Habitation Service cost

Name and shame, BtB, otherwise others may get stung.

Did the services include the base vehicle as well?

You can usually find service prices cheaper elsewhere but just make sure you are getting a similar/adequate standard; go for value for money rather than the price itself. For less experienced people, paying for a better level of service is worthwhile.

Its the Hab service only, the mechanical service is not due till the 2nd year, however im having an oil and filter change at my local Fiat dealer the same week and this is also cheaper than my supplying dealer.

Is it even a service.......??

Usually it is just a check whether everything works, little or no "servicing" is actually done......

£315 (or even £195) is a lot of money to pay someone to tell you whether the things in your van actually work.....

Basically it's a con, it just provides the dealer with an additional income stream, they've got you over a barrel to keep the warranty going.....

On a PVC made of metal, and therefore hopefully less susceptible to damp worries I would be tempted to either skip it completely or pay a suitably accredited mobile technician. I was told that this would be adequate to maintain the warranty and near me the "going rate" tends to be around 150 quid......

I’m in the ‘skip it’ group. Always have been, no matter what the LV. 

Snap,

With 4 cars, a M/H, a motorbike and a car transporter trailer in the household, the various manufacturers would like me to have eight services a year (cos the van needs hab & cab)....

At say £200 a time on average that would be £1600 a year. 

I'll do everything myself (even bought a damp meter), buying the parts required carefully off the internet, and take a chance on the odd failure that might not therefore be covered by warranty being less than I would have spent over the years on "servicing"  ie bodging by the YTS apprentice at my local stealers......

But I am a very tight northerner..............others might have more money to spend than me..... 

Completely agree, as far as I'm concerned the only benefit of a habitation check is a gas leak test, which of course can be done on its own for much less.

Although very rare if invovled in an accident would not having the service carried out, cause a "problem" with insurance ,as the ruuning gear is given a service on caravans anyway

Not at all, JV. The brakes etc can be kept in good working order, which is the usual stipulation, without incurring the cost of getting a dealer to stamp the service record. Don’t forget that, when being towed, third party liability is covered by the car insurance anyway.