You won't believe the cost of my first oil change ?! [Do I still love my S4 ?!] 

I now use specialists for my BMW, so much cheaper, and it has no effect on the warranty as long as it's done to schedule using BMW parts. Had a first service (basically an oil change) dealer wanted £370, specialist £180! Those fancy showrooms have to be paid for somehow!

£399 for an oil change and inspection on an s4 sounds like good value, as my wife has an a1 1.4 tfsi cost £399 for the same job! Looks like one price fits all models. 🤔 Love the two dogs!👍

Shop around. You were ripped off. Phone around and you will make a saving. Bigger savings then go to an independent garage; use of genuine part won't invalid warranty.

Very informative video. I've had my 2017 B9 S4 for just over 3 years now and the last service I had at 33,000 miles was done by a local VW/Audi independent specialist for £250, that was for an inspection and an oil service, including a loan car for the day, very pleased! It's out of warranty, but I am planning on keeping the car. I am pleased that the ex-demonstrator we bought does have the matrix LEDs, amazing at night! I am fairly new to watching videos on RU-vid and I am embarrassed to say that I have just found that there are further settings in the "individual" drive mode that I didn't know about! Thanks to your videos!

When ever I take the RS4 in for service I supply my own oil. You will find that is a big chunk of the cost. My car takes 9 litres and at Audi price of about £14/litre that is quite a bit. Not all dealerships let you provide your own but ask them.

Petrol ped! The only person who packs his roof box like it’s a display cabinet. 😉 that’s class for you.

I have had 4 Audis with 3 litre engines, both diesel and petrol over 20 years and all the onboard computers have been at least 5% optimistic.

Good feedback. My 140i has enjoyed free servicing for the last 3 years and a very thorough inspection and oil change all for free. Obviously I now have to start paying for stuff as the vehicle is now out of warranty.

“£400 is a lot” says the guy with a second home in Cornwall 🤣

Just watched this for about the 5th time... Love it! Just had my 2016 320d touring serviced at Sytner and cost £426 for a major service on 53k. Going to miss the daily vlogs

I have packed my '17 Clubman to just what you did. 3 times San Francisco to Seattle. 760 miles. Last month got my 2020 Clubman JCW. First time in 40 years I have had 2 of the same make and model. Absolutely love it.

I have a 2018 2.0TFSI A5 and was quoted just shy of £400 from Audi CAMBRIDGE for the same Oil & Inspection Service. Turns out most dealers will match a local (within 10 miles) Audi specialist. Little bit of a faff as they need to see an email from the specialist with the price and a statement that they use genuine Audi parts but got the price down to £235. Which was nice.

Oil service on my Panamera was £400, but that also included a few other bits n bobs. So 400 quid for an S4 sounds steep indeed.

My 2015 BMW 116d needed an oil change a few weeks ago. My local BMW main dealer would charge around €170 for the oil and filter. Instead, as it's out of warranty anyway, I bought 5l of Shell Helix Ultra and a filter for €55 and did it myself. The brakes will need doing soon and for front and rear pads and discs, the main dealer charges nearly €900 for the normal brakes. I mean, seriously? As others have said, the ridiculously high service costs on premium German brands are a bit much to be asking for.

Hello Peter, Thanks for another informative and interesting video. I owned an Audi a few years ago from new and like you I did wince once or twice when I was handed the bills for simply routine servicing at my local dealer. The dealer was good though and very thorough. It paid off for me when it came to sell it as a neighbour wanted to buy it. They had seen how well the car was looked after and with a full main dealer service record I didn't even have to try to get a really good price for it. I used to live not too far away from you but now live in the South West of France about 40 mins inland from Biarritz . The one thing I notice is how busy the roads are in the UK compared with here. There are some amazing roads heading up into the Pyrenees and over into Spain and most of the time they are virtually empty. I have enjoyed watching your channel over the past few months. Thank you for all of the hard work and the hours you put in to make it so enjoyable. Have a great Christmas and enjoy the New Year with your wife and pooches !

