500 Euros for a Major Engine Service? Really???

[sailaboutvic]

Sorry guys I've gone off topic

 

[Blueboatman]

If this boat has sat for two years - and it has?
A jolly good canal trip would be an excellent engine service in itself I would think . Show up any weaknesses in a land of diesel not a sea of emptiness.
Myself I would probably just change the oil and impeller and if the diesel in the filte bowl looks clean after a 20 minute pre departure test , just get going !

Edit : to do a full service and inspection on my last diesel , with so-so access , always took 3 hours not the ‘ half hour ‘ I fondly envisioned ..
( but that would include checking all the water hoses, chafe points, water inlet, belts , leccy terminals , clamps , vents, mounts, methodically blah blah …add in 3 genuine yanmar filters and impeller and good mineral oil and chargeable costs start to run away quite quickly towards 500 local currency .

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Everything in the EU appears to be more expensive in comparison to the UK and it is getting worse. I was on a sailing trip to the Republic of Ireland this summer; prices were higher for everything.
Last year, I hired a car in Greece for 5 weeks at 15 euro per day; this year for the same period the price is 55 euro per day. Brits will be finding that the EU is becoming beyond their reach.

Car hire prices are massively inflated everywhere due to the shortage of new cars, caused by war and pestilence.
Prices are higher in ROI because wages etc., are higher than in UK.
You can't generalise about prices in the EU, we in Ireland find that everything required on holiday is cheaper in Spain or Portugal for instance, and probably also in the more recently joined Eastern European countries.
Your trip to Ireland may well have involved purchases of alcoholic beverages, where the prices have recently been elevated by legislation designed to reduce consumption.
For my part, I really abhor having to pay €3 for a cup of coffee, having been able to buy a cup for €1 in Portugal?

 

[vyv_cox]

Everything in the EU appears to be more expensive in comparison to the UK and it is getting worse. I was on a sailing trip to the Republic of Ireland this summer; prices were higher for everything.
Last year, I hired a car in Greece for 5 weeks at 15 euro per day; this year for the same period the price is 55 euro per day. Brits will be finding that the EU is becoming beyond their reach.

It depends which EU country. France (here) is expensive for almost everything, Spain is considerably cheaper. We use German eBay for many items, they seem to be comparable with UK.