Girl in need of service advice!

[smartSteve]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Steve, as the Prestige Car Servicing I linked to has it's HO in Leicestershire (some 180+ miles away from Portsmouth) and offer a national service through approved agents for £119 for an A service i'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the first post was based on that and not driving from Bristol to Portsmouth (Some 120 miles) to the Prestige you are referring to ?

You might be quite right there... See also my reply to PeterPiper.

Just for clarification, I am not linked to Wellsmart or Prestige Car Service. I only know that they have a good reputation amongst my fellow smart friends.

[smartSteve]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

and your point is ?:wag:

the idea of letting Prestige farm it out to whoever they have agreed

The point is that Prestige Car Service in Horndean is a reputable company specialized in MB and smart and not to be confused with a company called Prestige Car Servicing which is just a broker for ~500 independent garages around the UK (and which can't spell roadster ).

[Avalon]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Ahem, Prestige Car Service is a site supporter and they are ~10 miles N of Portsmouth... You must think on someone else, then...

Steve, as the Prestige Car Servicing I linked to has it's HO in Leicestershire (some 180+ miles away from Portsmouth) and offer a national service through approved agents for £119 for an A service i'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the first post was based on that Prestige as the price and name tie in as well as having a local outfit to the lady in question and not driving from Bristol to Portsmouth (Some 120 miles) to the Prestige you are referring to ? Either way no-one bad mouthed either of the Prestige's and the other one wasn't being mentioned until you brought it up

[PeterPiper]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Ahem, Prestige Car Service is a site supporter

and your point is ?:wag:

[vicshippers]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

OMG Wellsmart definitely then....

I shall call them post haste and book it in for next Saturday....hopefully they'll have a space for lil Betty!

[smartSteve]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

the idea of letting Prestige farm it out to whoever they have agreed will handle the work locally just doesn't do it for me on a smart, i've used them for a Merc before and they were OK but compared to the local Merc specialist who did the last service the car felt better and fuel consumption figures improved significantly.

Ahem, Prestige Car Service is a site supporter and they are ~10 miles N of Portsmouth... You must think on someone else, then...

[Avalon]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

If it helps my last B service at the local Merc came in at £280 in Newcastle, glad the dealer was paying and not me! They also returned the car to me the first time with the under tray hanging down and the clutch hadn't taken the Winstar settings so I got 0 quite a lot. They took it back in to fix that and lost the plastic wallet with the service history and operations manual in ... For the cost i'd take it to a specialist smart service outfit such as Wellsmart (£187 for a B), the idea of letting Prestige farm it out to whoever they have agreed will handle the work locally just doesn't do it for me on a smart, i've used them for a Merc before and they were OK but compared to the local Merc specialist who did the last service the car felt better and fuel consumption figures improved significantly.

[vicshippers]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Wellsmart it is then...just need to sort how I'm going to get there and back etc now

It's going to be a saturday job by the looks of it

[smartSteve]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Have a look at Wellsmart's prices then. It's also a bit nearer for you...

[vicshippers]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Including VAT it's £230 - so even worse...I'm going on what you guys have said rather than just the pennies though so I don't mind. Should be about £300 with the tyre and wiper arm

(hopefully)

[Avalon]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

You're in for a bit of a surprise, it's £119 for an A service not a B service, that's £195 but it's still cheaper than Merc http://www.prestigecarservicing.com/smartservice.html

[vicshippers]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Decision made - PCS are going to get it

(that's just for you Putzie)

Thanks guys, I'll let you know how I get on. I'm going to get a new tyre and a new wiper arm too...Betty's had a rough time living in the Ghetto of Bristol.

:thanx:

[Twinkle Toes]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

Ollie at PCS has done quite a bit to my car. My last service was fab, the car actually ran better than it ever had thanks to Ollie.

He will make sure you little treasure is fab.

[RacingSnake]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

You honestly won't have any problems with Prestige.

however... sometimes indies will indeed charge you and do sfa to your car...

http://www.fq101.co.uk/servicecheck.asp

[putzie]

Re: Girl in need of service advice!

would of thought wellsmart would of been a better option for you !