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By *oma OP   Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Oh nostaligia for the days when all you needed for a reliable car was new plugs and points along with a regular oil change.

Now its £40 per hr labour, and extortionate parts....oh and the obligatory Diagnostics.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This is one of the reasons why I drive an older car ...

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By *olly Gentle GiantMan
over a year ago

Glenrothes

Didnae know they made cars these days.

Thought it was computers on wheels! always needing rebooted and upgraded etc etc etc

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By *illow PimpMan
over a year ago

Midlothian


"Oh nostaligia for the days when all you needed for a reliable car was new plugs and points along with a regular oil change.

Now its £40 per hr labour, and extortionate parts....oh and the obligatory Diagnostics. "

I feel your pain

xbx

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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago

Paisley

I had an Audi A6 on contract hire for a couple of years and HAD to get it serviced at an approved Audi dealership to keep the agreement.

£90 per hour labour!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely shocking!

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By *entscotscplCouple
over a year ago

falkirk ish

aye long gone is the days of plugs points and a condensor for a full service

suppose it welcome to rip off britain

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By *oma OP   Man
over a year ago

Glasgow


"aye long gone is the days of plugs points and a condensor for a full service

suppose it welcome to rip off britain "

Oh a condenser! how could i forget a condenser? LOL

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By *oma OP   Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

£80 labour at the dealer is BAD NEWS....yeah they got you by the bollocks....Thats one reason i wouldnt buy anything from a dealer if i could get away with it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try a jag dealer, £150 an hour labour

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By *rystal Tipps - AlistairCouple
over a year ago

livingston

That's a bit heavy, got my car serviced last month, £375 +vat, got new pads and dics fitted, but the bit that got me was £47 for a fuel filter, work was not carried out by a main dealer, thank god.

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By *utieguyMan
over a year ago

motherwell

£690 for service and told me to come back in 4-6 months

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By *rallvalCouple
over a year ago

Dunfermline


"That's a bit heavy, got my car serviced last month, £375 +vat, got new pads and dics fitted"

You got dicks fitted for £375???

Cheapest sex change ever!!

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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago

kirkcaldy

crankshaft sensor (kia only part) £130, timing belt and pulley tensioners, 2 diagnostic tests(£45 and £48) plus labour £500 in total and it still might need leads, plugs and coil pack !!!! the fecking car only cost us £1500 4 months ago ffs

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By *rallvalCouple
over a year ago

Dunfermline


"crankshaft sensor (kia only part) £130, timing belt and pulley tensioners, 2 diagnostic tests(£45 and £48) plus labour £500 in total and it still might need leads, plugs and coil pack !!!! the fecking car only cost us £1500 4 months ago ffs"

I suppose I have the advantage of being a car geek with a garage full of tools and a scrapyard on the doorstep.

The downside is that it only breaks when it is freezing cold and raining, never on a sunny day.

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By *punkmanMan
over a year ago

glasgow

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By *punkmanMan
over a year ago

glasgow

sold ma range rover ,, cant afford £130 per hour ,, bought a old pug 106 deisel ,, best buy ive done for years

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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago

kirkcaldy


"crankshaft sensor (kia only part) £130, timing belt and pulley tensioners, 2 diagnostic tests(£45 and £48) plus labour £500 in total and it still might need leads, plugs and coil pack !!!! the fecking car only cost us £1500 4 months ago ffs

I suppose I have the advantage of being a car geek with a garage full of tools and a scrapyard on the doorstep.

The downside is that it only breaks when it is freezing cold and raining, never on a sunny day.

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yeh i used to help my dad fix his cars in the past but now don't have the dexterity in my hands to tackle a lot of the jobs i used to manage myself

plus a lot of garages see a single fem coming and think - easy money she doesn't know a thing about cars.

