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Re: Cheap Service
« Reply #15 on: 22 January 2019, 22:30:40 »

I'll bet the local garage is sorry he sold it.  ;D
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« Reply #16 on: 23 January 2019, 00:17:52 »

I'll bet the local garage is sorry he sold kicked it.  :(

You could say it was a probate sale.  :-X
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« Reply #17 on: 23 January 2019, 00:21:33 »

You only get what you pay  ::)
so for a  sub £100 service they let their gimp play with your motor for 30 minutes  :o
He`s trained to booger-up & over-tighten the sump plug &  then charge you for a new one  :)
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« Reply #18 on: 23 January 2019, 11:17:05 »


The big wad of receipts, inc a bill for £750ish last July for a full service and other consumables, the fact it's wearing premium tyres and the general good condition of the car, tells me that it's probably been pretty well looked after.  :y
No, it means the previous owner paid whatever the garage thought they could get away with. Definitely not the same thing ;)

 :y 100% agree ,always worth checking work has been done ,even if there's big bills or 12 months MOT  :y

Just going through the receipts and the V70 has had £1787.85 spent on it in the last 12 months!  :o

That's for a nsr caliper, rear brake shoes, discs and pads all round, brake fluid change, a track rod end, alignment, a couple of services and other sundries like screenwash/bulbs etc!  :)

Won't that N/s rear caliper melt if it's made of solid gold  :-\

I'll bet the local garage is sorry he sold kicked it.  :(

You could say it was a probate sale.  :-X
died of shock when he got the garage bill  ;D

just check everything over ,but it sounds like you found a good,well looked after one  :)
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Re: Cheap Service
« Reply #19 on: 23 January 2019, 11:24:47 »

You only get what you pay  ::)
so for a  sub £100 service they let their gimp play with your motor for 30 minutes  :o
He`s trained to booger-up & over-tighten the sump plug &  then charge you for a new one  :)

Perhaps, but IMHO you're just as likely to get said gimp in a main stealer.

My Dad had a Volvo company car years ago. It was always serviced at great expense by a main dealer. He sold it on to a car dealer who he knew quite well. A couple of days after purchasing it, and about 2 weeks after a main dealer service, the car dealer was cruising along the M3 when the oil light came on and the view through the rear window was completely obscured.

He got it recovered and discovered the sump plug thread completely stripped and a load of PTFE tape hanging from the hole.
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« Reply #20 on: 23 January 2019, 12:38:45 »

I go to a local indie who doesn't employ gimps.  :)
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« Reply #21 on: 23 January 2019, 12:41:42 »

I go to a local indie who doesn't employ gimps.  :)

......anyone own a gimp mask?

Come on own up. :)
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« Reply #22 on: 23 January 2019, 16:32:32 »

I go to a local indie who doesn't employ gimps.  :)

......anyone own a gimp mask?

Come on own up. :)
I don't but Clicky here £19 delivered  :y
Are you going to start servicing cars then Dr Opti  :-\
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« Reply #23 on: 23 January 2019, 20:18:14 »

I go to a local indie who doesn't employ gimps.  :)

......anyone own a gimp mask?

Come on own up. :)
I don't but Clicky here £19 delivered  :y
Are you going to start servicing cars then Dr Opti  :-\
You learn something everyday. ;D I really have led a sheltered life. :D
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