Ok....service time again. 30K this one. City Mazda.

• Labour (1 Hour) $79.20
• Rotary oil (10 litres) $79.20
• Oil filter $9.45
• Sump Plug Gasket $0.90
• Workshop supplies & Enviro levy $8.80

Total........ $177.55 (with extra 5 litres oil supplied).

Car returned unwashed (as requested). Spare oil and remnant oil placed in boot. Recall done AOK FOC.

Cheers,
Gomez.

 

i have been more than happy with rockdale service centre.
they have fairest price, will wash your car, give you a loaner, and know what a flash is

 

Cheers Ezzy!

Got it serviced there last friday. They actually have an office! Not a shack!
Total was $1200 all up for service. 950 for a pair of GS-D3 tyres, so,
about 240-250 including loan car. Got the wash,flash and a ROSE! :D
One problem, they didn't close the bonnet! I drove M5 home and it started rattling
like it was gonna rip off any second. But didn't wanna complain, best service by far!

Cheers,
Tuan.

 

Reading this thread got me thinking. My car is due for its 20K service so i rang around to get quotes off the dealerships in Sydney i could feasibly use.

Here are the quotes below:

$380 Hornsby Mazda
$330 Rockdale Mazda
$315 Eurocars Mazda
$300 Brookvale Mazda
$290 McGrath Mazda
$267 John Newell Mazda

It leads to an interesting question. What is their justification for such huge price differences? Its very obvious from this thread that those of you not in Sydney pay waaaay less for your services but these 5 dealerships are within 25km of each other so can't use cost of labour as an excuse.

Of course everyone knows that the real answer is that its just a blatant rort and they just charge whatever they think they can get away with.

 

Carried out 30 000 service today at Grand Prix Aspley
Cost....$172.70

They also carried out the heat shield recall but forgot the lower control arm. I will get this done when I go in for some new parts.

They have ordered the following parts under warranty; starter motor, spark plugs, battery, front head light assembly(left and right), new compound front brakes.

skc

 

Forgot???

FFS!

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

Mate, got a breakdown of the service cost? That'd be handy so we can see what individual dealers charge per item.....

Cheers,
Gomez.

 

Shure thing Gomez.

30 000km service........................................... $88 00
Workshop supplies and waste disposal.........$ 7.00
Oil filter............................................ ...............$ 8.64
Gasket sump plug............................................$ 0.38
TXT superperfomance oil (3.80l @$13.95........$ 53.01
Subtotal $157.03
GST .................................................. ..............$ 15.70
Total............................................. ..................$172.70

skc

 

I noticed 3.8L for 14$. Why's it add up to 53.01?? Spare? WOW!

idolo. I think you should try a bargain over the phone. Rockdale quoted me 330.

I told him 'but Dave only got charged 210?' LOL.

Sorry Revolver, had to let that one out!

 

Price for oil was $13.95 per litre (so 13.95 x 3.8 = $53.01).

Otherwise, hehe, your bargaining position might improve if I had actually taken my car to Rockdale before! :D

I've had 2 services so far at Brookie:

10K - free, part of the purchase deal I struck.

Intermediate 6 mth service with 15K odd on the clock - $160 (essentially an oil change).

 

LOL

Alright, someone whos loyal to rockdale, cough up your prices! :D

 

Werribee Mazda 30k service cost $205.62. I've found Werribee Mazda tends to be more expensive for their regular services but I've never had any problems and they throw in a courtesy car (today is a Mazda 3). In fact the time I bought the RX-8 we got a showroom RX-8 to drive around while my MX-5 was being serviced. I haven't seen the break down of costs yet, but the oil usually isn't specified with a litre amount. Cost Breakdown:

30,000km Service $149.60
Consumables $ 4.40
Environment Levy $ 5.50
Mobil Oil $ 31.38
Parts Total $ 14.74 (Oil Filter & Gasket Sump Plug)

Total $205.62

 

John Newell Mazda, Sydney for 10k / 6mth service. $208 Washed and vacummed, ECU Updated, and remaining oil in the boot as per my request. They did however charge me $2 for washer fluid...

free loan car (mazda2) because of recall work (heat shield replaced, the other thingo was fine).

