During the ongoing saga of a dealer damaging both my front wheels and tyres whilst they had it in to fix a warranty item, I had a call yesterday from VWUK to update me on where they were with the claim I've put in. During the call I was told that Brescia's are retail
£882.63p inc VAT... each, 'Cost' to a dealer is £550 each. Tyres, retail £175.21 each, cost price £105. I went to my other dealer this morning to order a few things from the parts dept and I asked them to double check those costs, and sure enough it's true!
So that's the cost of two new wheels, two new tyres, and the warranty work submission they made on my car to VWUK has been rejected due to them not completing the job properly! It's going to be an expensive job for the dealer, it's no wonder they have been dragging their heels on this and I've had to get VWUK involved, despite owning up and saying they'd put things right with two new wheels and tyres. Me thinks they may have agreed before doing any research on the costs.
If you've got Brescias, go careful with them, they are bloody expensive to replace!