Lotusman

Booked in for my 9000 mile service at Drake Honda in Maidstone.

What should I expect ?

Does the oil get changed to proper stuff now and what sort of cost ?

The more info the better please !

Cheers

mikepritchard

Check for dents when you pick up the car. Especially the front wings, the steel is quite thin gauge and easily damaged by your average spanner jockey bending over the engine bay

MarkB

You could supply your own oil - it gets changed from the run-in oil (mineral oil with additives) to a synthetic oil - I think dealers use Shell Helix (and probably charge over the odds for it) so why not supply your own in the boot with instructions for them to use it and return the surplus.

ijbarratt

This is what I did.

You'll find quite a few people on here prefer Mobil One in their engine rather than the Shell stuff. If you provide your own it also means that you've got some left over for the top ups.

The service itself shouldn't cost you much more than

Lotusman

and how much for the oil ?

ijbarratt

I bought mine from Half**ds which probably isn't the cheapest place on earth. I think that two 4ltr jobbies came to about