Really enjoying these updates. I'm another subscriber who's bought a petrol S4 avant without driving one based solely upon yours and Sam Moores' videos. We regularly drive from West Sussex to Somerset with 2 kids (bikes, luggage etc.) and I take it for occasional blast around the countryside to clear the head! I'd find it difficult to consider many other cars which tick all the boxes as well as this car, particularly in the winter. Thanks again.

It's an oil change AND inspection service. Just having an oil change will be less, but then going to an oil change every 12 months will cost you more, than staying with the long life service regime. Providing your own oil (VW group approved) will help lower that cost - there is a main dealer near Horsham who will accommodate that and also provides exceptional service.

To all those arguing for a specialist for service work I would say that you either pay the main dealer price to get a credible stamp in the book or just DIY if your planning to keep the car long term. You control the quality of materials and, if you use a 12v oil pump, you don't even need to get dirty. Maintaining the mfg warranty seems less compelling to me than maximising resale value.

I ran audi s for 20 years and got so fed up with the cost.dont have them know.

A lot of money... That's an understatement... IT'S TAKING THE PISS... A suffient amount of top grade oil... and filter can be purchased for under £60... So £335 just to inspect(or take a look at it) on an almost new car (less than 1hrs work) is outrageous and fool those that purchase an Audi.

Your videos have been priceless about the S4 Avant and suffice to say I’ll be buying an S4 Avant later this year with a view of having certain spec on the car like matrix lights, virtual cockpit, internal lighting pack and panoramic sunroof if I can get it. Keep the videos coming, Tony. 👍

That service price is outrageous! If we're being generous and say the oil and filter came to £95 (which is far to expensive) what did you get for £300? An 'inspection" which is basically have a look under the car for something else they can charge you for, usually brakes, especially if there is a child's seat in the car. In the end it's only really another Audi dealer who cares about dealer services, as if the car has been serviced by an independent they can pull a long face and offer less when you come to trade it in. Any other dealer marque is not that bothered as they are most likely going to punt it off to BCA so they can sell it via Cazoo.

Thanks for posting that. Have a great Christmas.

FcpEuro here in the states is $89.99 for the oil change kit, when you send back the used oil they will refund the $89.99 back to your account.. oh and it literally takes 10 minutes as a diy project.

I have just just taken the fixed service plan package for my Q5. The cost is £468 which will cover the next 2 x oil servicing and this is with Audi which is a good deal.

In my experience a service inspection, which includes an oil change and filter, will cost the sum of parts, and labour. Therefore the cost is understandable, because its not just the oil change. Surprised bi-annual serving too.

I bought a 240i that had been serviced at 4000 miles by an independent dealer, when I part exchanged it they could not sell it as an approved used car fortunately for me then didn’t find out until I picked up the new one.

My R8 costs the same for an oil change at Audi!!! Sure you weren’t overcharged Pete?

I always use an Audi/VW specialist, the law changed your warranty is not invalid if you chose not to use a main dealer. My last service £250 S4 Avant

7 speed Auto makes a nice difference to MPG when it gets to use it on a run. My B8 S4 hit 36mpg on a run up to Wales whereas my K1 Cupra and Mk3 Focus RS on similar trips only saw low 30's. Great to hear though that the S4 B9 is good on MPG for if I spot a great spec one when prices start to drop.

I just don’t do main dealer anymore, A- I want to save a small fortune and B- I want it done properly. Got a brand new M240i, had a stage 1 remap and don’t want BMW resetting anything like they sometimes do, I’ve found a great bmw specialist and have it serviced annually instead of two yearly. As far as warranty goes I needed a whole new rear light cluster as the indicator had a brain of its own, called them up and it got changed no questions asked. If the engine failed i wouldn’t have a leg to stand on as it’s had the remap, the B58 is invincible so I’ll take that risk.

