Dropped the car off to the garage ths morning for it’s 12k service.
The guy called with a price…
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it was big…
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£936.65…
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C R A P S O C K S !
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Now We were expecting it to be about £200/300 and we had budgeted for £500 so tis was a bit of a shock. Ruth was upset when i called her – admitedly i was in shock too. That is a silly high figure.
So here i the list:
General Service charge: | £155.62 | |
Anti Freeze flush & replacment | £32.80 | |
Near side rear brake-hose | £31.90 | |
Near side Front Drop Link Ball joint | £39.95 | |
Tracking Alignment | £26.38 | |
Front Disc Brake Set | £110.00 | |
Front Disc Brake Pads | £67.90 | |
Front Wishbones | £211.11 | |
2 x Front Tyres | £150.00 | |
Rear Brake Pads | £58.60 |
In actualfact the total came to £898ish because the mechanic had fporgotten to put someting on the lis hich attributed to the higher costing but as i spotted it he’s letting us off it.
I’ve dropped the tyres as they are within the legal limits and i did a bit of research to get some prioce comparrissons and as a result we now only have to pay around £716. But even that is still a huge amount. Dunno if the Robinsons will be goingon holiday to ireland this year after all… We will have to be faithful and hop that the Big Man provides!