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lucifersam
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repairs, costly or good value
« on: Jul 12th, 2005, 3:14pm » |
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having my car repaired tomorrow, new discs and pads on the front, also new ball joints/wishbones. facing a bill of £380 ish. all in. just wondered if this sounds about right to anyone else whos had these kind of jobs done before. the cars done 80,000 miles now , had new wheel bearings this time last year and now ball joints, is this average wear and tear? always been well looked after and serviced.
thanks for any feedback
andy
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scorpio_man
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Re: repairs, costly or good value
« Reply #1 on: Jul 12th, 2005, 3:36pm » |
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hi there
doesn't seem too bad. £200 of that is for the wishbones alone. say £30 for pads. another £50 odd for the discs. then there's VAT and fitting, so not too bad.
hth
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lucifersam
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Re: repairs, costly or good value
« Reply #2 on: Jul 12th, 2005, 4:11pm » |
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thanks for the reply, thought it was pretty good, and seems like a straight forward, honest mechanic. took my problems to the local f.m.d. and the man behind the counter pulled a face like he`d just smelled something nasty, looked in his book, and scribbled a figure on a torn off piece of paper.(obviously not attended the customer services charm school yet) the figure being a good £150 more than my local mechanic.
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mr._floppy
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Re: repairs, costly or good value
« Reply #3 on: Jul 12th, 2005, 5:38pm » |
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Judging by how fiddly and potentionally time consuming it is to replace the wishbones alone, I would say extremely good value.
Gives us a report once all is repaired, then gives us the phone number of the garage!
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lucifersam
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Re: repairs, costly or good value
« Reply #4 on: Jul 13th, 2005, 2:44pm » |
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all done now, showed me the old wishbones and said they retail at £175 ish.!.!. used the garage a few times now and he seems like a decent guy, no b.s. and very knowledgable. garage is in leicester, called d.s. autos, 0116 2511881. its a no frills kind of place, no coffee machines and plush lounge to wait in but who cares.
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