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Anty
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5th Mar 14 at 17:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



sad day, failed the mot, how kind of halfrauds to drill holes in my sills..

just dont have the funds to cover the welding

its got 6 months tax on it.. 1.2 corsa 16v brocade yellow

Tiger
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5th Mar 14 at 17:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Drill holes in your sills?
Corsa_Sport21
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5th Mar 14 at 17:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

They have probably poked them with a poking device.

As it sits, scrap value.
Corsa_Sport21
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5th Mar 14 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Oh, and after all the umpteen threads on here about Halfrauds doing you over several times in the past, why do you insist on going back.
Generation
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Hate stupid expression "halfrauds" if you think they're fraudsters don't fkin go there
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5th Mar 14 at 17:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not Halfrauds at all, got a trade card the other day and they're dirt cheap now

I wouldn't go to one of their autocentres though.


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gav93
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as nibnob trade cards awesome, but their autocentres I'd steer well clear, a reputable local family run test centre gets my hard earned ££'s for mots or any jobs I cba doing
Corsa_Sport21
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Ive not used my trade card for years. Never found it cheaper than ordering stuff online.
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Trade card on their professional range of tools is awesome. Get a discount and the tools have a lifetime guarantee. Mate at work got an £80 professional range torque wrench for £40!


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Tiger
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Halfords do MOT's??
ed
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They bought National Autocentres: http://www.halfordsautocentres.com
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quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Trade card on their professional range of tools is awesome. Get a discount and the tools have a lifetime guarantee. Mate at work got an £80 professional range torque wrench for £40!


Yeah with a card the tools are a brilliant deal, I got a tool set for about £120 down from around £180! And like you say, lifetime warrantee


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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
They bought National Autocentres: http://www.halfordsautocentres.com


Ah right, shows how much attention I pay to Halfords I pop into the one near me from time to time, but it doesnt have a garage attached.
Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Trade card on their professional range of tools is awesome. Get a discount and the tools have a lifetime guarantee. Mate at work got an £80 professional range torque wrench for £40!


The tools are good I agree - I was dissapointed that the lifetime warranty doesnt include ratchet components though, only defects in materials. I've had a fair few professional ratchets fail now with respect to mechanism.
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5th Mar 14 at 20:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Anty


sad day, failed the mot, how kind of halfrauds to drill holes in my sills..

just dont have the funds to cover the welding

its got 6 months tax on it.. 1.2 corsa 16v brocade yellow




its worth scrap money, I scrapped one the other day for £90. Refund on tax take any decents bits off and weigh it in.

[Edited on 05-03-2014 by Sean]
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5th Mar 14 at 21:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Your scrapping a car because of a few small holes . Go to a welder and get it sorted will be cheaper than replacing your car
Nic Barnes
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5th Mar 14 at 22:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

An mot is an mot. it would pass or fail regardless of where you took it.
ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
quote:
Originally posted by ed
They bought National Autocentres: http://www.halfordsautocentres.com


Ah right, shows how much attention I pay to Halfords I pop into the one near me from time to time, but it doesnt have a garage attached.


I only know that factoid because there's one near me which I used to use - they were good when I used them for repairs and MOT's on my Punto
Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
quote:
Originally posted by ed
They bought National Autocentres: http://www.halfordsautocentres.com


Ah right, shows how much attention I pay to Halfords I pop into the one near me from time to time, but it doesnt have a garage attached.


I don't think they're ''attached'' to the stores. They're seperate units.
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quite a few are part of the building as a lot of halfords branches used to have workshop facilities from years ago.
Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
An mot is an mot. it would pass or fail regardless of where you took it.


Debatable.
Generation
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6th Mar 14 at 13:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not true at all. Half places on Essex will pass anything
Hammer
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In theory he is correct, an MOT is an MOT.

In reality everyone is aware that isn't the case.
Corsa_Sport21
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It was more in relation to the "pass or fail regardless" part.
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
It was more in relation to the "pass or fail regardless" part.
if people do their jobs properly like they are supposed to, and to the written law of an mot, it should not matter where you take it.

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