Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat

Come on - own up...

<< < (3/4) > >>

wizard:
I had the same problem when i needed the clutch changing on the Disco.
I called 7 or 8 different place's before someone wanted the job. They all said roughly the same thing"its to big for our 4 post lift".
The guys that eventually did the job said that most garages dont want to tie up their 4 posters doing jobs like that because they can earn a lot more just by doing MOT's with it.

wizard :twisted:

Suvvey:
A good friend of mine in the trade has told me that they try and turn away anything that isn't a straight forward tyre exchange or matbe the odd exhaust as they are so quick to do and easy money. Also in plentyful supply as even the DIY mechanic doesn't do there own tyres. He is now in the process of looking into starting his own tyre centre off the back of it :roll:
So if the good old independant mechanic doesn't want to get involved anymore, how long will it be before main dealers are our only choice :shock: :shock: :shock:
I'm lucky enough to have a ramp at work so spend a lot of late evenings (sometimes through to morning too :'() attempting stuff myself but if I didn't have access to that I'm sure my pockets would of run dry long before now :?

wvanman:
I recently started looking for a second car to replace my Galaxy  and the Mrs wanted a Freelander    but was swayed away from them by my local mechanic/garage (who do lots of Landrover servicing and repairs)  His words were "stay away from them unless you want it more times in the garage than on the road"    and he knows best (20 years in the trade)   so im looking at Audi A4's       or passat's

TDi90:

--- Quote from: KTM Gordo on July 27, 2009, 13:15:36 ---...who's been talking behind my back?  [-X


--- End quote ---

me  :|

ChrisV8:
Local garage does loads with them ............................................. but at a cost  :roll: :roll: :roll:

He specialises in Land Rovers and is kept very busy with farmers 90's as well as Freebies !! Problem is he is way up in Northumberland, he hates Freebies with a vengeance but they are good for turnover as they always have at least one in usually with the engine out  :'( :'(

Probably would collect if you paid for him coming down with trailer behind his 4.6 V8 90 tow vehicle God knows what he charges per mile for that though !!

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page