The magic 1000mls mark is in sight,and i'm looking forward to it in a big way,wot i'm not looking forward to is the first 1000mls service cost.I had a tranny from new and i can't rememeber paying for the first service,is it the same for subaru's?????????If not how much (dare i ask!!!).

Cheers
swiss-t.

 

Think mine came to ~£40

Just have to pay for the oil and filter

 

I Guess it depends on where you go Tony,

I've been Quoted £60 from Beachdale

Dave

[Edited by Foxmod - 9/30/2003 10:00:55 PM]

 

Cheers gary thought it was going to be an arm an a leg.
swiss-t.

 

How can this vary form dealer to dealer,is it best to shop around in this area????

 

mine yesterday cost me £43 for filter, plug and 4.5 litres of magnatex.

Plus £10 at kwik-fit for repairing my tyre after they found a screw in it!

 

"Servicing a Tranny"


LOL

 

Is this wise in a Scoob ??

 

Being in Nottingham is good in that there are afew dealers not too far from each other, there is Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Liecester, and Mansfield.

I'd ring around afew, please let me know how you get on as I'll be in the same boat as you a afew months time

Dave

[Edited by Foxmod - 9/30/2003 10:13:35 PM]

 

No probs Dave, got Lincon and Grantham not to far from me i'll let you know m8.
As for you lightning101 the "tranny" is a works van,if subaru made a van i'd be in it m8!!!!
swiss-t...

 

Mine was 37 quid...
(Arm and Leg still intact)
And I got to drive round in a Justy for the day (How cool is that !?!?!)

That was Chandlers, Lincoln.....

 

I'll go to Chandlers at Grantham then,its worth it m8 just to drive a Justy for the day!!!

 

Just got my 1st ever scooby .. a new 5Dr WRX on Saturday . Been playing around and using power up to maybe 6 or 7000 revs , not more than 90 mph! Having so much fun forgot to control myself up to 1000 mile sevice ! Do you think I will have damaged anything ?

 

it would appear that i have been ripped off for my 1000 mile service .
I had to pay £138

 

Beachdale derby?

For your first 1000mile service i would get down to TSL and get all that ****ty oil they put in scoobies drained out and get the race spec stuff in so your engine is in good condition right from the start.

Subaru dealers just put the same oil in the scoobies as they do all their other cars, not a specific racing oil. Well so i heard, and thats bloody awful.

 

Most Scooby dealers (To my knowledge) use semi-synthetic oil, which is all that is recommended by the manufacturer.

It's only the people who :

1. PLan to keep it a long long time, to whom putting fully synthetic in it is worth it
2. You have more mods than you can shake a stick at so need the protection of an oil that can still perform at higher temperatures.

Magnatec is semi-synthetic and is perfectly adequate for a "normal" scooby (by this I mean and scooby with dealer only parts fitted to it.

If they needed anything better (especially with PPP for example) it would be a an additional warranty condition specified by Subaru/Prodrive when the PPP kit is fitted, and therefore the dealers would do it. But it isn't AFAIK.

 

I paid £40 for my first service. Worth noting that Subaru operate a service deal where you work out your milage/service over 3 years and pay it monthly. I will need 10K, 20K & 30K services over 3 years and it's costing me £24 month which includes all parts and labour. I don't miss the £24 every month but will be it saves the arm and leg of having to pay in one go, especially the 30K service which my dealer charges upto £400. (MY05 WRX PPP)

andy

 

You certainly have, even the service books says that the customer will not have to pay labour. So you pay for oil and filter only.

dipster

 

I paid £120 of which 73 was labour(1 hour) . It was actually done at 5000k its a euro but treated as a UK 1000mile so had the oil change even though it didn't need it.

 

Have any of you looked at the original post date..?

 

Am I missing something here? Why are people paying for a 1000 mile service? This is free !!!! Think you all need to speak to your dealers. Vertually every car manufacture gives the first 1000 mile service free. I certainly got mine free, and every new car I've ever owned had theirs free as well.

Me thinks some dealers are trying it on............ and getting away with it. Speak to Subaru customer services, they'll know.