Did oil,oil filter,pollen filter and air filter myself on my 2008 audi s5. Oh and also spark plugs and all of that was less the £400! Eurocarparts have 50% off sales regularly. No way would I use audi dealers they wanted over £100 just to code a new battery to my car....outrageous!! Knowledge is power and it was surprisingly easy to do. One thing to add, when you do it yourself you know it's really been done........just saying :-)

Biggest issue is that if you break down pricing, Audi charge around £20+VAT for 1litre of oil. In these instances either eBay or Opie Oils is your friend where you get the same VW504.00/507.00 spec oil at around £5 litre. Oil & Inspection service on my RS7 is around £400 which includes 9 litres of oil, when I supply my own the price is sub £200. So long you supply the right grade which is Castrol Edge Titanium FST 5W-30 Audi can't refuse to use it.

"Like" for the thoughts on getting snow tires. Even if the UK is not getting too much snow like we do in Russia, when I lived in UK, I felt like if I happen to own a car in UK, I'd get a winter tires for the mild winter just due to the avg. temps and traction in the cold.

Loved the trip to Cornwall,in the fabulous S4,, we live in Southern California (Carlsbad) where we have access to mountain roads and desert blasts..I bought the S4 for my wife a few months ago ,and can't keep my hands off it,,I drive a BMW M235i which is fun with the M sport exhaust and Hankook tyres , I miss my 1998 E36 M3 ,which I had turned into a track car ,and had 15 years of fun track events .Its still doing well with my young talented friend Bryan winning both races recently at Laguna Seca. I used to spend every summer as a boy on relatives farms outside St Columb Major ,5 miles from Newquay and still miss Cornwall immensely.( when i was very young a D type jag came flying down the narrow road outside the farm ,the driver's elbows were working over time ).Love the petrol pups,,drop in and see us when you are ever in California Cheers Richard...

Audi dealers are a complete rip off. My local dealer charges £115 per hour labour plus VAT. The sat-nav in my A8 was to be updated. I had already bought the update pack. It takes a technician 5 minutes to plug the car in to the computer and kick off the process. And then 5 minutes at the end to make sure the update has applied. That will be £138 please sir. For 10 minutes work!!! So I have found a specialist in Glasgow who are all Audi trained technicians, but charge a lot less on labour, only used Audi parts at a discount rate and save me a fortune.

Hi Ped Enjoyed the run down to Cornwall with you, recognised the roads, cannot wait until next May when we go down again. Service cost steep, yes, but like you I prefer main dealer service history. Have opted for annual service & inspection together with MOT, giving me reassurance that all is well. You pay your money and take a choice. Great to see Pooch & Pup enjoying first class travel.🤗🤗 All the best to you & Mrs PP for Christmas and New Year. Hopefully may catch up at Members Meeting.

Pete the Audi service plan is great value for money. £20pm gets you an 18m plan with 2 services; one of which is a major. You save £100’s. Available up to 100,000 miles. Check it out - we run 3 Audi’s this way.

Paid £316 at BMW for an identical service on my M2. Note: Lost £800 at trade in on a company Audi we had (wherever we took it), by having taken it out of dealer network servicing JUST ONCE. As soon as they saw service history - wallop! Didn't save that at the independent garage.

These video's are so helpful thank you

I agree £395 is taking the piss. Get a brake down next time supply your own oil I better that cuts the bill in half total

The oil cost alone is about £180 via Audi. Then add labour on top. It's a rip-off. The oil itself from Opie is about £100 less. My local dealer used to allow me to take my own oil but they refused this last service so I went to an independent. Much cheaper and they still updated the electronic service history, much the same as Audi would. I am out of warranty though on the RS6 so perhaps not as critical going away from Audi for the service work.

Main dealer service stamps vs second resale price. Don't think it's worth it these days. A nice to have but not a deal breaker when I'm buying. Great video. :)

We've noticed the same with the main dealers, over the last year they've hiked their service prices.

Deposit placed this afternoon for my 2017 S4 avant...... look what you’ve done !!! 😂

Yes I have the same problem with my display changing back to non google map and having to go back into menu to change it.I don't no the reason as sometimes if you flip the nav button on your centre console after about 10 or less seconds it goes back to to google maps! My 1st service on my 2017 A5 SB 252hp TFSi cost €350.They wanted €65 for new wipers but went to Halfords and bought the same type Bosch set for €45.

