What are people paying for the scheduled service intervals on their S63's and S65's? I have a friend who strayed from the (MBZ) franchise ;-) and bought an 08 Maserati GranTurismo, the Maserati dealer lightens his wallet $1700 every time it comes in for scheduled service?

 

sorry this dont answer your question, but if u really want to go the cheapest route through a MB dealer....

best thing is to bring ur car in for some minor issue which costs nothing (so something under warranty). so for example...tell them that u bringing in the car because you think the height of ur car is at uneven levels --- uneven ride height, back may be higher than the front or some b/s. tell the mechanic to come out when u bring in the car. then talk with mechanic on the side and ask him if he can do a service A or service B if you pay him cash. they will most likely say yes. if yes, then use the same mechanic for all future repairs/services.

 

Typically an A (10,000 miles) or B (20,000 miles) service for my S63 is around $200, including oil and filter element change.

 

What part of the country are up located ? I paid more than that for the A&B Service on My S550. I have been contemplating about whether to move up to an S63, but one of the things I need to consider is the on-going regular service costs. For example the cost for the rotors for an S63 is $8xx where as the cost of the rotors for the S550 is $1xx, and the pads are equally as overpriced.

 

The service costs for my S65 are about the same as for my wife's C55. Brakes are an exception, as you've noted, but I'm on my original brakes so they seem to last longer than most MB brakes. V12s have all 24 plugs replaced at 60,000 miles versus 100,000 for V8s so that's a higher maintenance cost for the S65 relative to the S63. And AMG services are at 10,000 mile intervals versus 13,000. But the A and B service for an S63 should be very close to what that dealer charges for an S550. A little more oil should cost a little more.

 

WOW! I certainly do not like the dealer prices for repairs but I don't like stealing either! What you do is plain old stealing. What comes around goes around.

 

Your front rotors on the 550 are a one piece design. The front rotors on the 63/65 are a two piece floating design more of a racing set up. This is why the price increase. Just as a example the evo-sport 2 piece e55 rotor upgrade is around 2k for 4 rotors.

 

Lynchburg, Virginia.

 

does anybody have any insight what these services cost on a w220 s65? are they similar?

 

What are you looking for, beyond what I said in post #5?

 

My S65 has been between $180 and $300 for service, like 1 time a year, if even that...

 

forgive me, i didn't realize you drove a w220 (i shoulda looked in the sidebar before posting =X)