2003, 07:49 AM

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Guildford Honda charged me

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10-27-2003, 07:52 AM

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Hi

just had 2nd year service 18,000 miles

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10-27-2003, 08:23 AM

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Just out of curiosity, is it singnificantly cheaper suppling your own oil? and if so, where can i buy the oil i need, as i tried halfords last month and they didn't have the specs recommended in our handbook.

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10-27-2003, 08:51 AM

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10-27-2003, 09:40 AM

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Ted check out Crown in Bushey Heath, if your in North London shouldnt be too far. If your a member of Honda Revolutions, they do 15% off servicing and parts (

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10-27-2003, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by dragonball
Just out of curiosity, is it singnificantly cheaper suppling your own oil? and if so, where can i buy the oil i need, as i tried halfords last month and they didn't have the specs recommended in our handbook.

DB

A small saving can be made, you can supply two 4 litre bottles and get most of the 2nd one back for topping up with, but its more the case that you can get the oil you want e.g. a fully synthetic oil like Mobil 1 0W-40 in your car, rather than a semi synthetic oil like Shell Helix Plus that a lot of dealers use.

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10-27-2003, 11:35 PM

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If you're talking about mineral 5W30 oil, try Ford. I got a big 5 litre can for about

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10-27-2003, 11:48 PM

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Ted, Costco certainly stocks Mobil 1 (although I can't remember whether it's the correct viscosity) but I've never seen Shell Helix Ultra in there.

They also have Castrol GTX Magnatac, which I know a few people on here use, and it's considerably cheaper than the Mobil 1.