Hey Peter. Have an awesome Christmas and a very great new year. Love the channel and thank you for making great entertainment and informative films 👍😎

BMW wanted £330 for my M240 oil change. I bought my own oil from the same dealers parts department and saved £50. I watched the car on a tracker app. it's wasn't in the workshop 45 minuets.

Words of warning. Coming from a Cornish farming family some members have holiday cottages for rent. Last year one holiday family did £2000 of damage to one property and this year another group over £1000 damage. Kids jumping on beds. Also some locals are getting quite militant about second homes for rent. So make sure you have a local management group to oversee the property and minimise the risks.

Oil changes are a big rip-off dealership charges so much for wheel my first service on my Skoda Octavia will be £190 oil change and filter but if you was to do that yourself with their spec oil oil and a genuine filter you could do for under £50 but there again is the Warranty that is most important to people do not lose your warranty spend the money in the longer run if you have problem they would have to repair it under warranty

Once again hello from Peru. I love these videos you do - slowly catching up!! I must be having the best or worse mid life crisis!! My last 2 cars have been BMW X5, I fact I have had BMWs since 2008. I have been without a vehicle since January this year but my time in Peru is coming to a close and I find myself looking to what to get next. I loved the video on the Audi TTS and through that would be great, then I realised I could do with rear seats that could be used so watched the videos on the S3 thinking that would do. Now I’m thinking is the S3 going to be as practical as an S4 avant. Like I said - proper mid live crisis mode!!

Great video as always. At 46k my A6 popped up with brakewear yesterday. I'm told both pads and discs are ok but the edge of the disc has cut the sensor wires hence error. Advice, change pads & discs. Apparently this is normal now 🙄 Audi would charge over £1k, national chain, £300 less. Bonkers. Happy Christmas to all Peddlers 🎄🎁❄

Glad to see that you've got the Doom Bar in prime position so it will be the first thing to be unloaded and ready for action 🤣🍺🤣

Great video I really like your car....life doesn't get much better cruising in a nice car with mans best friends....love my dog too.....merry Christmas p.p

Great Review and a great mix of Performance & Practicality! Would love to see you do a review at the other end of the spectrum a totally & completely impractical car no room at all, no storage, no roof box or Bike carrier BUT highest Smiles per Gallon ever! It's time for a Morgan Three Wheeler review!

Currently at the hospital with my 3 month old son watching this waiting on test results. Great video

I wasn’t expecting to see this one thru to the end, but I was wrong. I started listening to the narration, while looking at the English countryside pass by, and was taken by how similar it is to Northern Piedmont Virginia, USA. Fascinating.

Go Audi Specialists, it's the way to go. Main showrooms love to hike their prices because they know you'll pay

Another classic for a family with a dog. making my mind up to have a clubman jcw to replace my clubman S and keep the wifes jcw roadster as as classic. Just need to have a digital dash in the new clubman before purchasing

Pollon filter is also replaced in the inspection service

Audi are very clever, I lease my Audi and it’s in my contract that it has to go to Audi for servicing, my A5 252bhp was also £395 for an oil service, it hurts doesn’t it

Always always supply your own oil it will save you a fortune!

Love my Audi’s I’ve had a few now, just changed my SQ5.. That dash is looking very (very) dated.. I really don’t like how (not just them) they stick the infotainment screen on the dash, it looks like it’s just blue tacked on😞😞 Though they save money on all those retraction motors 😉😉

Hey Pete, I had the issue with the navigation loosing the Google Maps setting with my RS4 B9 as well. In an Audi Forum, I‘ve been told, that it‘s an known issue and there‘s a fix for it (Update 1329). I had the update a few month ago and the problem has not occured ever since. Ask your local dealership for it.

Wow. My car is out of warranty so there's a saving but £400! I now use oil that costs £90 for 5 ish litres supply my own (oversize) Mann filter, cost from local indy £45. oil change every 2 years. Every 2 years. vorsprung dur technic my ARSE!

