right, have my 9n3 gti, its a 57 plate and only 19k miles. its due a service and I'm not sure what to do. do i do it myself or get the local vw/specialist to do it?

the issue is, i dont trust anyone to work on my car and the thought of work not being carried out to my super high standards annoys me.

what worries me is getting the stamp in the book for resale value, or do i keep all the receipts and use only genuine parts and hope that if at any point i have to sell it, any potential buyer accepts this?

all opinions welcome

cheers

if i service my car myself i write on the receipts what date and Mileage it was done. Receipts are as good as stamps really as they can see what quality parts you have used.

But they don't garauntee good workmanship

That's what worries me, I'm more than capable of tackling any job (I'm a marine engineer by trade) but its convincing any buyer of this!

There's good and bad with everything.

Ever heard of a dealership "5 second oil change" ?

Same as me bud just fully serviced the lupo for a little over £100. Vw charge loads for a service I've got all receipts ect to prove it was done aswell as pics and then I know that I've done it to my satisfaction.

A lot of dealerships work on bonus.

There's set times for jobs, which are tight anyway, get it done faster you get on bonus = more money.

Don't get me wrong there's a lot of good workers in dealerships. But a lot of dodgy shit goes on too behind the scenes (torque figures - Pah! Air gun!) etc.

TPS are cheaper than VW and genuine parts (I paid £15 for 5l of oil and a filter for example)

Up to you isn't it really!

I do oil services more regularly than specified anyway, good quality oil and regular changes, allowing an engine to warm up properly and it will last for AGES

FSH is all a load of shit. My dad always serviced our car, never kept reciepts but he was more than confident. Its all meaningless for the reasons given above and more. It's just Joe Public don't think/understand this.

Over the life time you have the car, will you spend more on genuine services than you will make on the fact it has a FSH?

But they don't garauntee good workmanship

Neither does a stamp!

But yeah the point is resale, and the stamp wins over the masses. Because they're ignorant.

I agree on home servicing (owner/driver) - their priority isn't with targets, career/management pressures, larking with colleagues, home time or a fag break.. The owner/driver tends to take pride in the work because it's their property and security. They don't nick stuff or sabotage it.

Although i have seen some shocking DIY work, where the fingers really should have stuck with train sets. As long as no electricity is involved.

I work in my old mans small independent garage, we do a lot of servicing on Audis and BMWs, look in the service book and there's full dealership servicing, take out the air filter and its black. Pollen filter is the same, and the fuel coming out of the fuel filter is brown... Not everytime but a lot of the time they're like this.

Service your car, then go to a vw dealership and offer a mechanic a cheeky bit of cash for him to stamp your service book. Wouldnt be the first time!

Over the course of owning the car, what will servicing it yourself save you?

When it comes to sell be car, what would be service stamps gain you that a book of receipts wouldn't?

I would personally always service and replace parts on it myself - providing you are any good then you know it's been done well and gives you the opportunity to keep an eye out for any upcoming problems. The only exception to this is if I know it's a ball ache of a job and a decent garage gave me a good price. Luckily on an early Polo nearly anything can be done in an afternoon.

I'm another One for home servicing, plus you know some one hasn't took

The car out and kicked fuck

Out of it on road test .