2 year service plan from Arnold Shark

[BadBoy]

I have been offered a 2 year/24k miles manufacture service plan from VW AC, costing £289.

Is this worth it as i have found out you can have the car set to a ll service schedule so effectively within the 2 year period it will only need servicing once?

[maisbitt]

Depends how many miles you'll do. If you do less than 30k miles in 2 years, you're unlikely to need more than one service on the long life. One of these services is £140 at my local dealer, and compared to some posters on here , some might say that £140 is expensive!

[BadBoy]

I do less than the 24k stipulated.

[andyd68]

I got a 3 year/unlimited mileage service plan for £350 when I bought my 'Roc recently from Verve Wishaw.

Personally I wouldn't go near Arnold Shark

[SpannerMan]

A couple of mates in Glasgow reckon Verve is no better than Arnold. One of them had to spend upwards of £1500 to fix a car sold by Verve in Glasgow, he only had a 3 month warranty before he had problems with the Engine Management Unit and fuel injection, this happened one week out of warranty. I have also bought my last 6 cars from AC without any problems. Maybe its just the numbers game, Arnold sells a lot more than others therefore maybe experiences more problems than others?

[ABN1C]

If you are buying using VW finance before 30th September you should get free servicing for three years. If not then VW are still selling three years servicing for £250.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/sciro ... ide/offers

[BadBoy]

thanks for the replies guys, I have found both verve and AC crap really. However AC in the west end have been the best for me.

i think I will go for long life as it means that I will need to take the car to them less and would save more in the long run as it is only a 2 year deal being offered as the 3 year deal is even more money £389.

[BadBoy]

If you are buying using VW finance before 30th September you should get free servicing for three years. If not then VW are still selling three years servicing for £250.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/sciro ... ide/offers

it states its only available from participating retailers and i don't think AC are one of them as they offer their own version.

[ABN1C]

Perhaps the £250 deal from VW could be used to bargain with the dealer on the price of their servicing if they aren't doing the VW deal?

[BadBoy]

I did try and got the usual bull about not making any money from it. I will see what they say when I pick the car up next month. Match vw price or forget it!

[ABN1C]

Maybe you could call VW customer services and ask if there are any dealers near you that are participating in the promotion. There is always a chance your dealer is participating, but would rather sell you their plan.

[BadBoy]

just got off the phone, All dealers do it and you can only get it through a dealer! what a load of crap.

[ABN1C]

It sounds like you've got a word or two to say to your salesman

[yellowplum]

A couple of mates in Glasgow reckon Verve is no better than Arnold. One of them had to spend upwards of £1500 to fix a car sold by Verve in Glasgow, he only had a 3 month warranty before he had problems with the Engine Management Unit and fuel injection, this happened one week out of warranty. I have also bought my last 6 cars from AC without any problems. Maybe its just the numbers game, Arnold sells a lot more than others therefore maybe experiences more problems than others?

All I can say to that is pay by credit card and SOGA!