oil change places???

went to National tyres as they do a £15 oil change offer and they didn't
have the filter in and couldn't get it until about 6 days time!!!! The guys
said that I needed the Premium semi synthetic oil at £21 for the lil old Pug
106 but didn't seem bothered or interested at all.

Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil changes?
The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the oil and I
don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort of prices are
not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and filter and doing it
mysen.

"Jericho Joshua" <JerichoJoshua (AT) hotmale (DOT) com> wrote

went to National tyres as they do a £15 oil change offer and they didn't
have the filter in and couldn't get it until about 6 days time!!!! The
guys said that I needed the Premium semi synthetic oil at £21 for the lil
old Pug 106 but didn't seem bothered or interested at all.

Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil
changes? The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the
oil and I don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort of
prices are not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and filter and
doing it mysen.

National have been alright for oil changes on stuff of mine in the past, but
TBH they seem to be the only vaguely alright national chain, and even then
they can be full of bullshit. I'd be surprised if National used the correct
grade of oil more than 50% of the time and you get a pattern (Fram) filter -
it's not as good a job as buying proper manufacturer oil and an OE filter.

Jericho Joshua wrote:

went to National tyres as they do a £15 oil change offer and they didn't
have the filter in and couldn't get it until about 6 days time!!!! The guys
said that I needed the Premium semi synthetic oil at £21 for the lil old Pug
106 but didn't seem bothered or interested at all.

Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil changes?
The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the oil and I
don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort of prices are
not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and filter and doing it
mysen.



I was down at National or Kwik-Fit or something recently getting a tyre

changed. Checking out the price list I could get an oil and filter
change for £20-25. Seems pretty cheap when I consider a filter for my
car costs £7 and £25 for 3l of Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 (yes, TV adverts
with computerised flyby of pistons doing their thing and guff about
magnetic oil works if you don't know any better) from Halfords.

Probably could do with sourcing cheaper oil, without having to buy
Kiwk-Fit volumes. A good side to doing your own change is you get to
have a good nosy under the car and scan for leaks, split CV boots, dodgy
brakes, shocks, leaking pipes etc.

Tim

In article <4IWdneBpguSBRUzYRVnyiwA (AT) eclipse (DOT) net.uk>,
Jericho Joshua <JerichoJoshua (AT) hotmale (DOT) com> wrote:

Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil
changes? The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the
oil and I don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort
of prices are not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and
filter and doing it mysen.

My local Kwikfit were doing Mobile 1 for far less than you can buy it for
in Halfords. Despite what many say about them I've found them ok - and you
can keep an eye on what they're doing unlike most garages.

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*When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break *

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
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"Tim" <tpb100 (AT) ntlworld (DOT) com> wrote

Jericho Joshua wrote:
went to National tyres as they do a £15 oil change offer and they didn't
have the filter in and couldn't get it until about 6 days time!!!! The
guys said that I needed the Premium semi synthetic oil at £21 for the lil
old Pug 106 but didn't seem bothered or interested at all.

Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil
changes? The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the
oil and I don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort of
prices are not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and filter
and doing it mysen.



I was down at National or Kwik-Fit or something recently getting a tyre
changed. Checking out the price list I could get an oil and filter change
for £20-25. Seems pretty cheap when I consider a filter for my car costs
£7 and £25 for 3l of Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 (yes, TV adverts with
computerised flyby of pistons doing their thing and guff about magnetic
oil works if you don't know any better) from Halfords.

Woo. A filter for my car costs around a fiver, and 5l of VW oil costs £12
from GSF. Magnatec is overpriced shite.

Oh! Didn't know that KF did oil changes. do they do them alone or as part of
a service.?


"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote

In article <4IWdneBpguSBRUzYRVnyiwA (AT) eclipse (DOT) net.uk>,
Jericho Joshua <JerichoJoshua (AT) hotmale (DOT) com> wrote:
Any ideas of decent (national) places/chains that do offers on oil
changes? The appeal of course is that they get dirty and dispose of the
oil and I don't have to crawl under the car myself.... Also these sort
of prices are not too far off prices for buying the decent oil and
filter and doing it mysen.

My local Kwikfit were doing Mobile 1 for far less than you can buy it for
in Halfords. Despite what many say about them I've found them ok - and you
can keep an eye on what they're doing unlike most garages.

--
*When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break *

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote

My local Kwikfit were doing Mobile 1 for far less than you can buy it for
in Halfords. Despite what many say about them I've found them ok - and you
can keep an eye on what they're doing unlike most garages.

Doki's also said his National place is ok.

I think the answer is that quality within the chains varies dramatically.
You and Doki have both found a decent one.

(25 quid for 3L of 10W40 - boggle)

cheers,
clive

"Clive George" <clive (AT) xxxx-x (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:4eb4a24c98dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk...

My local Kwikfit were doing Mobile 1 for far less than you can buy it for
in Halfords. Despite what many say about them I've found them ok - and
you
can keep an eye on what they're doing unlike most garages.

Doki's also said his National place is ok.

I think the answer is that quality within the chains varies dramatically.
You and Doki have both found a decent one.

(25 quid for 3L of 10W40 - boggle)

I've used a couple and found them both alright for what I've had them do
(oil changes and tracking). I wouldn't say they're brilliant, but they don't
seem to ram shock absorbers etc. down your throat like kwik fit supposedly
do. OTOH I have seen them charging people who don't know better a stupendous
amount of money for brakes parts that must have come to £50 total from the
factors.

Tim wrote:

Probably could do with sourcing cheaper oil, without having to buy
Kiwk-Fit volumes. A good side to doing your own change is you get to
have a good nosy under the car and scan for leaks, split CV boots, dodgy
brakes, shocks, leaking pipes etc.

I always have a look under the car when it's on the lift anyway. So far,
nobody's told me to bugger off.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

My local Kwikfit were doing Mobile 1 for far less than you can buy it for
in Halfords.

My local Jaguar main dealer charges less for Mobil 1 fully synthetic
than Halfords! (which is pretty important when your car takes 8 litres
of the stuff...)

Matt