Service Garage? Or By Mate?

[Law08]

I dont know
If should get my mate to service my car he would charge about £30 - £40, or the local garage said about £150.

If a get my mate to do it, is this all a need? And much would it come to, just to buy the parts.

Fuel filter
Oil filter
Front brakes & pads
Spark plugs
Wiper blades
Oil 10/40
Radiator coolant

[Quick]

All of those things you can do your self!

Get the haynes book, as it is very useful!

[MaRiO89]

^^Agree'd..

i would never pay a garage to service my car..

[Gabbastard]

Youre proibably looking at about 100 quid to buy all that stuff to service your car.

[Danr]

If your looking to keep up a service history then yes, get it done at the garage. If not then crack on with doing it yourself with a friend. It's not to hard to do at all!

[MaRiO89]

I fill my own SH in..i know its not genuine etc but it shows effort has been made..keep the reciepts too to prove work etc..

[RCD-Performance]

i know i make a living out of this stuff, but i would never pay someone to change my oil, only if they were taking the oil for some other reason, i.e. a rebuild.

however, its always worth spending that little bit extra too keep up the service history

and with british weather, you'll probably get wet, and annoyed if doing in on the road on your back in the rain.

[nazz1]

you could get all that stuff for about £80

all depends on how much you want to spend on the breaks

get it done by a mate who works in a garage, best of both worlds then

[VTS_Gaz]

Agree with the others do it yourself and if you dont have knoweledge get a haynes and your sorted.

Done mine in the street in next to no time, took me longer jacking the car up that the actual work. lol

[williamsvts]

do wiper blades and pads/discs need changing?

[Predator_R32]

what you pay in labour at a dealership is what you lose on the book not being stamped when you come to sell it, tbh in the long run its cheaper to do it yourself