I asked my service guy about the starter motor when i booked my car (Aug 04 build date) in for the recall work, as sometimes it's very sluggish to start up, even if the engine is warm. Was told that because of my frequent short trips, it's the problem with carbon build up and NOTHING to do with the starter motor. I pointed out that I could have been driving for 20km and if switched off and restarted 10 min later the same problem, and that others with 8's that I know of had theirs replaced to which he replied with "we haven't had to replace any here, and it must of been an isolated incident".

After the recall work they did and the 6mth/10k service, they this time forgot to stamp the logbook (last time they forgot to update the reminder sticker). As silly as it sounds, I feel a bit let down by this as if they can't do reminder / log book stuff then what else did they leave out??? It's attention to detail that counts, and it gives me a bad feeling when the T's are not crossed or the I's are not dotted.

needless to say, I'll be going somewhere else in future. This is the second service for my 8 and the second time they have stuffed up. Very disappointing really as I really wanted them to at least have an ounce of respect for an owner who purchased from their dealer, AND it's a flagship model from them.

 

I am doing my starter motor and battery today.

Look at my loan car!@@@@!!! :D

I organised it in the last minute and it is all I can get... for FREE of course.

 

Very butch! :D

 

Has it got rotary....? :D

 

Of course - that's Hymee's test bed for the S/C Renesis. He's doing some long distance testing and figured if it can survive Taka, it's bullet proof! :p :D :D :D

hehehehe, just made myself laugh. Think it's nearly time for bed. :o

 

I have found a SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE with what should be done on each service it could be out of date but not much would change Australias is about 1/2 way down page 2 the address for the PDF is http://www.gonedivin.com/PDF/maintance_Sched.pdf you will get a good idea of what should be replaced and what should inspected and cleaned.

 

Welcome cjs.

Your link doesn't work for me. Also a bit puzzled by the 'gonedivin' part of the URL?

 

I think he is hosting it on his site. Maybe a typo in the URL.

Cheers,
Hymee.

BTW - Welcome, CJS!

 

I only have 6,700km so I had an oil and filter change, and a wheel alignment at Grand Prix... Need the car in great condition before the Nats..

They also installed a power outlet in the boot so I can charge/run the squillion cadgets that hang off the car...

Got the wheels rotated and balanced for free..

Oil & Filter change and fit power outlet $80
Wheel alignment $45

Oil Filer $8.64
Sump Plug $0.38
Superperformance Oil $48.83

What on earth is Superperformance Oil? They insisted that it was the same as the Mineral Oil sold by Mazda (I asked them to use the Mineral Oil when I booked and checked in - expecting that I would get the spare litre for top up ) - just a bulk version...

Apart from the oil thing I am very happy with their service department - it is just a pity that they are in the middle of nowhere...

 

Is the cig lighter socket and the other power outlet at the rear of the front console slide not enough??

BTW - just had the front console slide fixed this morning while I waited - the clips had fallen out. SM agreed they should have made more components of the slide metal so it could stand up to normal wear and tear.

The engine he is having built for his series 5 RX7 drift car is almost finished. He's fitting 9.5's at the rear to cope. Sounds like it will be quite a weapon.

 

skc had this oil used in his car too.....although he called it TXT Superperformance oil. The TXT bit leads me to believe that it's a Castrol product.

Castrol make a TXT Softec Synthetic oil in 5W-30 which is a bulk oil sold by Castrol for dealership use......can't find any reference to the Superperformance moniker though.

 

If this is true then I am going to get VERY mad as I asked three times to ensure that the car used the Mazda Mineral Rotary Oil.. I have litre in the back for top up.... Can I still use this - something tells me that is this unlikely...

 

Mineral and synthectic oils are compatible. One is a hydrocarbon chain that comes out of the dirt. The other is a hydrocarbon chain made in a "test tube". Both long chain polymers consisting of hydrogen and carbon atoms. That is why I dislike the oil argument so much.

Cheers,
Hymee.