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Jim Hensen 14 Nov 21:31
VAG & SAAB are the worst service and rip off merchants going. I have had more grief from those too than soft mick. Which is a shame cos the new shape TT looks a treat. Porsche not much better. Honda, and Mercedes the other end of the spectrum. eh?... Merc dealers wanted £800 to service my wife's A class.. I only paid £2K for it! |
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Jim, you obviously don't have a Merc. Biggest rip off merchants around.
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GASHWAN - I just use a guy round the corner - small sole trader. I used to worry about the price impact of the official service history, but the size of the bills made my mind up for me.
To give you an idea of the absurdity that was going on - Audi wanted to charge me over £100 to replace a couple of bulbs = when I asked how much they were they admitted they were £2 each. The rest? "Labour". I also had a service where the guy presented me with a £1700 bill and when I questioned what a £70 ish item on it was he said: "dunno". What did the cowboy say when he walked into a car showroom? "Audi" |
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i love that Alfa Brera and am considering one but reading some of this is worrying.Lets get this right - a service on an Audi TT is as much as 1,700 ???
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Was on mine yes.
The five years I had it, the average bill they wanted to throw at me was around £2k |
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wouldnt spend more than £5k on a car max
they just get you from A to B i would spend the other 10K on something for the house like home cinema :) |
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Sounds sensible - so what car would you buy for £5k?
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me personally
an old VW golf or something like that (3/4 yrs old cars just become a burden and you want something that doesn't let you down |
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you could also consider leasing
you pay about £250 a month, get a brand new car hand it back in 3 years and get the keys to another new one no real point in owning your car imo |
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My mate knows his cars and he strongly recommended I should get a Golf. In the end, they were a little expensive, so I got a 2006 reg Seat for £4,100 (I need a hatchback to transport M&P, my springer spaniels, around).
I picked up the Seat this lunchtime and after 35 miles it's still going strong. |
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You want 3 more seats and a steering wheel :)
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