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By *illow PimpMan
over a year ago

Midlothian


"plus a lot of garages see a single fem coming and think -"

yeah i'd give her one alright

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By *ot - CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Why do garages always quote +VAT? cant they just give the dam price!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got nae car trouble, i like it when the interior light comes on by itself on a right hand bend, and luv it when the CD player conks oot when you reverse bump start it, ohh and the puddle on drivers side floor, think they call it character, yup my cars got character,lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All those over priced labour rates, but you do know the people on the tools still get piss poor wages.

Thanks to all the big dealer groups.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

have a load of great friends own garages and they all know i can sniff out a bullshitter a mile off, most of the jobs i could do myself but choose not to, ill fix things for other people but not myself, i get my labour done cheap and always get the parts cheap too, shop around for good deals dont bother with dealerships to be honest

there are mobile guys come do the diagnostics alot cheaper and if you phone around alot of independents have the diagnostic chips no need to go to the main dealer but alas theres always the things like alternators etc that u cant just use universal parts for but again if you get these online much cheaper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got nae car trouble, i like it when the interior light comes on by itself on a right hand bend, and luv it when the CD player conks oot when you reverse bump start it, ohh and the puddle on drivers side floor, think they call it character, yup my cars got character,lol "

And to think, I'd assumed from your username that you had an Aston-Martin ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Purchased new car strait off the showroom floor ....with 36000 miles of servicing thrown in .......so no costs for 3 years ....not even road tax , its rated at zero...lol.........well only the price of diesel and insurance ....fook me...lol

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By *entscotscplCouple
over a year ago

falkirk ish

our car sailed its mot today

12 years old and still going strong

54 quid for the test tho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"have a load of great friends own garages and they all know i can sniff out a bullshitter a mile off, most of the jobs i could do myself but choose not to, ill fix things for other people but not myself, i get my labour done cheap and always get the parts cheap too, shop around for good deals dont bother with dealerships to be honest

there are mobile guys come do the diagnostics alot cheaper and if you phone around alot of independents have the diagnostic chips no need to go to the main dealer but alas theres always the things like alternators etc that u cant just use universal parts for but again if you get these online much cheaper"

How do you want to do my lower arm bushes ComplicatedF29

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do garages always quote +VAT? cant they just give the dam price!"

Depends some garages have the parts already on the shelf. The man i visit prefers cash for a reason, guess what two week waiting list to get stuff done. You know that the job is done though.

The nice folk at renault Stirling fleeced my dad, once bitten twice shy. After an apology by the manager, they knew they had just lost a a customer of 7 years.

Is it worth complaining to Renault after all who would get the bullet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nobody mentioned the coil for the spark the fav trick was to get the wee apprentice to hold it while you turned the key. pmsl cruel i know but funny

Mr me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"have a load of great friends own garages and they all know i can sniff out a bullshitter a mile off, most of the jobs i could do myself but choose not to, ill fix things for other people but not myself, i get my labour done cheap and always get the parts cheap too, shop around for good deals dont bother with dealerships to be honest

there are mobile guys come do the diagnostics alot cheaper and if you phone around alot of independents have the diagnostic chips no need to go to the main dealer but alas theres always the things like alternators etc that u cant just use universal parts for but again if you get these online much cheaper

How do you want to do my lower arm bushes ComplicatedF29"

well if i can get time in the garage and you supply the parts go for it xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got nae car trouble, i like it when the interior light comes on by itself on a right hand bend, and luv it when the CD player conks oot when you reverse bump start it, ohh and the puddle on drivers side floor, think they call it character, yup my cars got character,lol

And to think, I'd assumed from your username that you had an Aston-Martin ..."

I do, thats my run around im on bout, ones other car, wat wat wat,lol

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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago

kirkcaldy


"Got nae car trouble, i like it when the interior light comes on by itself on a right hand bend, and luv it when the CD player conks oot when you reverse bump start it, ohh and the puddle on drivers side floor, think they call it character, yup my cars got character,lol "

nope sounds like it got a hole in the roof lol

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