Renault Rip-off

[steveV6]

I had a little incident last night with a lump of mud at low speed in a parking bay. "Cant be to bad" i hear you say, WRONG. The lump of mud in question decided to rip my front rubber splitter away from the rest of the car. Still, a silly old bit of rubber cant cost to much, can it?????????



F**k me gently with a shopping trolly:

£133.54p!!!!!

Plus to add insult to injury, two weeks back order........

..........oh the joy of a V6

Still, was thinking, there must be someone out there whos been stung even more than myself!! So lets have a list of the great Renault parts rip-off and cheer me up

 

[lee-2246]

well its not for a Renault but Ford this 1 hehe me m8 went to see about having electric windows put on his fista an they told him it would cost £500 for the parts (they didnt do a kit) an they couldnt fit them, hed have 2 go to a garage 2 get em installed.

 

[Mike Wright]

£160 pounds for 2 damn suspension strut dampers on my MR2!!!!!! Consists of 2 ball joints and a 4 inch bit of steel rod!



thank god I got rid of the B*********** thing

 

[Dash]

So?

Its only

£133.54p!!!!!

I have gone through 3 of those wee rubber strips in 8 months. I hate London streets

 

[MrBean]

I guess so. If ya have a top model ya can afford top $

end off.

 

[Mike Wright]

Quote: Originally posted by MrBean on 30 April 2003


I guess so. If ya have a top model ya can afford top $

end off.

True!!!!! Stop your winning and go and get it!!!!!

 

[BenR]

hes winning!!!!!

GO BABY GO!

 

[RunnerBean]

so true, i blew my engine, chump change for a replacement if you can afford a v6 in the first place

runner

 

[Mike Wright]

Quote: Originally posted by BenR on 30 April 2003


hes winning!!!!!

GO BABY GO!

LO...............I have fat fingers so I cant spell!!!!!!!!!!! wingeing!!!!!!!

 

[steveV6]

Look. I guessed you lot would respond like that! I dont drink, well not alot, dont smoke, have no kids and work my arse off! thats how i can just about afford to buy and run the car in the first place! £133 is worth as much to me as the next person!!!

 

[paddymph]

the cup one is £130 as well! RIP OFF

 

[rt172]

Dont see why a piece of rubber should suddenly become more costly just because you run a top model. £130 is a total ripoff. Almost seems like some V6 owners here like to pay more for their expensive bits of Renault Rubber.

 

[Mike Wright]

hmmmmmmm you should have expected prices like that when you bought it mate! Speeeeeeeeeeeeed costs money!!

I not knocking you for getting it as I would like one too but I would expect to be paying premium prices for everything on it.

 

[BigBoreBri]

I can give you a few horror storys -

1. Peugot 106 xsi

£180 for a new fly wheel, £300 for a new ECU, £160 for a new clutch, £50 for a new TDC sensor, and following all this - rip off local garage tries to charge me £200 to replace parts that i replaced barely a month ago... Moral of story... dont buy french! doh!!!

2. Honda CRX

£3000 for a new rear quarter fitted - to make things worse they did a gash job and hence, i quickly got rid

3. My 172 i got now

£360 for a new tensioner bearing and £300 for a new alternator... and no it has not arrived yet has it! EVIL RENUALT

 

[steveV6]

Didnt know the cup one costs the same!!! thats made me feel a bit better!

 

[Jonathan]

BigBoreBri,

Re Item 3. I must have had the last ones lol, exactly the same bits replaced on mine recently ! Warranty paid out £785 in total ! Bill says alternator was £387.75 inc VAT !

 

[Fred@BTM]

I paid £50 for a new wheel bearing (was quoted £38 inc VAT on the phone to them about 1 hour earlier!!!!!!)

 

[KDF]

i paid err £17 for a cd changer cassette thing.. (that holds your 6 cds)

and I paid about £10 for the key that takes the cap off of the 172 wheels.



bloody rip off.. hehe

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by steveV6 on 30 April 2003

Look. I guessed you lot would respond like that! I dont drink, well not alot, dont smoke, have no kids and work my arse off! thats how i can just about afford to buy and run the car in the first place! £133 is worth as much to me as the next person!!!

i know where your comming from .. cause i do the same for my 172.. all my time and money goes into keeping it nice... oh except i do smoke.. and tend to drink a bit aswell.. err. what was my point again ?

 

[pep 87]

Power steering hose £167.50 + labour + VAT, covered under warranty.

 

[f1web]

Plastic cover for the remote locking system on a phase 1 was £42 pounds plus vat I think. For a stupid piece of plastic I am not paying that much.

 

[Tom_16v]

Well I phoned Renault yesterday about some sunroof parts and found out they had comedians answering the telephones:

Quote for the parts were;

S/R Frame - £308.25
E/S/R Motor - £233.55
E/S/R Switch - £23.50

This will make me never buy a renault again because of the stupid price of new parts.

 

[Ad]

£1200 for new top half seat cover on 172. Glad warrantly paid!!!!!!

 

[BigBoreBri]

Quote: Originally posted by Jonathan on 30 April 2003


BigBoreBri,

Re Item 3. I must have had the last ones lol, exactly the same bits replaced on mine recently ! Warranty paid out £785 in total ! Bill says alternator was £387.75 inc VAT !

Hi Jonathan, thanx for the reply.. glad to see im not the only one who has had this problem. Would like to chat to you about all the work u had done if thats ok - ive sent u a private message, cheers

 

[Mikey#1]

my bro has an Import CRX, its a nightmare on maitenence, Honda decided there would be close to no use of the same parts between models, the clutch went a few months ago, 500 mailto:f@cking">f@cking quid to replace it

thats almost as much as i paid for my clio lol

 

[BigBoreBri]

LOL - lucky me had a UK model CRX... shame i now have a import 172, im sure i made a mistake sumwhere. he he

 

[Hippychick]

BLOOD AND SAND

 

[steve68]

£60 for an oil change!!!!!!. Oh that includes labour and vat.

 

[Daz]

Mine was £15.. including oil/labour/filter and vat. HEH!

 

[Dansta]

£43 for two new clear side repeaters!!!! altho i got a discount off that! oh by joe they fitted em for me too! lucky me!!!

 

[GR7]

£43 ?? Mine were only £20 from Demon Tweeks - you were robbed!

 

[davidham]

I had to part with £5,300 for a Triumph TT600 motorbike because the 172 just aint quick enough. I think Renault should compensate me for that.

 

[boyE]

Where did you pay £43?? Mine were £37 from renault for some of the 03 clear ones, maybee the extra £6 was labour for fitting?!

 

[noel-pilot]

Bigborebri: does not seem too bad for a clutch, Renault standard price for supply and fitting of a clutch on 2002 clio, is £517 as displayed in my local dealer, now thats harsh!!

 

[BigBoreBri]

True mate, it was more the collection of things i had to replace at the same time that was annoying, lol - still what do u expect from a pug thats done 115k

I should add really that i had 2 clutches as i blew the new one up as soon as i drove out of the garage, lol - there fault not mine