Current ride - my Adidas!
lol thats hilarious, she should be on beauty and the geek but im not sure as which one!
Great thread... here's some that I can think of...
Reanult Nottingham - I had snapped an off-side front spring on my Williams2 so I went to the parts department to get a replacement. When I told them what I wanted they said that the Williams can have various types of spring fitted. News to me, I thought, so I asked him how to find out which one I had and apparently there are some painted stripes on the coil itself. Unfortunately these are at the top and only visible when you take the spring off - which of course they offered to do for me... Just went to an independent garage in the end.
Great thread... here's some that I can think of...
Reanult Nottingham - I had snapped an off-side front spring on my Williams2 so I went to the parts department to get a replacement. When I told them what I wanted they said that the Williams can have various types of spring fitted. News to me, I thought, so I asked him how to find out which one I had and apparently there are some painted stripes on the coil itself. Unfortunately these are at the top and only visible when you take the spring off - which of course they offered to do for me... Just went to an independent garage in the end.
^i believe that's actually correct
not too bad of an outcome but putting it through the service in the first place is shocking!LOL. 197 went in for an AC fault under warranty. Dropped off the car in the morning, "should be done around 16.30 sir" Yep no worries. So appear at half 4 the same day, noticed it was still in the workshop. Go to the reception desk, " ah yes the mechanic is just finishing off the paperwork" Ok no worries i thought, had a nosey round the show room etc. Anyway, 15 mins gone, i got called over. "sorted the AC fault sir, just some paper work to complete" So the bird at reception is printing off the details etc. Then said, "right, thats £233" WTF??, "whats that for?" i said, its only for a AC reset and the cars under warranty!!! "its for the service"..... Er what service???!!?! So off she goes to the service manager..... comes back. "Right well we can give you the service half price".... me "its not in for a service, its not due for another 6k, whays it been serviced, and who's told you to do it???!!!" Anyway, i wasnt paying a thing, so had a 24k service for free, thats oil+filter, pollen filter and airfilter. Free parts FTW!!!!
LOL. 197 went in for an AC fault under warranty. Dropped off the car in the morning, "should be done around 16.30 sir" Yep no worries. So appear at half 4 the same day, noticed it was still in the workshop. Go to the reception desk, " ah yes the mechanic is just finishing off the paperwork" Ok no worries i thought, had a nosey round the show room etc. Anyway, 15 mins gone, i got called over. "sorted the AC fault sir, just some paper work to complete" So the bird at reception is printing off the details etc. Then said, "right, thats £233" WTF??, "whats that for?" i said, its only for a AC reset and the cars under warranty!!! "its for the service"..... Er what service???!!?! So off she goes to the service manager..... comes back. "Right well we can give you the service half price".... me "its not in for a service, its not due for another 6k, whays it been serviced, and who's told you to do it???!!!" Anyway, i wasnt paying a thing, so had a 24k service for free, thats oil+filter, pollen filter and airfilter. Free parts FTW!!!!
my god they really are arseholes!Went in to Renault today to see how much a new set of front brake pads would cost. He put them on the desk, and goes £50... Really I said? I can get good brake pads for £30. To that he snatched them off the counter, said "off you go then..." (very rudely) and then walked off. I might have bought them if he was polite too... The very funny thing is that we were going to buy a Fiat 500 from the same dealership (it's one of those multi- make type dealers). Now we're not... So, they just lost the sale of a £10k car. Good work... Goooooooooood Work. Whilst waiting for me in the car park, my mrs saw one of their mechanics ragging a 182 around, blatently a customers car as it had plastic seat covers on. The thought of ever going back there fills me with dread, we're gonna find somewhere else to get that 500 from....
pmslFew years ago, 2 of the gf's wheels were stolen (no idea why, standard rover 25 1.4). Rings up the garage, girl on reception "Oh dear, that sounds nasty. If you drive over, we'll take a look".
Kind of moron that fails a mcdonalds interview.
^Whilst i see the humour and irritation in that story, memorising all the tyre sizes for all the renault range is a bit much to expect of them isn't it?When I rang the Renault dealer for some new tyres, the conversation went like this....
^Whilst i see the humour and irritation in that story, memorising all the tyre sizes for all the renault range is a bit much to expect of them isn't it?When I rang the Renault dealer for some new tyres, the conversation went like this....
hahaha just goes to show what they know!!
i rang for an insurance quote the other day
Insurance: "what model is it?"
Me: "clio 182"
Inurance: "a what?"
Me: "182"
Inurance: "theres a 172?"
Me:"no 182"
Inurance: "theres a 197"
Me: "no its a 182"
Inurance: "well i can quote u for a 172"
Me: "why? its a 182 it isnt the same"
Inurance: "well ill do it for a 182, it will only be an estomate anyway as yo dont have the reg"
Grrrr!!