I've not had experience of Audi Peter but when I buy JLR I always negotiate a service package in with the deal for the car. 32mpg with that load is brilliant and I'd be chuffed myself with that. Thanks for a great years vids and have a great xmas. Taking the hybrid RR to Verbier in January so that should be interesting

I have an 18 month old S4 and just had the inspection and oil change. It cost me £507 from the Audi Dealer in Nottingham. I should have clearly shopped around.

That's why I use a Skoda specialist for my Octavia 4x4 and we agree whats going to be done.My neighbour had a really bad run in with Mercedes over them refusing to do the work he asked for and insisting on an " inspection ". They missed loads and made up other stuff that didn't need doing. They wanted to flush the auto box when the auto box specialist said don't flush it whatever you do, just change the filter. I've just fitted four Goodyear Vector 4 seasons all weather tyres. I've just done 1500 miles on them and OK so far.

Yeah that seems well over the top, here for oil changes I take my own oil in because you can obviously buy it considerably cheaper than dealers charge but I’m not sure all dealers would wear that, I do buy the same oil they’re using though.

Firstly... I hope you have a great Christmas, and guessing by the amount of booze in the car, you will. :D I've not yet serviced my TTS but I'm now thinking to avoid the main dealers. I remember Ford wanting to charge me £220 for an inspection and an air filter change on the ST! I average 25mpg in the TTS but I mostly do short journeys and I use the loud pedal as much as I can. Still not changed the tyres despite a lot of miles and two track days. They have worn really evenly and still have some tread however, the car doesn't feel as planted now as I'd expect it so I might have to change them soon. Have a safe journey back Pete!

First 6 minutes is the best commercial for getting an EV lol. I love badass cars but holy crap that's a lot for an oil change. Keep the awesome vids coming!

Great work👍 you have a skill of making all your videos interesting even if it's just driving to Cornwall 😝😝

The Nav drops back to standard when the car loses the LTE connection. Was never an issue for me in London but happens all the time up here on the Fen. The service cost is unsurprising - what is disappointing is that the techs are not really that competent in my experience. I had an intermittent but occasional total brake failure in the RS3 witnessed by Audi Assist but Audi Watford couldn't diagnose the problem and wanted me to take the car back. Thankfully they stacked it (not known whether this was a braking issue or and overcrowded yard thing) and I managed to reject it. To be fair to them, they replaced it with a car with an increased spec (including Matrix - how cool are they?). I decided that I would prefer the car to be serviced by a quality indie - I intend to hold the car for a fair while given the direction of travel in the industry. I think the quality of the techs and work is far higher than will be found at a main dealer.

I never use the main Audi dealers for servicing either of my two Audis - they rip you off and treat you like shit. Use an independent garage and they use the same parts, but charge you WAY less. Warranty is unaffected in the UK if you choose not to use a main dealer, as long parts are Audi approved. Service is also much more personable as well.

Have a great Christmas and New Year! I used to have a miniature schnauzer called ted, :) Current Have an S3 sport back at the minute (java green) , hope your enjoying the car

Hehe, you covered a lot of my homeward, after visiting family in the South East, journey in this vid. And I reckon that section @ 12:20 , where you said how much you enjoyed the sound in sport mode, was performed on that mile and a half dual stretch, which passes famous places, such as Long Bredy and Little Cheney. It's a nice bit of road than can be made to seem twisty, if one pushes on somewhat, to, erm, seventy one, er, officer.🚔 🥺

You got to have placed that carrier bag deliberately to get that arm reaching through.😂😂😂

Hi Pete just want to wish yourself and all of your family, friends and fellow RU-vidrs an awesome Christmas and healthy and prosperous New Year. Thanks for all your great reviews this year. I'm looking forward to 2020s content already I expect Ernie will be seeing more and more Evs next year lol. Hope Santa 🎅 brings you all you desire I told him you've been a good boy this year so 🤞. All the best Pete 👍🏁

Cant beat the practicality of an estate!

Morning pal. I am amazed how fast the year has gone. I remember you contacting us here in Lincolnshire about Hallie Pirelli. I do like this S4. I’d consider replacing our 5 series with one even. I’m impressed with that economy. I always enjoy ya vlogs.

