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Offline Greenouse

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #10 on: 10 February 2009, 22:50 »
Quote from: maxamus on 10 February 2009, 22:40
Quote from: winrya on 10 February 2009, 22:38
Time to find a good vag specialist.  They tend to charge more like £45 an hour, have more switched on and passionate staff and of course use VAG.com and have access to all the same parts vw dealers do.  Your car is in much better hands at places like this!

How do i go about finding a VAG specialist locally???

Doesn't have to be a VAG specialist bud :afro:

Where about's are you?
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Offline maxamus

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #11 on: 10 February 2009, 22:52 »
Quote from: Greenouse on 10 February 2009, 22:50
Quote from: maxamus on 10 February 2009, 22:40
Quote from: winrya on 10 February 2009, 22:38
Time to find a good vag specialist.  They tend to charge more like £45 an hour, have more switched on and passionate staff and of course use VAG.com and have access to all the same parts vw dealers do.  Your car is in much better hands at places like this!

How do i go about finding a VAG specialist locally???

Doesn't have to be a VAG specialist bud :afro:

Where about's are you?

Stockton on Tees
North East
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Offline bacillus

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #12 on: 10 February 2009, 22:58 »
Since the cable is wrecked any way, you could try accessing the cable by removing the driver's side wheel arch liner and you should be able to get hold of the cable. You'll probably have to cut it to gain access to the inner cable so that you can pull on it to release the latch.

Do so at your own risk!
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Offline Greenouse

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #13 on: 10 February 2009, 23:00 »
Quote from: maxamus on 10 February 2009, 22:52
Quote from: Greenouse on 10 February 2009, 22:50
Quote from: maxamus on 10 February 2009, 22:40
Quote from: winrya on 10 February 2009, 22:38
Time to find a good vag specialist.  They tend to charge more like £45 an hour, have more switched on and passionate staff and of course use VAG.com and have access to all the same parts vw dealers do.  Your car is in much better hands at places like this!

How do i go about finding a VAG specialist locally???

Doesn't have to be a VAG specialist bud :afro:

Where about's are you?

Stockton on Tees
North East
TS18

Ah, no where near Brum then  :grin: Is there not a garage that someone you know uses locally? It really shouldn't be a massive job for any decent grease monkey!  :wink:
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Offline maxamus

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #14 on: 10 February 2009, 23:00 »
Quote from: bacillus on 10 February 2009, 22:58
Since the cable is wrecked any way, you could try accessing the cable by removing the driver's side wheel arch liner and you should be able to get hold of the cable. You'll probably have to cut it to gain access to the inner cable so that you can pull on it to release the latch.

Do so at your own risk!

lol i think i'll leave it to the specialists  :smiley:
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Offline maxamus

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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #15 on: 14 February 2009, 12:00 »
Just got the car back from VW lookers M'Boro. Cost me £160 incl VAT.
They were the cheapest of the 3 quotes i got and they even valeted the inside and outside of my car aswell (which was great as i hadn't washed it in over 2 months) :cool:
The other 2 VAG specialists wanted £180 and £210.
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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #16 on: 14 February 2009, 15:03 »
Glad to hear it's sorted.   :smiley:
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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #17 on: 14 February 2009, 17:59 »
More money than sense IMO!
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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #18 on: 14 February 2009, 19:10 »
You'll be glad it's fixed though well done mate, mechanical stuff like that can be repaired by most garages. First I have heard of it, must have been bloody annoying and thanks for reporting back.  :smiley:
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Re: Cant open bonnet. Ahhhhhhhhhh
« Reply #19 on: 14 February 2009, 19:35 »
Oh ye forgot to mention that they also topped up my engine oil for free as well  :smiley:
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