Expensive bill for service and disc/pad change
Discussion
£10 fuel treatment could have saved the emmissions. My wife's MINI failed on emmissions and the garage said it needed a new cat... costing £xxx. A quick service at home and a bottle of 'fuel treatment' (I used cataclean) and it passed with flying colours.
My point - the garage could have saved your friend from £600 quids worth of catalytic converter + labour, that they may have otherwise got away with charging.
My point - the garage could have saved your friend from £600 quids worth of catalytic converter + labour, that they may have otherwise got away with charging.
nsa said:
Although the car is cheap it would be clear to anyone who meets the owner that this is not all she can afford, and the car is on a private plate, so the garage might think £375 is what she would expect to pay for a service.
So you are suggesting that the garages pricing policy is based on what they think their customers expect to pay based on how wealthy or otherwise they might or might not be.I think you are a bit out of touch with reality. Get a quote from a main dealer for the work she had done and compare.
nsa said:
This is for a 2001 Toyota Corolla worth about £500. Small London garage. A friend asked if she was being ripped off. Does anyone think this is reasonable?
£100 for (one) rear disc - £20 at ECP.
£36 for a pad
£10 for "fuel treatment"
Three? hours labour to change oil, air filter, and a rear disc/pad
It seems reasonable to me, especially as it's in london.£100 for (one) rear disc - £20 at ECP.
£36 for a pad
£10 for "fuel treatment"
Three? hours labour to change oil, air filter, and a rear disc/pad
£150 for labour in London isn't going to be 3 hours is it?
Cheap value cars doesn't mean cheap labour, repairs and parts. They still cost the same.
Surely they haven't just changed one disc?
I would be really annoyed if they changed brakes on one side, but if £375 is the total cost for an MOT, service and rear brakes in London, it's not unreasonable.
Cheap value cars doesn't mean cheap labour, repairs and parts. They still cost the same.
Surely they haven't just changed one disc?
I would be really annoyed if they changed brakes on one side, but if £375 is the total cost for an MOT, service and rear brakes in London, it's not unreasonable.
I very much doubt it's for one disc, it'll almost certainly be a pair and a set of pads.
For reference I've just bought at work on our trade account a pair of Apec discs, pads and shims the front of a Vito. Not from ECP but another motor factor and that lot came to £120+ trade price to us.
Don't forget the garage in question here is quite within their rights to charge the retail price on parts supplied and they also may fit quality components not just the cheapest crap that the likes of ECP sell.
Oh and the missing oil on the bill is a mystery.
For reference I've just bought at work on our trade account a pair of Apec discs, pads and shims the front of a Vito. Not from ECP but another motor factor and that lot came to £120+ trade price to us.
Don't forget the garage in question here is quite within their rights to charge the retail price on parts supplied and they also may fit quality components not just the cheapest crap that the likes of ECP sell.
Oh and the missing oil on the bill is a mystery.
Pretty sure most factors won't supply single discs/pads now. I can't see the relevance of the vehicles worth either, are cheaper cars not required to be serviced and kept mechanically sound? Or maybe it's because the owner feels that because she is either unable or unwilling to buy a newer vehicle over an older one that she somehow 'deserves' to spend less maintaining it. Working in the trade you see this all the time. I think to be fair running older cars only works if you do your own maintenance.
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