How Depressing

[dancook]

MOT, Service ended up costing me £841

Coolant, battery, rear brake drums, shoes, cylinder, bearings, fluid.. track rod, steering rack boot.

I've had three cars this year, all three have had MOT and services this year. All three have been costly!

Merry Christmas!

 

[LowLife.]

Could be worse.



Your not dead.

 

[Revels]

Lesson 1) Buy cars with long MOT's
Lesson 2) Do little bits and bobs during the year and keep on top of things
Lesson 3) Don't eat yellow snow

 

[LowLife.]

Lesson 1) Buy cars with long MOT's
Lesson 2) Do little bits and bobs during the year and keep on top of things
Lesson 3) Don't eat yellow snow

What about teh brown snowz?

 

[dancook]

What about teh brown snowz?

Too late!

 

[dancook]

Lesson 1) Buy cars with long MOT's

I'll remember that, for now i'll make the most of this one!
Think I might try out the AA car check next time I'm in the market too

 

[Rexy]

Do people no longer work on their own cars?

 

[Dave..]

I imagine the bloke who did the work, was very happy indeed.

 

[Alastair.]

I imagine the bloke who did the work, was very happy indeed.

i would be a very happy bunny if you paid me that

 

[Gorms]

Crazy money to run an old car, that's 4 months on a lookers deal on a 200.

 

[Poopensharten]

I wouldnt entertain that for a second, you can ALWAYS get it done cheaper, i really hope there is more to that list

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

On a serious note... the 3 cars you have had, have you raken them all to the same place? Sure your not getting ripped of here?

 

[Fred@BTM]

MOT, Service ended up costing me £841

Coolant, battery, rear brake drums, shoes, cylinder, bearings, fluid.. track rod, steering rack boot.

I've had three cars this year, all three have had MOT and services this year. All three have been costly!

Merry Christmas!

did that include 7days holiday in Spain?

that's about 50% too much!!

 

[guysy]

Most of that you could have done yourself, with a bit of asking and following guides...

 

[dancook]

Each time I've tried a new garage, never really trusting the previous.

Well I replaced the hazard light switch myself preMOT, I was kind of in a rush to get it passed for MOT as it was late and I also needed to get the road tax sorted!

The mini breakdown I have noted is

Drums/Shoes/Cylinders/Rear Brakes = £419.10
Battery = £67.50
Coolant = £50
Steering Rack = £80
MOT = £45
Full Service = £180

 

[Dash]

Do people no longer work on their own cars?

I opened the bonnet once, wasn't much in there worth looking at.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

F**k a duck.

£419.50 for brakes ? I assume you have AP racing 6-pots on there ?

Uprated discs and pads on my Scoob's 4-pot Brembos were only ~£150.

Can I recommend a Halfords 150-pc Professional Took-Kit and a trolley jack/stands to go on your xmas list as a high priority ?!

 

[Will.]

You could have got a f**king cambelt thrown in as well for that price!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Each time I've tried a new garage, never really trusting the previous.

Well I replaced the hazard light switch myself preMOT, I was kind of in a rush to get it passed for MOT as it was late and I also needed to get the road tax sorted!

The mini breakdown I have noted is

Drums/Shoes/Cylinders/Rear Brakes = £419.10
Battery = £67.50
Coolant = £50
Steering Rack = £80
MOT = £45
Full Service = £180

GO TO A SPECIALST, we're around for a reason! We know what we're doing (alledgely! LOL) and we don't rip people off, i'm actually upset you've paid that, its criminal

if you say "there isn't anyone local" that's no excuse, i get people driving down from scotland to Birmingham for servicing

 

[theduck]

Crazy money to run an old car, that's 4 months on a lookers deal on a 200.

So he's saved 8 months worth of payments

and if he had got it done right, would have been more like 9 or 10 months worth of payments!

 

[dancook]

GO TO A SPECIALST, we're around for a reason! We know what we're doing (alledgely! LOL) and we don't rip people off, i'm actually upset you've paid that, its criminal

if you say "there isn't anyone local" that's no excuse, i get people driving down from scotland to Birmingham for servicing

I took my 182 down to RenTech, I'm happy with them. Just it means having to make a day of it.

I only took the car to hiQ because I was desperate to get the MOT sorted as both that and the tax had run out!

I will make sure i learn from this...

I'll post up the invoice later, you can tell me what was overpriced

 

[.Kev.]

HiQ mate, you must have money to burn.

 

[Donny_Dog]

I took my 182 down to RenTech, I'm happy with them. Just it means having to make a day of it.

I only took the car to hiQ because I was desperate to get the MOT sorted as both that and the tax had run out!

I will make sure i learn from this...

I'll post up the invoice later, you can tell me what was overpriced

The price.

'making a day of it' vs saving £400. Best day off I can think of.