servicing a skoda octavia, approximate costs?

[raph]

Ok, so I am getting my Skoda, most likely end of this week.

As I am buying it on a lease, i need to work out an approximate budget for servicing. So on an Octavia 2.0 TDI DSG, does anyone know the approximate charges of servicing it at the recommended intervals?

Im also wondering approximately what sort of interval the tyres will need changing.

The sales guy where I am buying from suggested that servicing would be around $380 then $460 alternating, but that sounds a little low to be expecting a dealer to charge. Is it realistic?

[K1W1]

That's about the same as I have been quoted and I would say it's probably reasonably accurate. There isn't a lot to do until you start to look at cam belts at around 90,000km.
Tyres will depend on which ones you get, how you drive, what roads you drive on and whether you keep the pressures up correctly. I've heard of people in the UK killing a pair of fronts in 10k miles but realistically I would think 40-50k km's should be achievable with some sensible driving (I assume we are talking VRS).

[raph]

I've heard of people in the UK killing a pair of fronts in 10k miles but realistically I would think 40-50k km's should be achievable with some sensible driving (I assume we are talking VRS).

No, not VRS, just the straight plain Elegance TDI 2.0 DSG. But servicing charges would be similar im guessing.

[Tezzwokka]

Recently had the first service (15,000km) on my RS. Cost was $333.00 which was pretty comparable to my previous car, a Honda.

Actually servicing costs aren't too bad considering that it's every 15,000km or 12 months, whichever comes first. Although I think I'll get an extra oil change in between to be on the safe side even though it uses full synthetic oil.

[onyertod]

Our Octavia TSI goes in for a first, 15k service this week. Dealer at Wollongong tells me it will cost $384.

[space-godzilla]

I have a 2008 diesel RS with DSG that was recently about due for the 12 month/15,000 service. I sent e-mails to three of the dealers in the Sydney area (I didn't bother with the fourth dealer in Sydney because they never replied to my e-mails when I was shopping around for a car), the dealer in Wollongong, the dealer in Newcastle and my local dealer in Canberra.

I received the following quotes (in ascending order): $280 to $320 (which was later somehow "amended" to $330), $325, $345, $350, $385 and $415.20.

I went with the dealer that quoted me $325 (Northshore) and was very happy with them. In fact, the final bill came in under $320 (a pleasant surprise). They were in Sydney but I was going there anyway and it was still much cheaper than I would have paid in Canberra.

[brad]

1.8TSI manual hatch
15000km service was $151.85 plus oil. I supplied Castrol Edge Sport 5w30 which was $30 at Supercheap.
30000km was $270.35 including brake fluid flush & cabin filter.
45000km was $257.10 including a replacement Air Filter @ $31

All at Wakelings at Campbelltown.

edit: Just have a browse of the service schedule.
Air Filter change interval is every 90,000km. For the $31 I'm glad they did it at 45,000km as I checked it about 10,000km back & it was getting discoloured.

I can't see any change interval for the fuel filter.

[jadcock]

Was a little shocked with my 15k Skoda on my TDI... $126 for oil..? What are they using - and how much.. is this normal?

[MarksVRS]

Yesterday I was quoted $270 from Steve Jarvin Skoda, or $230 from Ultra Tune Burwood for the 15k service. Ultra Tune highlighted the inflated price due to special oil specs for the car. I have 2 bottles of Penrite full synthetic diesel (compliant) oil in the garage so I might ask Steve Jarvin if they can deduct the price of oil to get it done there cheaper (and get my towbar programming fixed at the same time...)

[K1W1]

Was a little shocked with my 15k Skoda on my TDI... $126 for oil..? What are they using - and how much.. is this normal?

Sounds about right the recommended oil is some weird VW spec that includes equal quantities on truffle oil, gold dust, caviar and saffron judging by the price of it. When I got my service done the oil cost more than the labour.

[brad]

Was a little shocked with my 15k Skoda on my TDI... $126 for oil..? What are they using - and how much.. is this normal?

A bit rich. Should be <$100. My dealer was using 504/507 Valvoline & charging ~$80. Even Caltex LLIII is usually $95

[brad]

Yesterday I was quoted $270 from Steve Jarvin Skoda, or $230 from Ultra Tune Burwood for the 15k service. Ultra Tune highlighted the inflated price due to special oil specs for the car. I have 2 bottles of Penrite full synthetic diesel (compliant) oil in the garage so I might ask Steve Jarvin if they can deduct the price of oil to get it done there cheaper (and get my towbar programming fixed at the same time...)

Which Penrite?
I supplied my own oil for the 15k service because the dealer wanted $110 & I could get 502.00 for $30. He didn't mind. By the 30k service he'd gone to Valvoline & dropped his price to something more reasonable.

[woofy]

I got hit up for over $100 for the Castrol OE stuff rather than LIII, wasn't too impressed by that, but the overall service was around $300 so not too bad.

[bobski]

I got hit up for over $100 for the Castrol OE stuff rather than LIII, wasn't too impressed by that, but the overall service was around $300 so not too bad.

Could be worse, the Mazda CX-7 diesels require a recharge of their particulate filter every 20k...

[K1W1]

I guess this thread just reinforces two things; You always pay more at a franchised dealer and you always pay less if you do it yourself.
Personally my car is tax deductible so I don't rarely care but I don't consider $300 every 15,000 km (2 cents per km) to be much of an impost when my previous Land Rover would have probably cost over $1000 in service charges for the same distance travelled at a good inexpensive local LR specialist and way more at a franchise dealer. While the car is under warranty at least I'll continue to pay the dealer charges in exchange for the convenience and the free loan car which in itself is probably worth the extra cost of the oil to me anyway.