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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:30 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2025
Trade Rating: +6
Location: Gloucester
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^ Don't go to Kwikfit lol.
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:40 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 1197
Trade Rating: +3
Location: Plymouth
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2Oh!6 wrote: |
^ Don't go to Kwikfit lol. |
i'll second that. bunch of rip off merchants
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| No longer a 206 owner
Astra H sxi. 1.7Cdti | |
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:47 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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apjs87 wrote: |
2Oh!6 wrote: |
^ Don't go to Kwikfit lol. |
i'll second that. bunch of rip off merchants |
Only suggested them for a quote. Open at reasonable hours and usually one close by. Be a good comparison in price.
Might even be worth having a second test done and see if it fails on the same. You could even appeal the original and have VOSA have a look. How many people know how to check the catalyst is working. Expensive bit of kit, and good profit on the job.
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:55 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 10151
Trade Rating: +12
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i bet even pug dealer would charge less than that
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:40 am |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010 Posts: 29
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Wrexham
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Mine just failed on the catalytic convertor and cost me £150 to get it changed. It also needed a new lambda sonde? apparently. Cost me £285 including the mot including fitting.
I have no idea how much brakelines would be inc fitting.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:40 pm |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 161
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Leeds
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UPDATE: Got the car re-mot'd at a different garage and came back with half as many issues. Got a new catalyst,Drop link,Wishbone, and 2 brake lines for 275 quid! Bonus. Ive changed the title aswell to fit accordingly! Joni
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:52 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2874
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Chichester, Sussex
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I remember someone on here got charged about £20 to change a bulb when they broke down the costs
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:44 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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jonny_fulton03 wrote: |
UPDATE: Got the car re-mot'd at a different garage and came back with half as many issues. Got a new catalyst,Drop link,Wishbone, and 2 brake lines for 275 quid! Bonus. Ive changed the title aswell to fit accordingly! Joni |
Get onto VOSA about the other place. Obviously d**k Turpin Motors. They will rig a few cars and send them in for MOTs and the end result is they may loose their MOT status. We don't need garages like that.
Glad you got it all sorted though, and next time take a deep breath, count to ten and just ask for help. Help on here costs nothing and I've found most of it to be useful, although I do have a mechanical background but never touched a 206 before. We're all learning.
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