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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 July 2011, 11:55:31

Title: M.O.T pass......Cambelt change?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 July 2011, 11:55:31
My 53 plate MV6 passed it's M.O.T. on Friday with no advisories.... :y :y :y :y

I took it to my local Vauxhall dealer some ten minutes drive away. Cost £39.95. :y

The tester said it was one of the best he had seen. I quote. 'like new underneath Sir'

My cambelt needs changing too. They initally quoted £465 for cambelt....tensioners ...water pump.....and fresh anti-freeze.

Surprisingly (for a VX dealer) he was happy to negotiate. We can do it for £330 Sir.... using genuine Vauxhall parts....and you get a stamp in the service book. I don't think this sounds too bad.

Before senior OOF members knock my front door down and slip a noose around my neck for fraternising with the enemy  ;D ;D ;D I should say in my defence that I wanted expert spanner-twirler  Elite Pete to do the job..( I sent him a PM) but because of the travel costs involved it came to nothing.
Title: Re: M.O.T pass......Cambelt change?
Post by: Elite Pete on 17 July 2011, 14:27:52
The cost of fuel these days Opti does make it prohibitive unless there is someone else local that wants work doing so the costs can be split ;)

Well done on the MOT pass :y
Title: Re: M.O.T pass......Cambelt change?
Post by: jonnycool on 17 July 2011, 14:36:31
Get yourself a moped with a box on for your tools Pete, problem solved...you can cover Land's End to John O'Groats then  :y
Title: Re: M.O.T pass......Cambelt change?
Post by: russ0205 on 17 July 2011, 15:00:28
Sounds a good price to me from a vxl dealer so any probs you got a come back might pop down to mine to get a price,

  :y :y :y

Title: Re: M.O.T pass......Cambelt change?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 July 2011, 12:50:41
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The cost of fuel these days Opti does make it prohibitive unless there is someone else local that wants work doing so the costs can be split ;)

Well done on the MOT pass :y



If only you lived a little closer Pete. :-/