Just got back from a MOT Garage, took one of the Neighbors Corsa in, shes a retired lady who asked me to take her car in as she always feels uneasy being a female with Garages and the car always seems to fail every year therefore repair bills etc, she always uses the same Garage.
Whilst Im waiting for the Mot to be done, Im reading the previous Mots Paperwork from the Car, the Fails, the Advisories, Work done etc, mainly through boredom.
Mot finished, its failed on excessive play, OS Track Rod End, plus theres a couple of Advisories. Chap starts asking if I want the works done, rough cost etc, I reply 'I need to make a phone call'.
Just before the Phone call, I remembered something about Track Rod fail from a previous Mot, initial thoughts were, its probably the other side. Checked the Paperwork, it was last year, same deal Off Side, slightly confused, double checked Mot paperwork and repair cost Invoice, same Garage, yep OS, then stuck the head underneath and checked both sides, hmmm, they both look original to me, certainly not a year old or around 3000 miles later.
Goes back in the Garage and calls the Guy over, 'can I have a word', hands him the paperwork, 'Do you want to check the Paperwork first, or do you want to look at both the Track Rod Ends and then check the Paperwork?', a confused look on his face, some paperwork reading, goes and looks at the Car, comes back, more paperwork reading more confused looks, then grabs another chap they both go and look at the car, one comes back, goes back out with a wire brush looks again, quiet closely this time, comes back more reading between the two of them, then comes over to me as says, 'Ok, Can you leave this with me', 'What does that mean exactly' I asked, 'Well, as we did the work then there will be some sort of Warranty'?
Outcome was, left the Car with them, hmm, expecting a phone call later, hopefully something along the lines of "all done, works done, MOT done, No Charge perhaps??.
Your thoughts, advice??
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