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Car Forum / MINI / November 2003Garage Woes
My sister/nephew's Mini Open Classic Mini needed a new downpipe, so it was booked into a local garage. We had to wait a week to get it looked at, then over a week before they managed to get the parts (using their suppliers, not Mini ones) then after almost 2 weeks the car still wasn't ready as someone had ripped the locking fuel cap off and nicked the petrol. Ok our patience was tested, but the garage claimed the car was locked in the garage every night and maybe it had happened prior to them having the car! Anyway they replaced the cap, with a big ugly black one, so a nice chrome one's needed now, but it was running on fumes until we got petrol for it. And the cost? ?84.00 including fitting for a standard downpipe. MiniChicago wrote:11/15/03 12:12 PM I was in Combe Martin over the summer with my newly purchased MKII. I parked in a local car park and was told there was no crime ever. The next morning both the real petrol cap and the dummy one were pried off ruining the tank neck. Luckily a local garage in Bideford, Mainly Minis, fixed me up with an new tank and a couple of caps for £25. With the price of petrol over there it is amazing it is not an every day occurrence. > My sister/nephew's Mini Open Classic Mini needed a new downpipe, so it was > booked into a local garage. We had to wait a week to get it looked at, then [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > And the cost? £84.00 including fitting for a standard downpipe. how about naming & shaming??? > My sister/nephew's Mini Open Classic Mini needed a new downpipe, so it was > booked into a local garage. We had to wait a week to get it looked at, then [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > And the cost? ?84.00 including fitting for a standard downpipe. Oh it was just a local grease monkey hole in the wall garage called M B Motors situated in the Rhondda Valley so nobody hear is likely to fall foul of them. Mind you the tracking was off after we had the car back, so we've had to spend a further ?15.00 putting that straight too. Taffy > how about naming & shaming??? > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/03 OOPs they are my initials, not me I'm from the Midlands and do not work in the motor trade. Malcolm > Oh it was just a local grease monkey hole in the wall garage called M B > Motors situated in the Rhondda Valley so nobody hear is likely to fall foul [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/03 |
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