brake question!!!!

[kryten2001]

Its not a cost making exercise, VW or any other car manufacturer has no interest in driving up the servicing costs of their cars as it would just have a negative effect on repeat customers, in fact its quite the opposite. I have noticed VW tend to stretch out their parts to make it cheaper for the owner (i.e the 15k/1 yr service internal).

Ever owned a Mazda? I bet you haven't!... Never again for me..

[jessv3]

Ever owned a Mazda? I bet you haven't!... Never again for me..

Nope but i owned a subaru forester XT and it had much more power and torque then the GTI but had rubbish brakes! funny enough it never needed rotor changes often.

[halfcoast]

I was also surprised at my last service of the VW recommendation for discs to be replaced with the brake pads. In over 37 years of owning cars this was a new one on me. Part of built in obsolescence I suppose. I didn't do too bad by all accounts as we got 120,000km out of the brakes.
Unfortunately the cost of servicing my diesel Golf has probably ensured that I will be paying more attention to ongoing service costs when I get my next car and it doesn't look like being another VW. Maybe a Skoda as for some reason, even though they are for all intents identical for servicing requirements, appear to much cheaper to service. My last 2 services (105,000 & 120,000) totalled about $3,700. Last time, they only had the car for 8 hours in total and only 1 technician was listed against the labour but the charge was $1041 or about $130 an hour including lunch. Even with on costs that's an extravagant hourly rate. Even worse when it was probably an apprentice as well.

[jessv3]

I was also surprised at my last service of the VW recommendation for discs to be replaced with the brake pads. In over 37 years of owning cars this was a new one on me. Part of built in obsolescence I suppose. I didn't do too bad by all accounts as we got 120,000km out of the brakes.
Unfortunately the cost of servicing my diesel Golf has probably ensured that I will be paying more attention to ongoing service costs when I get my next car and it doesn't look like being another VW. Maybe a Skoda as for some reason, even though they are for all intents identical for servicing requirements, appear to much cheaper to service. My last 2 services (105,000 & 120,000) totalled about $3,700. Last time, they only had the car for 8 hours in total and only 1 technician was listed against the labour but the charge was $1041 or about $130 an hour including lunch. Even with on costs that's an extravagant hourly rate. Even worse when it was probably an apprentice as well.

The 105k and 120k are well known to be the 2 most expensive services for the MKV, the worst is over for another 5yrs so you may as well hold on to it for a while, i think you will find the next 100k will all be minor services at less then $300ea unless of course you have a DSG then you will have to add $400 to the 180k service.

The engines are identical in the Skoda as they are in the Golf so you're just going to have the exact same experience with the cost of servicing, the only difference being is the lower upfront cost. I think a lot of the new golf/skoda/ audi engines are running chain's now instead of timing belts so regardless of which make you choose you shouldnt have to ever spend over 1k on servicing.

[Johnbu]

Nope but i owned a subaru forester XT and it had much more power and torque then the GTI but had rubbish brakes! funny enough it never needed rotor changes often.

I'd rather replace the rotors more often than put up with rubbish brakes all the time.

Like hard compound tyres that last a long time but offer little grip.

RDA rotors for my are $160 F and $120 R a pair, so not expensive

The GTI stock pads and rotors last a while, so I'm happy to pay to replace them every 90,000km which is quite a long time.


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[brad]

I was also surprised at my last service of the VW recommendation for discs to be replaced with the brake pads. In over 37 years of owning cars this was a new one on me. Part of built in obsolescence I suppose. I didn't do too bad by all accounts as we got 120,000km out of the brakes.
Unfortunately the cost of servicing my diesel Golf has probably ensured that I will be paying more attention to ongoing service costs when I get my next car and it doesn't look like being another VW. Maybe a Skoda as for some reason, even though they are for all intents identical for servicing requirements, appear to much cheaper to service. My last 2 services (105,000 & 120,000) totalled about $3,700. Last time, they only had the car for 8 hours in total and only 1 technician was listed against the labour but the charge was $1041 or about $130 an hour including lunch. Even with on costs that's an extravagant hourly rate. Even worse when it was probably an apprentice as well.

Skodas cost within +-10% of VW to service (yes, sometimes they are more). Best you find a decent independant to get your work done & you will save heaps.