Finally made the servicing jump :)
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Just had my 72k service today along with an mot. Went main dealer as usual, but western honda in edinburgh have half price servicing, so including the £45 mot it was £203 all in.
Pretty pleased with that, i also get the crv done there and they havent screwed anything up yet
Pretty pleased with that, i also get the crv done there and they havent screwed anything up yet
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From: North East
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I know where you're coming from Neil but when money is tight, something has to give. I know they do as good if not better service. I even supplied the page from the PDF manual with the torque settings for the oil filter just to be on the safe side. I just couldn't justify a £300 service plus £50 worth of fuel for the annual trip over. When it boils done to it they've only changed all the oils and given it a check over (basically followed the service sheet).
The Value clearances isn't rocket science if you read the manual or follow a tutorial on YouTube, honest
The Value clearances isn't rocket science if you read the manual or follow a tutorial on YouTube, honest
Word of warning Arran, I only got my Teg serviced at my local end of the road garage - top bunch, love the cars and always do little jobs - undersealing, brakes, oil seals that kind of thing.
Anyway, I got them to do the valve timing and change some oil seals on the Teg and the engine was never the same - rattled and sounded rough as anything. They had 3 goes at sorting it before I ended up selling the cars. Basically when it came to trying to solve it they were lost.
I still get them to do other work, and the rattle may have been coincidental so I am not blaming them for it, but for the S2000 and the ATR any major jobs - clutch, timing belt, valve clearances will be done by either a Honda specialist or a main dealer. VTECdirect did around £700 work for me on the ATR which would have been £1000+ at a dealer.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to get Lloyds to do the S2000s clutch. I just know it'll be done right with someone with the right tools. I do understand that other people don't trust their dealers as I do mine though
Anyway, I got them to do the valve timing and change some oil seals on the Teg and the engine was never the same - rattled and sounded rough as anything. They had 3 goes at sorting it before I ended up selling the cars. Basically when it came to trying to solve it they were lost.
I still get them to do other work, and the rattle may have been coincidental so I am not blaming them for it, but for the S2000 and the ATR any major jobs - clutch, timing belt, valve clearances will be done by either a Honda specialist or a main dealer. VTECdirect did around £700 work for me on the ATR which would have been £1000+ at a dealer.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to get Lloyds to do the S2000s clutch. I just know it'll be done right with someone with the right tools. I do understand that other people don't trust their dealers as I do mine though
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