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Title: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 13:06:13
How do these places arrive at their prices?

My daughter's Fiat 52 plate Seicento's exhaust is embarrassingly knackered ..... back box is goosed. As a starting point, I phoned the dealers, £200 + vat he says, but he'd knock the vat off.
Kwik Fit want £150 fitted, and National Tyres want £177 'including 30% discount' .... he wasn't impressed when I laughed at him and told him it was only just cheaper than the main dealer's prices without a 'discount'.  ???
Price at a mate's motorfactor ........... £37 + vat  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: chrisgixer on 13 November 2013, 13:09:07
They rely on uk public apathy and a "just get it done" attitude.

Plus the refusal to get ones hands dirty AndyB ;) ;D
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 13:17:43
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Plus the refusal to get ones hands dirty AndyB ;) ;D

I'm not particularly happy about that bit myself!  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::) I try not to at work either  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 November 2013, 13:29:17
How do these places arrive at their prices?

My daughter's Fiat 52 plate Seicento's exhaust is embarrassingly knackered ..... back box is goosed. As a starting point, I phoned the dealers, £200 + vat he says, but he'd knock the vat off.
Kwik Fit want £150 fitted, and National Tyres want £177 'including 30% discount' .... he wasn't impressed when I laughed at him and told him it was only just cheaper than the main dealer's prices without a 'discount'.  ???
Price at a mate's motorfactor ........... £37 + vat  :y :y :y


If your daughter had phoned herself they'd  magic up a quote that was twice as expensive.

A lone woman who doesn't know an exhaust from a spark plug  is easy prey for these guys.  :-\
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: omega3000 on 13 November 2013, 13:37:00
Exhaust place quoted my daughter £350 for fitting and supplying an exhaust for a 03 Corsa  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 November 2013, 14:02:56
Exhaust place quoted my daughter £350 for fitting and supplying an exhaust for a 03 Corsa  >:( >:(


Yep.....my exact point precisely demonstrated. Unsupervised women are easy meat for the sharks in the motor trade. :'(

Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 November 2013, 14:05:29
Mrs Opti wouldn't hesitate to pay three times would I to have her car fixed.

Like lambs to the slaughter. : ::) ::) ::)-\

Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: martin42 on 13 November 2013, 18:19:11
Exhaust place quoted my daughter £350 for fitting and supplying an exhaust for a 03 Corsa  >:( >:(
i need to put my prices up lol
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: TheBoy on 13 November 2013, 18:48:46
Mrs TB was quoted £46 for a backbox on the Rover at Hellfords Autocentres. As the factors wanted £37, plus the gasket, sod it, I took it in, and confirmed the price when I dropped it off. All good.

Got a call about an hour later, it was going to be over £200, and the parts were ordered, so I politely told them not to do it. "But we've ordered the parts?". Words to the effect of what a shame was my reply.

Anyways, go down to pick up the car, and asked why price had jumped 4.5 times the quote. The backbox is £1xx (as it was different to quoted) and the mid section is £1xx.

I reminded them that there was only one backbox fitted to this car, which they denied, and refused my request to look at their books/computer to prove. Quizzed about mid section, "rusted through completely". I asked them to put that in writing, as it was only about a year old, thus I'd still have a warranty on it, but they refused.

Strangely enough, the customers behind me all left :y


So off to factors, new backbox on in less than 10 mins.
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: martin42 on 13 November 2013, 18:50:29
Just fitted new back box to rover,5 min job and cost £21 :y
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: TheBoy on 13 November 2013, 19:01:04
Just fitted new back box to rover,5 min job and cost £21 :y
I could have got a backbox cheaper online, but needed it quick, hence Motorserv. 15mins includes getting jacks and stands out ;)
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 19:04:24
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I could have got a backbox cheaper online, but  .....
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Same as me, however it arrived at the motor factors when I was enroute to Manchester to collect said daughter from work because I had her car!  :y
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: chrisgixer on 13 November 2013, 19:15:02
Her old Volvo v40. Failed mot on split cat.

For the laugh, I thought I'd see what they said;

kwirk fart = Just shy of £500 for a new cat fitted.

Welded up at a back street place round the corner for £10.
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 19:32:52
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Welded up at a back street place round the corner for £10.

 :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: MR MISTER on 13 November 2013, 19:40:31
Her old Volvo v40. Failed mot on split cat.

For the laugh, I thought I'd see what they said;

kwirk fart = Just shy of £500 for a new cat fitted.

Welded up at a back street place round the corner for £10.
I had an old Volvo 440. The guy in Kwik fit said they were the most expensive exhaust they did.
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: albitz on 13 November 2013, 19:46:22
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Plus the refusal to get ones hands dirty AndyB ;) ;D

I'm not particularly happy about that bit myself!  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::) I try not to at work either  ;D  ;D

Just the same as every maintenance fitter Ive ever  encountered. ;D
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: chrisgixer on 13 November 2013, 19:50:43
Her old Volvo v40. Failed mot on split cat.

For the laugh, I thought I'd see what they said;

kwirk fart = Just shy of £500 for a new cat fitted.

Welded up at a back street place round the corner for £10.
I had an old Volvo 440. The guy in Kwik fit said they were the most expensive exhaust they did.

They say that to all the girls Esta. ;)
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: MR MISTER on 13 November 2013, 20:07:43
Her old Volvo v40. Failed mot on split cat.

For the laugh, I thought I'd see what they said;

kwirk fart = Just shy of £500 for a new cat fitted.

Welded up at a back street place round the corner for £10.
I had an old Volvo 440. The guy in Kwik fit said they were the most expensive exhaust they did.

They say that to all the girls Esta. ;)
Hmmmm......he did show me his big torque wrench.  :-\
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 20:32:25
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Just the same as every maintenance fitter Ive ever  encountered. ;D

 :y  :y  :y  :y ;)
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: MR MISTER on 13 November 2013, 20:35:56
I've worked in big factories (Vauxhall Ellesmere Port) and small factories. In the small factories the fitters just fixed everyone's car. ;D
Title: Re: Fast fit exhaust centres
Post by: Andy B on 13 November 2013, 20:42:44
I've worked in big factories (Vauxhall Ellesmere Port) and small factories. In the small factories the fitters just fixed everyone's car. ;D

Probably because the small factories allowed you to drive their cars round to the work shop  :y Quite a few cars were fixed at Hall's cough sweets factory, none though at Wigan  :(