£400 for an oil change is rip off. Our X5 first oil change which BMW say needs a replacement pollen filter at wait for it over £100! But you get a “free inspection “ total bill over £600😳 absolutely ridiculous. Merry Christmas to you and petrol pups.

Run a couple of straps around the roofbox for safety and you don't have to worry about it opening on the motorway

Oil change, filter and cabin filter cost £295 for my F80 M3. Brake fluid service was £69 was done a few days ago which I thought wasn’t too bad.

Hi Peter, Another interesting video as usual. Quite shocking to hear the cost of an oil change from Audi, but if you drive a big car, expect big bills! I say that as a small car owner! 🚘 Regarding your fuel consumption, I get quite upset if mine drops below 56mpg! 🤣🤣 As an aside, I topped up the fuel in my boat yesterday to bring it back up to full - £103 for 93 litres of red diesel. Quite happy to pay that, as I’d sooner have a boat with a 287hp straight six diesel (which is supercharged and turbocharged) than own a big car, but thats my choice. 🛥 So, to close, I’d like to wish you and Mrs PP (and the hounds) and all the Pedlars out in RU-vid-land all the very best for Christmas and the New Year. To coin a phrase, “drive safe” (if you have to drive at all). 👍🏻 from the Wirral.

You can use a Audi Specialist as long as said specialist uses superior products (which any self respecting Audi specialist would do) your warranty will remain intact! The Audi specialist will charge you at the most, half of what the main dealer charges you, so you will save a lot of money!

Great vid again and omg them dogs are so cute.my Mickey says woof woof 🤗🤗😂

You mentioned mevigessy ! I love it there, are you renting the holiday home to friends and family only ? If it’s the general public too I’ll be interested as we visit every year, me the Mrs and the two kids. Let me know 👍🏻

Think I’d brick myself if I met a car like you did at the end!!🤣 Great video!!👍🏻

Hi Pete, at the price you paid for your service, they should have included a few shares of stock from the oil rig it came from! Whew. Good to see the "pup" and "pooch" as always. They behave magnificently for your trips. I enjoy these "family" type vids' as much as the others. Have a pint and please give the girls a scratch or two as usual. Have a great day mate. Cheers from Michigan in the USA.

Theres a video online where the guy done himself first service of some brand new bmw, serivce manual advise to change the oild after first 20k, he did it after a 3k miles and u wouldnt believe what was in the oil and filter.. lots of small/big bits of metal... when ure buyin brand new car ALWAYS change the oil after first 1k miles, do not listen to the dealers/service manuals. Shocking

the gangster dog is active as a co-pilot

Evening ! Love the S4 wouldn’t love that bill whilst renovating a house 😂 speaking of which, a cheeky request please don’t be some of these landlords who don’t accept DSS ! As you’ll stop so many even those with disabilities renting from you ! We all get tied to the same brush as not paying etc etc but there are plenty In need of a Home with additional needs who are stopped because of this who will Pay

Hi Ped, it's funny but both the things you wish the car had are things that I wouldn't want, also you could have the Cooper JCW if you just brought your food & drink from local Cornish shops (putting money back into the local community) so you wouldn't require the extra space in the car when travelling down. If you consider the effort in changing the oil that is a truly extortionate price and I suspect that it was all completed in well under an hour too. Thanks for the video

Just imagine how much the major service would be

28.4 mpg wow i just wish i can get there. The S8 V10 is thirsty, i average 18.8mpg and in town if i get double figures i am lucky.

Happy Christmas to you and Mrs PP.

I am currently living in Switzerland, in Geneva, and driving KIA Rio with 1.25 naturally aspirated engine, on my first service which includes only changing the oil and oil filter they gave me offer of 400 chf in KIA official service. In France across the border 200 euros.

Like it or not if you want the main dealer service stamp and the full warranty the dealers have got you by the short and curlys

Did you all get that full of presents and camera gear👍id of blanked out my Reg 👍👍

I think if you took out the 50 bottles of gin, the 10 boxes of stella, the 10 boxes of 1664.!!.. you could have done away with the roof box.! Have a great xmas. And great vid guys xx