I'm already fek'd orf with Vauxhall.....
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......and I've only just started dealing with them.
I want the oil dropped, so booked the car in at the local dealership. They can't get an oil filter from Vauxhall direct as they aren't a VXR8 dealer, so they have to get it from another dealership. Then in that afternoon, I get a call. "We don't have an account, so can you order and pay for the filter, here's their number..."
So, I rang on Friday, and the dealer will ring me back on Saturday or Monday with the total cost incl postage. To the present time, I still ahven't had a call. With the postal strike, there's no way that I can get the filter by first thing Thursday, so I've cancelled the booking.
Looks like I'll take it to National Tyres, not bother getting the book stamped (as officially the car doesn't need doing) and save myself £130 in the bargain.
Does it ever get any better?
I want the oil dropped, so booked the car in at the local dealership. They can't get an oil filter from Vauxhall direct as they aren't a VXR8 dealer, so they have to get it from another dealership. Then in that afternoon, I get a call. "We don't have an account, so can you order and pay for the filter, here's their number..."
So, I rang on Friday, and the dealer will ring me back on Saturday or Monday with the total cost incl postage. To the present time, I still ahven't had a call. With the postal strike, there's no way that I can get the filter by first thing Thursday, so I've cancelled the booking.
Looks like I'll take it to National Tyres, not bother getting the book stamped (as officially the car doesn't need doing) and save myself £130 in the bargain.
Does it ever get any better?
It can get worse oh yeh... back in August I took my car for its MOT, while it was there I asked the dealer to check the throttle body as it seemed to stick now and again.
The dealer agreed it was faulty and ordered a new one. As the car was almost out of warranty they said it was still covered. I gave a sigh of relief, as the item was listed at £700.00.
I am still waiting for the part and have been informed it should be here in JANUARY!!!!!
a couple of phone calls to Vauxhall complaints deptartment may have hurried things up a bit, I will have wait and see.....
The dealer agreed it was faulty and ordered a new one. As the car was almost out of warranty they said it was still covered. I gave a sigh of relief, as the item was listed at £700.00.
I am still waiting for the part and have been informed it should be here in JANUARY!!!!!
a couple of phone calls to Vauxhall complaints deptartment may have hurried things up a bit, I will have wait and see.....
S800VXR said:
Ditto - dealers are not that good overall although there are a few that are ok. Where in the world are you as the dealers in wantage seem ok... mind you £130 to change the bloody oil when you dont need the stanp seems steep, f
k mne IL do it for £80! 
I'm as close to France as you can get, so do your own geography to find the local dealer.k mne IL do it for £80! While you're at it, your maths is a little out. I'll be saving £130 by getting the oil change done by National Tyres, but they will still be charging me £30 including filter and Castrol Full Synth - so the cost from the dealer is more!
(That also means that National are undercutting you by £50).
I'd love to pop up to Monkfish, but fear it would cost me a lot more in shiney bits.
ARAF said:
S800VXR said:
Ditto - dealers are not that good overall although there are a few that are ok. Where in the world are you as the dealers in wantage seem ok... mind you £130 to change the bloody oil when you dont need the stanp seems steep, mne IL do it for £80!
mne IL do it for £80! I'm as close to France as you can get, so do your own geography to find the local dealer.
While you're at it, your maths is a little out. I'll be saving £130 by getting the oil change done by National Tyres, but they will still be charging me £30 including filter and Castrol Full Synth - so the cost from the dealer is more!
(That also means that National are undercutting you by £50).
I'd love to pop up to Monkfish, but fear it would cost me a lot more in shiney bits.
did u say 30 pound for castrol fully synthetic and filter
Okay, I lied, it's £30.60 actually if you book on-line (10% discount), or £34 at the dealers, as long as your car takes less than 7 litres (IIRC the V8's are 5.7litres).
http://www.national.co.uk/order_oil.asp
http://www.national.co.uk/order_oil.asp
mfp4073 said:
It can get worse oh yeh... back in August I took my car for its MOT, while it was there I asked the dealer to check the throttle body as it seemed to stick now and again.
The dealer agreed it was faulty and ordered a new one. As the car was almost out of warranty they said it was still covered. I gave a sigh of relief, as the item was listed at £700.00.
I am still waiting for the part and have been informed it should be here in JANUARY!!!!!
a couple of phone calls to Vauxhall complaints deptartment may have hurried things up a bit, I will have wait and see.....
Thast's ridiculous, you could probably get it in a week if you did it yourself and for a lot less money. Is that a possibility and then get them to pay your costs? The servo may be the same as on earlier engines in which case I've a vette fbw throttle here.The dealer agreed it was faulty and ordered a new one. As the car was almost out of warranty they said it was still covered. I gave a sigh of relief, as the item was listed at £700.00.
I am still waiting for the part and have been informed it should be here in JANUARY!!!!!
a couple of phone calls to Vauxhall complaints deptartment may have hurried things up a bit, I will have wait and see.....
007 VXR said:
neiljohnson said:
Oil & filter at my garage semi £44.50 or fully synthetic 64.50 can stamp the book and the oils castrol, can provide you with whatever spec you want as long as they make it
ARAF... you can trust neil.. just up the road from me 
drinks in my pub .. good bloke
ARAF said:
007 VXR said:
neiljohnson said:
Oil & filter at my garage semi £44.50 or fully synthetic 64.50 can stamp the book and the oils castrol, can provide you with whatever spec you want as long as they make it
ARAF... you can trust neil.. just up the road from me drinks in my pub .. good bloke
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