service costs oil change

[Perfectos]

The fact that the question comes up repeatedly over many many years and the BS with timing belts, 180 BI turbo oil use / EGR, EGR failure, DPF issues, sagging hydraulic roof, faulty emergency button, poor media interface, faulty touch screens for several example etc, which VW flat blank deny exist at all ! would imply that peoples experience with lots of VW franchises are not the best experience they could have had from a premium cost / customer perspective. (Cali) nor does the T6 forum bear out a pleasant experience when issues are called into question.
VW U.K. defend the clear and unequivocal BS, they choose to spout in support of their corporate action, including Diesel gate ! with the threat of loss of warranty / good will is all you need to know.
IMO use a dealer only when you need to (caveat when you trust them, there are one or two) if you can get a similar mediocre service elsewhere why pay the Premium?

 

[Perfectos]

The fact that the question comes up repeatedly over many many years and the BS with timing belts, 180 BI turbo oil use / EGR, EGR failure, DPF issues, sagging hydraulic roof, faulty emergency button, poor media interface, faulty touch screens for several example etc, which VW flat blank deny exist at all ! would imply that peoples experience with lots of VW franchises are not the best experience they could have had from a premium cost / customer perspective. (Cali) nor does the T6 forum bear out a pleasant experience when issues are called into question.
VW U.K. defend the clear and unequivocal BS, they choose to spout in support of their corporate action, including Diesel gate ! with the threat of loss of warranty / good will is all you need to know.
IMO use a dealer only when you need to (caveat when you trust them, there are one or two) if you can get a similar mediocre service elsewhere why pay the Premium?

Funnily enough VW U.K. look like they will remove a lot of the BS by preventing certain (most existing) Franchises from selling the Cali brand ongoing!
I’m sure those franchises will similarly thank VW for the reciprocating agreement for their massive payments over those periods where they carried the VW brand and the BS that Brand imparted .
Times are a changing do what YOU need to do

 

[Perfectos]

But VW give a 2yr Warranty on their work be it a repair or a service. How many Independents do?

That’s actually not true, warranty work does not carry a two year warranty unless you make a financial contribution.

 

[Perfectos]

Use your Cali, look after it, service it (oil) yearly and enjoy

 

[secret lemonade drinker]

So basically a Franchise, and I'm sure they had to pay Mercedes to offer those services.

No, not a franchise, they pay for the "star" diagnostic Licence from Stuttgart bypassing the UK Franchise (robbing b'stards). The technicians are all mercedes trained, and have skills that I have known franchise dealers to sub contract to.