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01 Jul 24
12:16
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Small car low mileage,average mileage per day approximately 4 miles..
Service & MOT plus supply and fit wing mirror (indicator)
£2,490 bill….
Financially r@ped…..imv..vomit inducing…..
Service & MOT plus supply and fit wing mirror (indicator)
£2,490 bill….
Financially r@ped…..imv..vomit inducing…..
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Hope they are named and shamed in the local press, or Facebook or whatever people use these days
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I don’t know if the old boy suffers from anything but it’s not the first time (allegedly)…..
My father or family it would be trading standard to investigate….. |
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Wouldn't bother with Trading Standards to start with...
I'd visit myself to ask them to justify it... And take it from there |
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Is it even worth them still running a car? 90+ is pushing it anyway.
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Cider, there's a couple of old boys I know from the bookies about the same age...
Both still driving and do a max of 10 miles a week They both part exchange their car for another brand new one every 2 or 3 years!!! Use the same dealer they've trusted(!!??) for years But, they've got the money so.... Both do 10p ew lucky15 each day, and always favs.... |
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Probably a realistic cost if its
a BMW MERC ROLLER ASTON PORSCHE  |
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Must admit, didn't know someone would be allowed to drive at 92
Still awful from that garage though - shouldn't be allowed that sort of cost for that. |
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I guess it's looking at the situation in the round. Nobody wants to give up their car, but even the most spritely and alert person aged 90+ is going to be a moderate driver at best. The reality is that a disaster is never too far away.
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My brother has worked at some bad RTAs and sadly it is often very elderly drivers at cause of them.
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Not many garages the public can trust….my local is fine but in the past you can tell when you ask to see the removed part…
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my last service & fix cost me 2500 and im not 92
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E TYPE?
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no my daily, ive sold my classics
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The one in question is a small hatchback…….
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My brother has worked at some bad RTAs and sadly it is often very elderly drivers at cause of them. - Is it?
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Older generation are more careful
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concur with lucky..wing mirror from dealer £1200 and £120 a hr labour.
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At my local Mini/BMW dealer
Hourly rate is £170 hr plus vat Was only £100 last December  |
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Local garage i use £35 per hour.
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Old boy's family should do now what they should have done years ago: bin off the car and set him up an Uber account. If he's only doing a few miles a week, it will be cheaper and easier, and the question of whether he is safe to drive does not even arise.
As to the bill, the question is whether they are robbing him blind by grossly overcharging, or whether it is that he agreed to a series of repairs that made no economic sense given the value of the car. There's a lot of insurance write-offs being legitimately driven as bangers because the cost of full repairs is more than the resale value of the car. |
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He's told me some ridiculous stories Statsman - drivers who could barely see, let alone drive, smashing into oncoming cars at speed etc...
Yes, I'm sure older drivers are less generally reckless in some sense, but we all decrease in ability over time. |
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Ramruma 01 Jul 24 14:11
Old boy's family should do now what they should have done years ago: bin off the car and set him up an Uber account. If he's only doing a few miles a week, it will be cheaper and easier, and the question of whether he is safe to drive does not even arise. As to the bill, the question is whether they are robbing him blind by grossly overcharging, or whether it is that he agreed to a series of repairs that made no economic sense given the value of the car. There's a lot of insurance write-offs being legitimately driven as bangers because the cost of full repairs is more than the resale value of the car. Good points.I for one will bin my car long before the age… |
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You should refuse to pay it F4rty!
Show them your P&L for a bit of sympathy imo. |
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Unfortunately we are at the mercy of all garages and tradesmen….some customers just accept it ….
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The Management 01 Jul 24 14:21
You should refuse to pay it F4rty! Show them your P&L for a bit of sympathy imo. Aye ! |
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Comes in very handy for these circumstances ...
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You should refuse to pay it F4rty!
Show them your P&L for a bit of sympathy imo. |
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The algorithms definitely show that drivers regress with age, as premiums start to increase again at old age.
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I agree with Rico ^^
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Without the year make model and engine , milage, and what work was carried out it's pointless.
Could have failed mot on emmisions due to low reg milage and needed a whole host of work Could have needed a timming belt ect ect in line with milage/age Some low milage cars driven by older peeps can be problematic, don't fully turn steering often, don't press brakes very hard leading to them needing removed and cleaned up, freed off, Labour very costly now. The old Italian tune up... Some truth in it. |
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Not long ago I got a new back spring replacement,full service and MOT for less than a monkey…..and asked to see the broken spring…..no problem…
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breadnbutter 01 Jul 24 15:19
Without the year make model and engine , milage, and what work was carried out it's pointless. Could have failed mot on emmisions due to low reg milage and needed a whole host of work Could have needed a timming belt ect ect in line with milage/age Some low milage cars driven by older peeps can be problematic, don't fully turn steering often, don't press brakes very hard leading to them needing removed and cleaned up, freed off, Labour very costly now. The old Italian tune up... Some truth in it Timing belts are now replaced over 100k nowadays on most cars… |
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Hundred thousand kilometres….used to be 60 thousand..
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It's 60k miles or a set time whatever comes first ,so what? why not just say what model the car is and what milage it has.
I know full well the service intervals and they vary, stop being a prat. |
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Robin bashtards,mind you nobody over 90 should be anywhere near the steering wheel of a car....I nearly got ran over by a dittery old facker in there 80s.
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Try stopping an oldie from driving!
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Most of the old codgers have never had an accident in here life's .....But caused plenty.
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there life even.
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breadnbutter 01 Jul 24 15:52
It's 60k miles or a set time whatever comes first ,so what? why not just say what model the car is and what milage it has. I know full well the service intervals and they vary, stop being a prat VW Skoda hatchback ……just a normal service and MOT with repair as mentioned…prat |