Car Service in Annerley

Answer first, including the price

If you have been putting off a service because you do not know what it will cost, here is the number. A full service starts at $330 and covers a complete safety check, fresh oil and a new filter, a fuel system clean, all fluids topped up and a written report. Oil and filter alone starts at $149. Our workshop is at 2 Baldock St, Moorooka, a short run down Ipswich Road from Annerley.

What the $330 buys and why it varies

The starting price covers the whole list above on a straightforward car. Where it moves is oil.

A small petrol hatch takes a modest amount of a common grade. A diesel ute takes considerably more of a different specification, and a European car may require a manufacturer-approved oil that costs several times what a generic grade does per litre. Filter type varies the same way. That is the entire reason a service is quoted “from” a number rather than at a fixed one, and it is why you get the exact figure when you book rather than a surprise at pickup.

Nothing else in the list changes. The safety check is the same check on an old hatchback as it is on a late model wagon.

What happens if we find something

You get a phone call with the problem, the proposed fix and the price. The work only starts once you have said yes.

That matters more than it sounds in a suburb like Annerley, where a lot of cars are older and a lot of owners are watching what they spend. Nobody here is going to authorise work on your behalf and hand you a bill you did not expect. If the car needs four things and you can only do two this month, we will tell you which two are the ones that cannot wait.

Older cars and honest triage

Annerley is dense established housing with plenty of on-street parking, and the car population reflects that. Second and third owner vehicles, cars bought cheap and kept running, plenty of short trips between here and Woolloongabba or Dutton Park with the occasional longer run out to St Lucia.

A car like that does not need everything replaced. It needs someone to go through it once properly and write down the actual condition of everything, so you can plan rather than react. That is what the written report does. It lists what needs doing now, what needs doing in six months and what is simply worth keeping an eye on.

The alternative is another oil change with no inspection behind it, which is cheap right up until the moment it is not.

What is in the service

A full vehicle safety check on the hoist covering brakes, tyres, steering, suspension, lights, belts, hoses and leaks. Fresh engine oil and a new oil filter in the correct grade. A fuel system clean. Coolant, brake fluid, power steering and washer fluid checked and topped up. Then the written report.

Most cars take a few hours. If you need it back by a set time, say so when you book.

Logbook servicing costs the same as it should

If your car is still inside its new car warranty period, book a logbook service rather than a general one and we will stamp the book. Under Australian consumer law any qualified independent workshop can carry out logbook servicing without affecting a new car warranty, provided the manufacturer's schedule is followed and the correct parts are used.

Dealerships do not always volunteer that. Plenty of Annerley drivers have been told the book has to be stamped where the car was bought, and it does not.

Getting the car to us from Annerley

Straight down Ipswich Road to Moorooka. Parking on site, an after-hours key drop if you would rather not take time off work, and Saturday hours until 3pm. All major cards and cash.

Full detail on servicing and pricing sits on the main servicing page. Everything else we do for Annerley drivers is on the Annerley suburb page.