Yes the prices are daft, what did they charge you and where ? FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

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My car is on this deal, I took out the 5 year option for £1500, covers the next 5 services (had one done already) only item which is extra cost is Brake fluid when its changed. Also includes 5 MOT's at 50% discount. I pay it by DD .

I can cancel the contract at any time if I sell the car and any money in credit is refunded. Personally I think its not a bad deal for main stealer servicing.

They do try it on in other ways though Would you also like your Air Con system cleaned sir, it's an extra £80 + Vat  2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

Yorky Bob. guy salmon sheffield £275 B service

Acceptable enough just as long as the diesel filter gets changed as it seems a few garages skip it as its a pig to do. I would scratch a small mark on mine before handing it in just to be sure. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

exengineer wrote:

Yorky Bob. guy salmon sheffield £275 B service

exengineer wrote:

Yorky Bob. guy salmon sheffield £275 B service

MY13 cars onwards with the electronic parking brake seem to go through rear discs much quicker compared to earlier cars and older type systems. Pads also do not last as long as the fronts but should be good for 30K. At my first B service while in warranty the stealers told me my discs were worn. I got a contribution and had them done but I felt like I was the one being done. I am on my second set of rear discs and the ones taken off by me would have cleaned up on a lathe but not many of us have that facility to hand.

As for visual disc corrosion observation, new cars in garages have terrible looking discs as its only when worked the surface rust is removed, my wifes car sits overnight in a garage were there is a boiler and the discs gleam. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

"At my first B service while in warranty the stealers told me my discs were worn"

But this is what disks are supposed to do. To my mind they only need replacing when they are near the minimum disk thickness which is printed on the disk edge (ie likely to run out of disk before new pads are required) or have been damaged by some other mechanism. I wonder if garages actually measure disk thickness ?

FWIW my MY14 has done 36K miles and appears to have plenty of rear pad and disk left - but they do appear to be wearing down faster than the fronts. Ive got a set of front disk and pads sitting on the shelf because I thought theyd go first but I'll probably have to change the rears first. Jules

Just my two Penn'orth on discs and pads.

My MY13 has done 55000.
Rear factory pads changed in late 2017 as were looking low (49k), discs still ok.
Front Pads still factory at 55k, discs also still factory, although discs were an MOT advisory October 2018, although not excessively worn, pitted or scored.

Frankly, I am amazed that they have lasted this long. The fronts will be done before this Autumn as a precaution, but 55k and rising is good going in anyone's language. My brothers DS, by contrast, is on its 3rd set of rear Discs/Pads after a mere 20,000 miles (under warranty as a known manufacturing defect), but it has been suggested by the supplying dealer that the DS braking system is made of plasticine and the discs and pads are needing regular changes after circa 25k.

"after circa 25k"

crikey ! Jules