Abarth specialist recommendations - London/Essex/Herts
Discussion
I've got to the point where I'm thinking of taking my MY2016 595 out of the main Dealership network following some hefty quotes for the replacement of the front discs & pads. The next service includes the cam belt replacement circa £750.
Anyone got a recommendation for a Specialist
TIA
Anyone got a recommendation for a Specialist
TIA
EJH said:
That does feel like enough - mind had the cambelt service done a few years ago for just over £600 at my local dealer.
I carried on using a main dealer until the car's last service as we had a good one and it was easier than finding anywhere else (they weren't expensive so savings wouldn't have been too great). Unfortunately, their service has deteriorated over the years as they centralised more and more into their regional group's central office, so I now can't call the service desk (all calls go to a central call centre), it's the same for parts and you never get to speak to the same person.
The coup de grâce for the dealer relationship was the fall-out from its visit for discs and pads. Their valeting team managed to souse the car in something that marked all the plastic trim from the front of the car to the B pillar (which also meant it needed a new front bumper to be fitted as some of the damaged parts were bonded to it.
As such, if anyone has a recommendation for a Fiat / Abarth specialist in SE London or Kent (in Greenwich but accept I'll have to take it somewhere) it would be much appreciated.
Well, after much research I went to this place http://www.abarthworkshop.co.uk/about.shtml. Got excellent service, could not fault them, the car was in an out in just over an hour. The bill was £300 less then Fiat/Abarth had quoted me for the same job.I carried on using a main dealer until the car's last service as we had a good one and it was easier than finding anywhere else (they weren't expensive so savings wouldn't have been too great). Unfortunately, their service has deteriorated over the years as they centralised more and more into their regional group's central office, so I now can't call the service desk (all calls go to a central call centre), it's the same for parts and you never get to speak to the same person.
The coup de grâce for the dealer relationship was the fall-out from its visit for discs and pads. Their valeting team managed to souse the car in something that marked all the plastic trim from the front of the car to the B pillar (which also meant it needed a new front bumper to be fitted as some of the damaged parts were bonded to it.
As such, if anyone has a recommendation for a Fiat / Abarth specialist in SE London or Kent (in Greenwich but accept I'll have to take it somewhere) it would be much appreciated.
Thoroughly recommend them although they are probably a bit too far for you
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