Re: VR6 30,000 mile maintenance

[Robert Malinka <rmalinka@spec.net>]

Stack or Sheri wrote:
> 
> Just wondering how much other VR6 owners have paid for their 30,000 mile
> maintenance at the dealership.  I was quoted around $350.00 at one
> dealership and around $600.00 at another.  My two year warrany is used up so
> this would be the first one I'm actually paying for - I personally think
> that's way too steep.
> Stack
> '95glx  '90g60


You will notice that there is no real maintenance on the vehicle for the first two years
in terms of the filters, brakes, plugs, etc.  VW has engineered the car to make it to 
the 30K mark and then the owner picks up the real tab.  Everything else in between is 
fluff, ie., oil changes and other fluids (windshield, coolant, brake fluid), which are 
all low cost topping up type of things.  The dollars are higher when you replace filters 
(air & fuel).  You might want to do some of the maintenance yourself.  I do all the oil 
and filter changes myself.  The only thing I rely on the dealer for are things related 
to hooking the engine up to the diagnostics equipment, if there's a problem. Otherwise I 
avoid the dealer and other repair centers like they were the plague.  I've seen to many 
times, including most recently when my father had his Westfalia Camper serviced, where 
they tightened the oil drain plug so tight he couldn't get it out and the bolt was 
rounded to the point where it had to be replaced.  Anyone who does that on an oil change 
is a monkey not a mechanic!

pax

Bob