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As if by magic, I have just received an email from Nene Jag!! They have sent me a quote for the major (type B) service £375, which annoyingly is £25 more expensive than I managed to get the main dealer down to!! I beat the main dealer down from £443 to £350! Pretty good going if I do say so myself!! :) My dilemma now therefore is....Jaguar Specialist at £375 or Jaguar main dealer at £350. Either way the car will get the quality service it deserves. Other benefits of main dealer are free collect & deliver (30 miles each way) and of course they wash & vac the car (a little benefit, not a deal swinger). Also Marshalls last year replaced 3 of my tyres free of charge as they were flagged as part of a faulty batch on their system. Nowhere outside of the dealership would have done that I'm sure Which would you choose and why??

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I am just waiting to hear back from Nene Jag in Peterborough, but all being well I will be taking it there to be serviced. They look very good online! Definitely going to stay with Jaguar dealer or hopefully Jaguar specialist if I can find one suitable and am just glad I never went through with the cheaper alternatives!!! Thanks again

Thanks Joe (DOT-COM), You’re right, Marshalls Jaguar Peterborough still have the fixed price servicing on their website, but I’m told this is no longer funded by Jaguar, hence the dealerships can no longer offer it!! I managed to beat them down from £443 to £350 which is quite a beating, but I will see what the Jaguar Specialist come back with before I see whether to take them up on the offer.

Thanks Ron (R2e), I’m definitely looking to go down the independent specialist route thanks to the advice coming through this forum!! I appreciate a service doesn’t necessarily need specialist knowledge but I would feel reassured knowing a Jaguar trained mechanic was working on my car.

Thank you very much (Carole Simpson-Hadley) for your in depth response to my post! I’m so glad I put my question out there to the community, as I hadn’t even thought of Jaguar Specialists!!!! This is definitely the way I want to go, as I cannot stand the thought of some random guy popping the bonnet on my car and trying to work out where to begin! I’ve had a quick Google search for my area of Cambridgeshire and have found one that looks promising; Nene Jag Specialists. Thanks again! Mark

Hi Guys, I'm having a dilemma and hope the Jaguar community can help me out..... My XF-S is up for a major service next month and my local Jaguar dealership have increased their service prices. They can no longer offer the Fixed Price Servicing for 3+ year cars and the new price is £443, up from £329. I have managed to beat them down a bit on price but this increase caused me to look elsewhere and I have found some surprising savings if I go away from dealer servicing. Halfords and Kwik-Fit for example offer "manufacturer service schedule" servicing for around £250-£280 but there is a nationwide firm called Servicing Stop who quoted me £107 for a full car service on my car reg/post code!!!!! Servicing Stop offer the work out to their nationwide list of "approved" garages and a local garage then come and collect your car free of charge, carry out the work following the manufacturers schedule using OE parts (although not Jaguar parts), you then pay Servicing Stop and the local garage return the car. Should I continue to stump up Jaguar prices or go elsewhere? My concern about elsewhere is the quality of mechanic and mechanic staff driving my car. Your thoughts very much appreciated!!