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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vixteris on 25 March 2004, 12:14
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Some of u will know that Ive had a bit of a nightmare with garages fixing my car - one place had it for over a month and still didnt fix it and another guy charged a fortune and in my opinion only charged the battery >:(
after a recommendation on here about another garage and the guys at the garage seeming really keen, they told me the part needed to come from germany???? Me and a couple of others thought this was a bit weird cos I could get it off Europarts in a day or 2 but 8 days later they still saying the cars not ready cos the parts not there. :-\
So am I getting taken for a ride again or should I sit tight? ???
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Sounds like are they taking you for a ride! - or they just aren't very expert on obtaining car parts?
Tell em you can get one from Euro in a couple of days and see what they say.
At the end of the day you aren't obliged to get the part off em.
My local garage is good - he always tells me what I'm getting and how much and asks if I want to try and find cheaper!
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thats why you've gotta fix your own car 8)
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Sorry if someone has already asked this question, but what part are you waiting for exactly?
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not being funny but if a woman walks into a garage then that means trouble.
I know a few garage owners that rip women off.
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I reckon sit tight this time but keep hassling them until they get fed up with you, or ask them how much longer it will take, if it's more than two days then say you will get the parts yourself. ;)
In the future, tell them you will get the parts (and order them from stuart) if they will fit them.
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its only an intake pipe (please dont laugh), I new I could get it cheaper and even fit it myself but I just wanted the job done and a half decent garage that I could use again in the future so I let them do things the way they wanted. :-[
he reason I didnt fix it myself is I didnt know what was wrong with it originally - the fact that two other gargaes had been unsuccessful led be to believe it must be something pretty bad, maybe it is and they are having trouble too??????? ???
thanks for advise guys im gonna ring em everyday :-*
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I'm sure most people will know this anyway ... but for those jobs where you do go to the garage, always ask for the old parts when it's finished !!!!
Ok if they really wanna rip you off then there's no stopping them unless you can prove it - but this does help to safe guard against being done.
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Have you tried to source the part yourself? Presumably the garage are sourcing a patten part themselves (as opposed to a VW original part), so if you can source yourself, there should be no reason for them not to fit it?
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i'd never let a garage keep my car for over 2 days unless major work is being done.. or you've got a cheap rate 'spare time' deal going on (fix it when u can mate, but charge me less...)
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two f**kin days??? My bodyshop said he would keep my car for two days and thats to take a whole rear panel off, respray a new panel, fit it and weld it all back nice so i cantr tell the difference. So two days for an inlet pipe seems like a joke. Don't take it to these guys again, let them know that your not very happy about the service and that, and let them know that its been a big inconvenience, maybe they'll knock some money off for you. If you dont ask you don't get. Good luck anyway
marco
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Vix
I can recommend someone in Essex if thats any good for the future :)
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marcogolfo thats 8 days mate not 2!!!! >:(
thanks speedy , i would have asked vr6 to have a look if the car had been running ok, but it was cutting out as soon as I took my foot off the accelerator so I was having trouble evn getting it to local garages. essex is probably a bit far but i will remember for the future. 8)
anyway guys I just took a drive over to the garage to see whats going on. It seems the part had arrived just as I got there. He reckons it will be ready this afternoon or tommorow morning latest. Happy with the fact that a bit of face to face seems to give em a kick up the a*se. ;D
Bit pi**ed off about the fact it didnt have its car cover on though - oh well should be home for hugs and kisses soon ::)
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Good to hear your baby will be home and well for the weekend :)
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keeping my fingers crossed sheps, i wont believe its fixed until im in the drivers seat and experiencing some speedy dubbing - im not gonna get excited until that fat lady sings ;) :D
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Surely you mean the lovely yellow lady??!!
;D
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not gonna be so yellow for long - picking up panels whenever i see good ones at the mo so she gonna look like a patchwork quilt soon - still needing a pair of rust free doors if anyone see's some ;)
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All i can say is when I had my ignition fault on my car, the VW dealership had only ONE mechanic that was trained on anything previous to a mk4 Golf!!
The others didnt know how the mk3 etc was wired up and stuff .. maybe your having the same problem...?
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Problem is with the early marks, i mean pre digifant is that they have no ECU for the mechanics to plug there diagnostics tester into. So anyone with limited knowledge of the actual mechanics of a pre ECU car might as well not even bother looking :(
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Exactly. ... most mechanics being trained these days are trained to fix modern cars with ECU's etc ... as soon as they see an old car they aint got a clue ... like with me and VW only having 1 mechanic for a mk3!!
Suppose its the same with any job tho ... i wouldnt have a clue about 1980's networks etc ... cos ya dont get trained for it...
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we've established the problem now and it was an air leak on the top of the metering head and a split in the intake pipe.
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wahey!!! i just got a call and the cars if fixed. now i just got to rob the bank of england on the way to pick it up ;D
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and the fat lady has sung - car is running like paula radcliffe., well til i ran out of petrol - big up to dizzie and his tow rope once again but all good. ;):D
garage showed me the damaged part without me even asking to see it so in my books they are 'good guys' afterall ;D
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cool.. hope they didnt charge ya too much :)
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Glad to hear its fixed.
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Loads of trouble Vix.but pleased to hear u have ur baby running! ;D Its warmin up now(bar the rain like)-just in time! ;D
Dinky :-*
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Good to know its back on the road vix, have fun in the sun. ;)