So THATS why theyre called stealers!!!!!

[s2_bo]

I'm doing that too

[Rusty]

I'd be impressed if they found anything that wasn't as new on my car One MOT the guy looked at the back of the car (1 month after a rebuild) and only checked it as I said I wanted him to

[shaun5]

They might be known as stealers and understandably so when it comes to labour rates but ive just got oil / filter, sparkplugs etc all from my local dealer at a very good price, you need to ask for discount or else you wont get it!! My sparkplugs were a fair bit cheaper than what i could get them from GSF To sum it up i would never take my car to them but for parts they come up trumps

[TDi90]

I know we all have issues with dealer prices at times, but on the whole i take it with a little pich of salt because it was me that choose to own a slightly unique car.

But, having got myself an 80 Tdi (yup could be Sooty2 = S2!) and it needing an MOT i thought id chuck it through Audis free mots scheme. This is a free mot for any audi over 3 years old. They also do a protection scheme £50 and if it fails they cover up to £750 of the cost of repairs. But this doesnt cover a car with over 100k on the clock.

So with nowt to loose i put it through. Low and behold it fails, ok nowt that supprising but it failed on 100% failure of brake pads front and rear (strange there pratically new less that 3k on them??) that be £100 front and back and £190 labour. It also had a split CV gaiter- ok it actually did although not massively noticable - thatl be £175 (oh plus the vat!) and the handbrake neding adjusting - well what it would actually need would be all new cables and the calipers stripped and rebuilt £275 +vat my friend!!
And would you like us to carry out the advisaries? that be the fuel lines being a lil corroded at £575 +vat (for the love of god!!)

ill just have my keys thanks

dropped it into a local HONEST garage £127 job done mot new cv gaiter brakes adjusted. 1 advisary - rear brake flexi ferrels a lil corroded.

Seriously - what are dealers thinking? i did say to them when i said i didnt want any work doing "you do realise the cars worth 300 quid?"

last time me shops there

You should have put in a complaint to VOSA for MOT being too harsh...

[DJones]

I know we all have issues with dealer prices at times, but on the whole i take it with a little pich of salt because it was me that choose to own a slightly unique car.

But, having got myself an 80 Tdi (yup could be Sooty2 = S2!) and it needing an MOT i thought id chuck it through Audis free mots scheme. This is a free mot for any audi over 3 years old. They also do a protection scheme £50 and if it fails they cover up to £750 of the cost of repairs. But this doesnt cover a car with over 100k on the clock.

So with nowt to loose i put it through. Low and behold it fails, ok nowt that supprising but it failed on 100% failure of brake pads front and rear (strange there pratically new less that 3k on them??) that be £100 front and back and £190 labour. It also had a split CV gaiter- ok it actually did although not massively noticable - thatl be £175 (oh plus the vat!) and the handbrake neding adjusting - well what it would actually need would be all new cables and the calipers stripped and rebuilt £275 +vat my friend!!
And would you like us to carry out the advisaries? that be the fuel lines being a lil corroded at £575 +vat (for the love of god!!)

ill just have my keys thanks

dropped it into a local HONEST garage £127 job done mot new cv gaiter brakes adjusted. 1 advisary - rear brake flexi ferrels a lil corroded.

Seriously - what are dealers thinking? i did say to them when i said i didnt want any work doing "you do realise the cars worth 300 quid?"

last time me shops there

Outrageous....

Be surprised if they could get the parts..... NLA and all that!!!

[Skull]

what you see here is 30€ in parts: 2 offset screws, 2 offset washers, 2 nuts.



The exact price is 28,75€

The same stuff in germany costs 16,1€

and guess what is the price tag for pressing in 4 subframe bushes? Just pressing them in? just the labour, not removing of the old bushes, no bushes included, only the pressing in... 160€!

[irvind]

Being a mot tester and fully taking advantage of the free mot at Audi my car failed..
On lower balljoints,brake pipes and headlight aim.. Asking to speak to the mot tester to show me the faults on the ramp i got fobed off. I then simply asked for the VT17 form" Right of refusal". Whats that mate is all i got from the front desk. Asked to see the mot quality control man. He knew what it was and asked why i wanted it, lucky for me a had my mot smart card in my pocked and pulled it out. His face dropped. he went into the workshop re-tested my car and it passed.

Very sorry about that sir.. here is a 20% discount on your next visit. Passed it back to him and said "expect a visit from VOSA".

I was smiling for weeks after that..

Quality story....

[s2driveruk]

that IS outrageous, i hope you did inform VOSA!

[Error404]

wish i'd taken mine down now after the full rebuild - just for a laugh

[Skull]

im taking my car there for the 4 wheel alignment, only because i know they want to see my face when the guy behind the desk says: yes but you know, this old car have all their bolts seized...