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04/11/2010 at 8:48pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: Vango Inspire 600
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Just realised I need to book our van in for it's 1st service (due January).  Roughly how much should we expect to pay?  Does it vary from dealer to dealer?  We have a few Coachman approved places in our area so if the price is likely to vary much I'll ring around for the best deal.

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04/11/2010 at 9:14pm
 Location: Wirral
 Outfit: Rimor New Polaris 530-6 & Volvo V70
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We pay £185 for our single axle. It is more for a twin axle, not sure how much.

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04/11/2010 at 9:18pm
 Location: East mids
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I think we only paid £130 for our last service - I may be wrong though.

i know you can sometimes get a choice of service, were we went to before I seam to remember you could just have the trailer done without gas stuff etc serviced and moisture test there was extra, which i think is essential to cover most warranties.

 



04/11/2010 at 9:30pm
 Location: Lancashire
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about £170-£200 plus a damp test about £30.

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04/11/2010 at 9:37pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: Vango Inspire 600
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Thanks for the replies!

Seems it does vary a bit.  Think we'll do some ringing around before booking it in.

 



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04/11/2010 at 9:44pm
 Location: hastings
 Outfit: abbey county stafford
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just had ours done today and it was £177 including vat for a single axle

glenn



04/11/2010 at 10:51pm
 Location: sunderland
 Outfit: terrano compass omega 505
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we paid £230 in 2009 and £200 this year at the same dealer for a single axle


04/11/2010 at 11:38pm
 Location: Near Alton Towers
 Outfit: Bailey Burgundy S7 H
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Ours is £180-£200 including a damp report. Had a great haggle when buying the van and got an extra 50% off the first service included in my deal. No such luck from here on in though.

Dave. 



05/11/2010 at 7:51am
 Location: Chester le Street
 Outfit: Volkswagen CC & Carnaby Cascade
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Just had mine done, £99 single £129 twin, Catterick caravans.

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05/11/2010 at 8:09am
 Location: northampton
 Outfit: Abbey Freestyle
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as its your first service, make sure that who ever does it, will cover the warranty service points, some time you find that dealers who did not supply you with the caravan may not be to keen to do any warrant work for you.

you may find that you can a better price for a service from a mobile service centre, and a lot of these guys are approved by various makers to do there service work.

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05/11/2010 at 4:47pm
 Location: derbys
 Outfit: Kia Sorento- Coachman 565 vip
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Our main dealer for Coachman charge £175 for an annual service.  Plus parts ie one shot nuts etc.

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05/11/2010 at 6:33pm
 Location: durham
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130 plus vat   but then they charge 15 for the mover    they are all different  no such thing as a standard charge       boils down to trust      been with ropers at catterick bridge for a number of years   not perfect but better than average - they respond when queried which is my ideal world so no complaints here       would prefer the ultimate ideal where you know everything will be done first time but realism is important these days



06/11/2010 at 12:03pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: Vango Inspire 600
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I've spoken to the dealer we bought the van from & it'll be £197 all in including damp test.  They've been brilliant since we bought the van so think we'll stick with them. 

What they also told me is that with Coachman you can have the service done at any point within 90 days either side of the anniversary (31st Jan in our case) so we could leave it til April if we wanted.  The only exceptions are years 3 & 5 where it has to be done on or before the anniversary date.

So I didn't book it in just yet - we'll get it done in March when (hopefully) we won't have to worry about the possibility of severe weather stopping us from getting it there.



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25/11/2010 at 3:08pm
 Location: Suffolk
 Outfit: Hymer Living 465
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Mine was £100 from an independent, did a nice enough job. If you go to your original dealer though you may find its worth paying that bit extra for goodwill in the future.

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25/11/2010 at 3:49pm
 Location: Polesworth Warwickshire
 Outfit: Bailey Unicorn III Valencia (LR Disco)
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Quote: Originally posted by adsheadv on 06/11/2010
What they also told me is that with Coachman you can have the service done at any point within 90 days either side of the anniversary (31st Jan in our case) so we could leave it til April if we wanted.  The only exceptions are years 3 & 5 where it has to be done on or before the anniversary date.
It does vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.  With Bailey it is 6 weeks eitherside of the aniversary of the initial purchase.

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25/11/2010 at 3:57pm
 Location: Cheshire
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 636
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How far in advance do you need to book a service with main dealer.  Ours isn't due until July but as Im always the type of person to book ahead just wondering how much notice would be needed to get a date to suit.



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