£278 for a full service? Is this a standard pice?

Sounds about right for a main dealer service and the 20k one is the big one.

Immediately you have 20% vat

Then the high dealer hourly rate and other costings. I'd still stick with my other post where I suggested biting the bullet on the main service for peace of mind and then consider doing it yourself thereafter.

You will find our American friends will be alarmed at the high cost we pay for servicing

 

Ask them. There can be a gulf between Toyota spec'd. maintenance and dealership interpretation of same. Make sure you're comparing apples/apples, and avoid the dealers that keep throwing in their own "oranges".

 

A shocking price (equivalent to US$450), that provides substantial financial incentive to DIY.

The major required items are to replace the engine oil/oil filter and the air filters periodically. Then look under the car for problems in the suspension, brakes, exhaust, and drivetrain. That is about it, unless a problem is uncovered.

 

you are calling this 'the 20K service' but, it has 80K on it? i would look at your owners manual for toyota recommendations and ask the dealer what they are specifically going to do. there are a few things some of the experts here recommend that toyota does not. you may want to do some searching and consider them. rae vynn just had a service for $475. which had several very specific things done and covered all the important ones. all the best!

 

I think he means the 20K interval, ie: 20, 40, 60, 80 and so on.

 

yes, that's what i was thinking, so, it's not going to be cheap, even legitimate service.

 

If you can gear up to do the future services yourself, why not do the immediate service now and save yourself much of the £278 expenditure?

 

One school of thought says that regardless of whether you pay for items to be inspected or not, they will be inspected anyway because that represents a potential upsell if a problem is found.

Another school would say no, the tech will ignore anything which is not written on the repair order.

Considering your car is 3-4 years old with 80K miles logged, if you are not comfortable doing the various inspections yourself then it might be worthwhile to have that done for you.

 

I have collected a bunch of photos for anyone who is interested in doing visual inspections him/herself:

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...ting/74434-diy-visual-inspection-dummies.html