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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 August 2011, 16:13:56
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Just picked her up from VX.
The bill makes interesting reading.
Vx water pump...........................£119.00 plus VAT
Vx Cambelt plus tensioner roller...£138.00 plus VAT
Anti-freeze. (quantity 4) ................£18.00 plus VAT
Total £275.00 plus VAT at 20%.....which makes £33O....which is exactly what I paid by credit card.
So Labour is FREE at certain Vx dealers it seems. :y :y :y (Usually £65 plus VAT for each hour)
Fair play to them though. They admitted that they'd made an "error" with their costs. But once they'd (incorrectly ) given me a quote there was no going back. The service manager told me that nobody WILL EVER get a genuine Vx cambelt and water pump fitted at this price again. :D :D :D :y
Good result I think. :y :y :y
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Lucky boy...now go out and buy a lottery ticket :-)
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They will have made a good profit as they have charged you top dollar for the parts!
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
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Good result and really does show how incompetant most VX dealers are ,although fair play to them by sticking to their quote.
Still think I will let Daz do mine again in future.
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes Agreed. But not a bad price for a dealer... ;)
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes Agreed. But not a bad price for a dealer... ;)
Not bad, I'll give you that. But just goes to show the markup and profits they make!
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
That reminds me, I have £80 worth of cambelt kit, water pump and antifreeze to go on TBE... ...I must get around to doing that :-[
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
That reminds me, I have £80 worth of cambelt kit, water pump and antifreeze to go on TBE... ...I must get around to doing that :-[
End of the month?
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
As I'm not experienced enough to do the work myself I can't compete with those sort of prices. However, I still think that having somebody do the work for £330 using genuine Vx parts is not a bad deal... :y They even gave me a Vauxhall Agila 1.2 Club for three days too. It was shite. ;D ;D ;D ;)
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I am glad you're happy, but three guys on here would do a better job for a fraction of the price.
Never but never trust VX
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
As I'm not experienced enough to do the work myself I can't compete with those sort of prices. However, I still think that having somebody do the work for £330 using genuine Vx parts is not a bad deal... :y They even gave me a Vauxhall Agila 1.2 Club for three days too. It was shite. ;D ;D ;D ;)
3 Days????????? What did they do, make the parts?
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3 Days????????? What did they do, make the parts?
As said, it takes at least over night to allow the instant gasket to go off. ;)
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I am glad you're happy, but three guys on here would do a better job for a fraction of the price.
Never but never trust VX
As said before, I wanted Elite Pete to do the job, but time and travel costs (petrol) made it uneconomical. :-/ :-/
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just got Daz (darth loo knee ) to do mine plus full service and starter motor change rear brake overhaul plus lots of other bits all in a day with free coffee great advice and totally genuine service travelled 500 miles round trip and it was worth every mile.especially on the long haul home the car flew dont know what he has done to it but well impressed plus extra 3- 4 mpg if i can keep my foot of the accelerator..totally honest and helpful bloke :y
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ouch, even without labour I could do all that little lot for my 2.2 for less than £150 ;D
Yes. But that's not a proper Omega Mr Tunnie. ::) ::) ::) ;)
I could do a V6 for less than 150 quid to (including water pump and antifreeze)
As I'm not experienced enough to do the work myself I can't compete with those sort of prices. However, I still think that having somebody do the work for £330 using genuine Vx parts is not a bad deal... :y They even gave me a Vauxhall Agila 1.2 Club for three days too. It was shite. ;D ;D ;D ;)
3 Days????????? What did they do, make the parts?
Took her in late Friday afternoon. Picked her up Tuesday afternoon. Not really a problem when they supply a courtesy car. I asked for a Monaro VXR....but... :-/ :-/
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This is what they gave me as a courtesy car. According to the stats, she has 84 BHP....80 lb ft of torque....weighs 970kg.....and has a top speed of 109 MPH.
It did the job, but I'm at a loss as to why any sane person would buy one of these. Very....very....cheaply made.... :-/ :-/
(http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae183/janbowles/car.jpg)
(http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae183/janbowles/cara.jpg)
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i did not get a courtesy car with Daz but i did get a run in the latest project cant remeber what colour the seats were but there was a brown stain on it after i got out :-[ cars a bloody monster
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i did not get a courtesy car with Daz but i did get a run in the latest project cant remeber what colour the seats were but there was a brown stain on it after i got out :-[ cars a bloody monster
The mind boggles.... ::) ::) ;)