We think our cars are expensive...

rab60bit · 17th November 2021, 22:14

We visited a friend this morning and over coffee mentioned her brake warning light had come on during a recent journey - it's a Porsche Macan 3L petrol job which she's had from new in 2018 and it's done about 24K. Being a 12 month widow she didn't ask any advice and just booked it in with her dealership. I didn't get all the details from her but £1600 later the brake light is now 'off' - and she 'thought' all the pads had been changed.
Out of interest I made a quick check out on the cost of an OEM set of front pads (with wear indicators), £70! Set of rears can only be less but lets call it £150 for all 4 corners. Book time for a pad change (at a dealership with all the kit/experience) I'm guessing max. 2-3 hours @£130/hour.
I get that to around £550...say we round that up to £600 for a spit and polish before it goes back to the customer. Unless there was another issue (or maybe they fitted new discs as well) how can they reasonably charge that sort of money?

17th November 2021, 22:14	#1
rab60bit Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Wilmslow Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 433 Thanked 301 Times in 212 Posts	We think our cars are expensive... We visited a friend this morning and over coffee mentioned her brake warning light had come on during a recent journey - it's a Porsche Macan 3L petrol job which she's had from new in 2018 and it's done about 24K. Being a 12 month widow she didn't ask any advice and just booked it in with her dealership. I didn't get all the details from her but £1600 later the brake light is now 'off' - and she 'thought' all the pads had been changed. Out of interest I made a quick check out on the cost of an OEM set of front pads (with wear indicators), £70! Set of rears can only be less but lets call it £150 for all 4 corners. Book time for a pad change (at a dealership with all the kit/experience) I'm guessing max. 2-3 hours @£130/hour. I get that to around £550...say we round that up to £600 for a spit and polish before it goes back to the customer. Unless there was another issue (or maybe they fitted new discs as well) how can they reasonably charge that sort of money?