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 Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:46 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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TBH the drop links start making a noise when they are worn, but if the garage fit cheap ones then you might as well book it in now for 6 months time. Ask them to fit genuine Peugeot parts.
Most people can tell if the handbrake has excessive travel when the put it on, and if it doesn't hold the car on a hill then it's definitely time to get something done about it. It might just need adjusting behind the lever, possibly the auto adjusters have seized, stretched cables or might just be worn through neglect. Excessive travel and efficiency should be picked up when the car is serviced. Any mechanic worth their salt would also note if the shoes and pads were worn to the point where they are no longer effective. So as MrBS stated, could be down to poor maintenance.
Don't forget if you have drums to tell the garage that you want a new hub nut fitting. Far too many cowboys out there who don't do the job properly the first time round and then end up suffering later on
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:53 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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| niki945 wrote: |
| Bore off if you have nothing constructive to say. Muppet |
& people wonder why I dont bother to help out on here any more 
If the car was looked after / serviced correctly then all these items would have been picked up & it wouldnt have failed the mot test 
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:53 am |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2010
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Location: Macclesfield
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Thanks for the help :o)
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:55 am |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2010
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Location: Macclesfield
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Zzzzzzzz!!!
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:43 am |
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Joined: Nov 28, 2011
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Location: sunny stoke
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[quote="MrBSI"]
| niki945 wrote: |
| Bore off if you have nothing constructive to say. Muppet |
& people wonder why I dont bother to help out on here any more
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Dont think i can ever remember you ever helping anyone out on here all i see is your negative comments!
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:46 am |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2010
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Amen to that!!!
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:48 am |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2012
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Location: Flintshire, North Wales
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MRBSI 'gods gift to the 206info site'
haha rather sad just to come on the site and b***h about everyone..
cars go wrong, whether there serviced or not !
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:53 am |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| dan_manu wrote: |
MRBSI 'gods gift to the 206info site'
haha rather sad just to come on the site and b***h about everyone..
cars go wrong, whether there serviced or not ! |
Less likely to have faults if they are looked after though.
Majority of people on here won't lift the bonnet once a week to check the levels or get down on their knees to check the tyre pressures. How many people can say that they are 100% certain that every bulb on their car is working correctly? The last time most of them will have lifted the bonnet is for their driving test, some of them won't even know where the bonnet release lever is.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:54 am |
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Joined: Jul 13, 2012
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I've noticed he's rather sarcastic to everyone as well, seems as though he thinks he's better than everyone and "has his head on his shoulders" more than everyone else.
To be honest though, it's useless properly servicing a car unless there's a warranty that needs to be maintained.
Paying £150 for a full service and the further interim services and so on that is mostly just trying to tell you that you need new parts and replacing stuff like screenwash that you can do yourself. Tyre pressures, seat belts, liquid levels and the like can all be done without having to some professional to do it.
Without servicing, assuming you don't drive like a t**t, over the space of the year that £150 on the extra MOT bill probably saved you about 100 quid. Or at the least, you might have broke even.
With that you have the chance of being ripped off as seen on Watchdog, many of us aren't mehanically minded and have no access to family or friends who either are, or know mechanics.
So unless you own a BMW M5, I'd say servicing isn't really worth it.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:57 am |
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less likely but still possible and yeah because not everyone knows about cars. But MRBSI dosent have to answer questions, no one forces him so why does he b***h about everyone haha?
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Last edited by dan_manu on Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:09 pm; edited 2 times in total
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:59 am |
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Joined: Jan 05, 2011
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Location: North Manchester
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If you can travel into Manchester there is a member on here who you should talk to. Pm Cartoonhead.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:25 pm |
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[quote="HDI90"]
| MrBSI wrote: |
| niki945 wrote: |
| Bore off if you have nothing constructive to say. Muppet |
& people wonder why I dont bother to help out on here any more
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Dont think i can ever remember you ever helping anyone out on here all i see is your negative comments! |
that's because you joint info too late, newbie.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:51 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: In the garage
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Add the service30 code to the Euro Car Parts prices and get 30% discount.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:51 pm |
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Joined: Dec 16, 2010
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| broadblaster wrote: |
| would like to think half that !!!!! |
100 mates rate
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WARNING: This User Has Had Bad Trade Feedback In The Past
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:20 pm |
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Joined: Aug 04, 2011
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Repair costs will entirely depend on the rear brakes and what is wrong. It could be a single seized adjuster and no more than 1hr labour to fix that with no parts except the hub nut. Drop links are relatively easy and cheap(ish) though cost is all relative to disposable income.
However - if the rear brakes are ABS drums and the drums are badly worn with siezed adjusters and the handbrake cable on the way out then the parts alone including the front drop links are getting close to £150. And that is the price that you buy the parts for not the price the garage charge which is likely to be higher.
If this is a garage job it is getting close to £200 - £250 or more.
DO NOT use a brake and exhaust centre. Their parts prices will twice or even three times what people are quoting here. I was stood in a queue for tyres on my company car on Saturday and the guy in front was charged over £800 for new brakes front and rear on a Laguna. I am an ex-mechanic and seeing someone hand over a credit card just for brake work like that almost makes me return to the business. I even saw the boxes the parts came in and they are pattern parts so a massive profit margin even with their overheads.
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