how long to repair your car

[marcogolfo]

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

[Speedydub]

Vix

I can recommend someone in Essex if thats any good for the future

[vixteris]

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.  

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.  

 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  

[S11EPS]

Good to hear your baby will be home and well for the weekend

[vixteris]

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  

[S11EPS]

Surely you mean the lovely yellow lady??!!

 

[vixteris]

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  

[Cupra Turbo]

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...?

[vixteris]

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  

[Cupra Turbo]

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...