I do all the work on the family cars ,having not trusted work done by garages in the past ,
all the family drive vauxhalls with the exception of one ......
a 2002 picasso hdi 
he insists on driving it 
few weeks ago the clutch went
had a quick look to diagnose , he needed the picasso working again in a hurry ,so it was recovered to a local cluych place ,who quoted £350 ish done for next day
i took him to collect it ,
they said the gearbox casting needed replacing too due to the casting being cracked ,another 389 quid 
I went outside and looked ,old casing with 16 years of dirt on it
went and asked , "not new ,reconditioned " they said , "so where is the old cracked one" i said ,
and when people recon gear boxes ,they clean them at least ,some paint them
we could not prove they did not fit a recon box or casting , so he had to pay the extra £389 to get the car back .
UPDATE
the crapasso now has bad clutch judder when the clutch is depressed
no judder when the clutch is fully pressed,no judder when engaged .just mid clutch action
It's going back to the clutch specialist first thing tomorrow
I won't be going with it due to another commitment
invoice states 18 months warranty on clutch and 12 months warranty on the "recon " gearbox
It will be interesting to see what they have to say
they replaced the clutch kit complete ,fork,slave,and gearbox ,
I did pull the covers and remove the aux belt to make sure the harmonic damper(well known crapasso issue) etc was not at fault.
the only part not invoiced was the flywheel , if it was good enough to fit a clutch kit to a month ago , I can't think they will try and say it needs skimming, but i suspect they will try and pass the blame to a non replaced part /try getting more money
wish I'd done the job myself now
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