VW All-in plan

[Sasquatch]

The environmental charge has been around since the 90's - they do indeed get charged heartily for disposal.

Some garages itemise it, some bung it under sundries, some just build it into the cost when setting menu pricing. You've been paying it for 3 decades whether they've been itemising it separately or not.

The loan car depends on where you go. Insurance is getting stupid expensive so some have been charging a nominal fee for a while now.

 

[willythepooh]

I’ve never been charged for either.

 

[manicism]

The environmental charge has been around since the 90's - they do indeed get charged heartily for disposal.

Some garages itemise it, some bung it under sundries, some just build it into the cost when setting menu pricing. You've been paying it for 3 decades whether they've been itemising it separately or not.

The loan car depends on where you go. Insurance is getting stupid expensive so some have been charging a nominal fee for a while now.

Thanks for confirming it is normal/

I have seen the oil disposal itemised before, but this is the first time they have mentioned I need to pay anything over and above the All-In-Plan. Just seems odd that the garage have chosen to charge separately and over for it now when previously haven’t.

In my head I would have assumed it was built into the cost of the service in the same way the new oil is, as obviously the old oil has to be disposed off some how.

They did mention it, along with the charge for the curtesy car was a recent policy change by the Eastern Western Motor Group, and the guy sounded very apologetic when mentioning the cost when I was booking. Which is what initially got me thinking about it.

 

[Sasquatch]

I’ve never been charged for either.

Oh, you have, they've just absorbed the cost into another charge and not itemised it separately. The common method is to crank the labour rate up a bit and hide it there. No garage can afford to give away the thick end of a tenner per punter for no return out of the kindness of their heart.

As for it being above the normal all in plan cost I can't comment because I'm not in it so have no knowledge of their fees.

 

[dubber36]

Take an empty container and ask them to give you your old oil to take away. It is yours after all.

As for a courtesy car, I always book the first slot in the morning so that I can wait. By the time I'm bouncing from all the free coffee I can drink, plus filled a flask up, it's ready to go

 

[Sasquatch]

Take an empty container and ask them to give you your old oil to take away. It is yours after all.

They wont. Unless you have a waste oil carrier licence they would be committing and offence to hand it over to you.

 

[dubber36]

They wont. Unless you have a waste oil carrier licence they would be committing and offence to hand it over to you.

Is it waste if you are taking it home for an alternative use?

I only thought about taking your own oil home as it's what I do with old tyres. Our local tip is fine with tyres as long as you don't take the piss.

Actually, thinking about it, you could use the oil as fuel to help burn your old tyres down the bottom of the garden. That would save a trip to the tip.