By taking your vehicle to an approved dealer for each service or for any repairs, the vehicle will have full main dealer service history. This will help your car retain its value, especially with each service stamp being added on time.

What I like is a wad of independent receipts detailed with what work was carried out with the date, milage and the cost. Gives you a good idea whether all work was done on the cheap or done properly.If your vehicle requires more than 10 litres of oil, an additional charge will be made per additional litre required.

If a car has not been serviced on time, every time, or has been taken to a non-approved garage for a service, then it would be considered to have a partial service history. High-quality fresh engine oil helps to make sure that important components in your engine can move freely.Old oil can restrict the movement of these parts and over time damage can occur. At ATS Euromaster, we use Mobil oil with every car service, due to its superior quality. Having an FSH means that a car has been maintained consistently to the standards outlined by the manufacturer when it rolled off the production line, with all of the required service tasks undertaken and all of the correct procedures followed. Service book – this is a book that goes with the vehicle and every time it has a service, it has a stamp, from the garage that carried the service out. The total length of a car service will vary depending on which service is required for your vehicle. These times can also vary depending on what's found during the inspection. Read our blog on how long a car service takes here for a full breakdown.Times are bad and going to get considerably worse in my opinion for a good number of years, if not permanently, so tread carefully. The OP seemed to be saying that the boss wanted to stamp these skimpy dealer services in the book as if they were manufacturer's scheduled services, AE. Perhaps you are right though and there usually isn't much difference. The implication was that in this case there is a difference though.

The average prices above include parts and labour costs. Make sure you take care of your car can save you money. Ideally, a car will have been issued with a service book in which the garage performing each service will log the vehicle mileage, detail the completed work and authenticate the information with a stamp. Where Mobil Super or Mobil 1 oil is not available, an alternative suitable specification oil will be used. Owners of new or nearly new cars tend to return to their main dealer when their vehicle is due a service. It's a sensible approach because you can be sure it'll be serviced correctly, receive the latest software updates or minor recall rectification work and - as a result - will gain that all-important main dealer service stamp in the service book.

How long does a car service take?

No matter what shape and size, or how cheap or expensive the brand, every car needs to be maintained according to a service schedule that is set out by the vehicle manufacturer. Subject to Mobil Oil making a suitable specification oil. Where Mobil Super or Mobil 1 oil is not available, an alternative suitable specification oil will be used