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big eck
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10th Jan 11 at 14:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well I dropped it off this morning and its costing me £350 which is £100 down on the price they quoted me over the phone The joys of needing 6 plugs instead of 4 and extra oil the big engine needs

They just phoned with 4 advisories, first was the headlight washers needed a fuse, the aux belt needs doin and the brake fluid is due a change.

Also it will need 4 new tyres in the very near future. This is where I dont know what to do, either fit 4 new falkens or just bite the bullet and get new alloys mmmm

Just thought i'd share as i'm bored out my tits waiting on the car lol.
Ojc
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10th Jan 11 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
And you sold the Astra
DannyB
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10th Jan 11 at 14:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What wheels would you get?
big eck
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10th Jan 11 at 14:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ojc - I did that, it was a fuckin money pit. As soon as I sold it the manifold cracked on the guy the next day so even more money to get spent on fixing the thing.

Danny - I'm thinkin on something oem merc/audi/bmw/bentley/maybach kinda thing but there's a hell of a lot to choose from.
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10th Jan 11 at 14:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so £450 for a service normally

big eck
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10th Jan 11 at 14:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its £280 for the service and a further £80 for the haldex oil & filter then another £160 for the DSG oil but lucky for me I dont have this.

I told them they must have quoted me on the DSG and an air filter both of which I dont need.
Corsa_Sport21
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10th Jan 11 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What else does the service include??I take it most of that cash is just for a stamp in the book??
Didnt you know about the tyres being low anyway??
big eck
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Most of the cash is the fact it needed 6 plugs instead of the 4 and there bloody expensive ones and it needs another 1.5ltrs of oil compared to the standard size engines.

it also had the haldex oil and filter changed along with the pollen filter.

Then theres the usual checks, lube for all hinges etc.

I know about the tyres but its there job to tell me everything they find.
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10th Jan 11 at 15:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
haldex oil and filter cost about 30 max lol
Brett
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10th Jan 11 at 15:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
haldex oil and filter cost about 30 max lol

Bit more than that I'm sure.

Please show me this amazing place as I could do with doing mine.

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by loafofbrett]
big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
haldex oil and filter cost about 30 max lol


£59 for the oil and £27 for the filter

Show me a Place that does it cheaper.
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10th Jan 11 at 16:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheapest I found anywhere was £45 for the filter and oil then labour on top.

EDIT: This is where whitter comes back and says "Haldex's shit anyway"

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by loafofbrett]
Ian W
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10th Jan 11 at 16:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Cheapest I found anywhere was £45 for the filter and oil then labour on top.

EDIT: This is where whitter comes back and says "Haldex's shit anyway"

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by loafofbrett]




I pay about £80 for my haldex oil and filter changes.
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10th Jan 11 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sounds fine to me my Clio cost more to service even using a specialist which I travelled down to the coast to use.

Was this a dealer or a specialist? As long as you find a VAT registered specialist I would use them instead of dealers.
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Sounds fine to me my Clio cost more to service even using a specialist which I travelled down to the coast to use.

Was this a dealer or a specialist? As long as you find a VAT registered specialist I would use them instead of dealers.



RenTech in pompey? Only ever heard good things about them

I will be using an indie for when the A3 neds a service next month and will use a recommended independant.
stan_the_man
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10th Jan 11 at 19:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The only car worthy of a title of 'R32' wears a Nissan badge IMO.
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10th Jan 11 at 19:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i should get an R29 badge
big eck
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10th Jan 11 at 20:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by stan_the_man
The only car worthy of a title of 'R32' wears a Nissan badge IMO.


Aye ok

It was the dealers I used
Fad
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10th Jan 11 at 22:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BYRON
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Sounds fine to me my Clio cost more to service even using a specialist which I travelled down to the coast to use.

Was this a dealer or a specialist? As long as you find a VAT registered specialist I would use them instead of dealers.



RenTech in pompey? Only ever heard good things about them

I will be using an indie for when the A3 neds a service next month and will use a recommended independant.


Yeah thats the one mate very good and do a really top job.

Let me know what indie you find

 
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