[AlanD]

Well, as it's out of warranty, I'm thinking that the only "advantage" of dealership servicing is that you will (should?) get the various changes and updates automatically.

My feeling is that if you have a trusted mechanic and that person is happy to do the servicing on the car then stick with them.

An occasional visit to a dealership would take care of the in lifetime upgrades.

We use a dealership but that is because we have an extended warranty on our Mondeo and we don't want arguments about whether or not something should be covered because of non dealership servicing.

I can't make any comment about Adelaide Dealerships as we have not lived there for a number of years. But if you want a private comment then PM me.

Cheers