Review of Ramp-it-up in Bristol
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Great place, went there a little while ago to service the car.
I bought all of the service stuff myself, phoned them and booked it up for a Saturday morning, planning to be there for 2 hours.
I arrived, drove the car in onto the ramp, got it airborne, and was showed the tools, and where I could wash my hands and so on.
I was also told that they would happily take the old oil away as they reuse for their heating (I think) less worries for me!
I ran engine flush in the car for 10 minutes, and whilst it was running I changed the cabin and air filter and got everything ready for the oil change. Once I was done, switched then engine off, emptied it out into the oil catch can and left it draining. I then flushed a litre of clean oil through (for peace of mind) and let that drain back in.
After changing the spark plugs and replacing the sump plug I started on the oil filter. This is where I ran into trouble as Fiat in their infinite wisdom decided that putting it under the turbo and about a microbe away from the cat was a good idea. I tried with various tools I was provided (Proper oil filter removal tool aswell) and got nowhere, so asked for some help and was happily assisted by one the guys there (shop owner I think) and he gave me a socket that fitted from his personal(!) collection.
Once this was done and the oil filter replaced I gave the socket back and ended up chatting about my car, and his cars for about half an hour (talking about his Subaru drift car, his Jag XJR, 250z and a 200SX aswell! He then helped me get a circlip off for the cooling system and he found a jubilee clip to replace it, and showed me the best way of making it stay on.
3 hours later I was finished and went to pay, and he said as we were chatting for ages i'll only charge 2, and didn't charge me for the jubilee clip either!
Then there was an issue with the card terminal (It was Feb 14th, I wonder why..) and he let me use his PC to pay via Paypal, 1 stamp in the service book later I went away a very happy bunny.
Great service, always happy to help and they are genuinely nice blokes who happen to be massive petrolheads!
MODS: I have no association with the company, just one happy customer
I bought all of the service stuff myself, phoned them and booked it up for a Saturday morning, planning to be there for 2 hours.
I arrived, drove the car in onto the ramp, got it airborne, and was showed the tools, and where I could wash my hands and so on.
I was also told that they would happily take the old oil away as they reuse for their heating (I think) less worries for me!
I ran engine flush in the car for 10 minutes, and whilst it was running I changed the cabin and air filter and got everything ready for the oil change. Once I was done, switched then engine off, emptied it out into the oil catch can and left it draining. I then flushed a litre of clean oil through (for peace of mind) and let that drain back in.
After changing the spark plugs and replacing the sump plug I started on the oil filter. This is where I ran into trouble as Fiat in their infinite wisdom decided that putting it under the turbo and about a microbe away from the cat was a good idea. I tried with various tools I was provided (Proper oil filter removal tool aswell) and got nowhere, so asked for some help and was happily assisted by one the guys there (shop owner I think) and he gave me a socket that fitted from his personal(!) collection.
Once this was done and the oil filter replaced I gave the socket back and ended up chatting about my car, and his cars for about half an hour (talking about his Subaru drift car, his Jag XJR, 250z and a 200SX aswell! He then helped me get a circlip off for the cooling system and he found a jubilee clip to replace it, and showed me the best way of making it stay on.
3 hours later I was finished and went to pay, and he said as we were chatting for ages i'll only charge 2, and didn't charge me for the jubilee clip either!
Then there was an issue with the card terminal (It was Feb 14th, I wonder why..) and he let me use his PC to pay via Paypal, 1 stamp in the service book later I went away a very happy bunny.
Great service, always happy to help and they are genuinely nice blokes who happen to be massive petrolheads!
MODS: I have no association with the company, just one happy customer
It is good. They asked to see what I was using and were floating about the workshop so could see what I was doing so I guess they took it on that.
It was the first time I had been there, but it was great. Will definitely go back again when I need to do something else to the car. Intercooler upgrade perhaps
It was the first time I had been there, but it was great. Will definitely go back again when I need to do something else to the car. Intercooler upgrade perhaps
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