60,000km Servicing Costs

[brad]

Can anyone here recommend someone to service my car?

$1k is somewhere near the money at a dealer - esp if you are DSG.

What part of Sydney (home / work) are you?

[DrWHO]

$1k is somewhere near the money at a dealer - esp if you are DSG.

What part of Sydney (home / work) are you?

Manual Transmission.

Sutherland Shire...don't think there is anyone local.

[brad]

Manual Transmission.

Sutherland Shire...don't think there is anyone local.

LOL - assume you got the price from McGraths at Kirrawee? I wouldn't trust them to fix a billy kart. The VW dealer at Rockdale is a lot better.

There's a couple of generic Euro specialists in Caringbah - I haven't used them though.

You might try Steve Natoli - he has a mobile service.

If Marrickville isn't too far try Metro Service Centre - looks daggy but good mechanics that look after a lot of Euro cars.

The other one that I've been told about is Autowerks Automotive at Beverly Hills

I get mine done at CAmden GTI but I work out that way.

[DrWHO]

LOL - assume you got the price from McGraths at Kirrawee? I wouldn't trust them to fix a billy kart. The VW dealer at Rockdale is a lot better.

There's a couple of generic Euro specialists in Caringbah - I haven't used them though.

You might try Steve Natoli - he has a mobile service.

If Marrickville isn't too far try Metro Service Centre - looks daggy but good mechanics that look after a lot of Euro cars.

The other one that I've been told about is Autowerks Automotive at Beverly Hills

I get mine done at CAmden GTI but I work out that way.

Thanks for all the info.
Quote was from Denlo Parramatta.
Will call Rockdale VW as they're "local", I keep forgetting that dealership exists.
I fly out of Camden several times a year - might get some hours up whilst car is serviced.
I'll call Marrickville tomorrow.
Thanks again.

[Tuan]

Instead of starting a new thread, I am going to ask on here since I got quite a bit of info from here already.

Can someone confirm this sounds about right ? Car is a 2012 Octavia VRS so same intervals as MK6 GTI:

This will be the 4 year/60,000km service (delivered 6/13). Car is out of warranty so after the proper things to do at this upcoming service and the next.

It is essentially the 4 year/60,000 km service but the car will only be at 40,000 at the time of service .. so ...

* Air filter - have K&N
* Pollen filter - have changed myself
* Brake fluid - it will be 24 months since my last change, so I will change this at this service
* DSG service - should I wait until 60,000 kms ?
* Spark plugs - is everyone changing theirs at 60,000 kms ?
* Fuel filter - should I wait until 60,000 kms or do it now, I don't trust my local servos ......
* Coolant - what are the recommendations ? I have read it is supposed to be a lifetime coolant .... just like the timing chain ... lol. We all know how that ends up.

Let me know if I have missed something.

Cheers guys