austec or peninsula

[deeen]

i live midway between the two, and my chim 500 is due for 54000 service. would anyone like to make positive comments about either to help me choose? has anyone actually tried both? all e-mails welcome. from comments on other threads i believe they are both good places so no negative comments required, just a quick gold star from your experiences.

Cheers, Dean.

[Bob the Planner]

Not tried Austec but had good service and assistance from Peninsular on both cars. Chim is with them as I type - for a service and some other TLC.

Bob

[v8 racing]

nothing between them toss a coin!!

[julianhj]

AUSTEC!

[burriana500]

Totally unbiased view as I've never been to either, but from reading the forums for the past year they both seem to be equals of the highest standing - just wish one of em was up North

Probably no help whatsoever but hey ho

[cosmoschick]

Julianhj

Seconded!! Austec

Paul and Mike are brill even tho' one of them managed to stall my Chim!! Oops

Their prices are very competitive too

>> Edited by cosmoschick on Monday 23 February 18:24

[deeen]

which garage are paul and mike?
oh sorry i seee

>> Edited by deeen on Monday 23 February 18:26

[pete]

Just got my car back from Austec and can't fault the service. Fantastic value, especially considering it includes an hour on the rolling road.

[crankedup]

What are hourly rates on TVR works likely to be on average?

[zz top]

Gotta be Peninsula for me. They have done all of my work for the past three years and i have no complaints whatsoever.In fact i have never seen a poor comment posted on PH about them. Something's right then.Try them out,im sure you will be pleased..zz

[Corin Denton]

crankedup said:

What are hourly rates on TVR works likely to be on average?

Aah, black magic that is!




I've no experience of Austec but I have used Peninsula for the past two and a half years and have no problem recommending them to anyone. Down to earth people always willing to help.

[tiny]

No experience of Austec but lots of Peninsula - all good

[TheHobbit]

No experience of Austec, but would recommend Peninsula highly.... very friendly, and very helpful....

[Podie]

No experience of Peninsula, but would recommend Austec highly.... very friendly, and very helpful....

[deeen]

Podie said:

No experience of Peninsula, but would recommend Austec highly.... very friendly, and very helpful....

hi podie, just seen the wbsite on your profile. Do you work for them? If so, what is the PH discount?

[tubbystu]

Never used Peninsula, but you can't praise Austec enough.

[cosmoschick]

IIRC, Austec are approx £45 per hour compared to the rate of approx £75 charged by a TVR main dealer.

(Paul used to work for TVR.)

[Podie]

deeen said:

Podie said: No experience of Peninsula, but would recommend Austec highly.... very friendly, and very helpful.... hi podie, just seen the wbsite on your profile. Do you work for them? If so, what is the PH discount?

No, don't work for them at all... and never seen a discount either!! Wish I had got a discount.. as does my bank manager!

Basically my car was not running quite right and Auestec were the only people who would tune it (chip) to resolve the issues. Living in Essex there are plenty of Ford tuners about, but no one would touch it as it was in a TVR...

In my experience, people are ALWAYS happy to moan, but rarely take the time to praise... which is what I did.

To give you an idea of how I rate them, I'm actually returning there tomorrow to have some further work done.

For the record, I have the same high opinion of David Batty in Compton, nr Guildford.

>> Edited by Podie on Monday 23 February 21:17

[deeen]

ok cheers

[rat]

cosmoschick said:

IIRC, Austec are approx £45 per hour compared to the rate of approx £75 charged by a TVR main dealer.

Peninsula are a main dealer, but don't charge anywhere near £75 per hour. £375 labour to replace camshaft, rockers, 4 brake pads, number plate, & steering UJ. Don't know their rates, but must be half that, at the most.