How crooked are garages!
[RANT]
Missus took her ford ka (i know....) in to Formula 1 for a service, when she rung to book it in she used my mobile so they must've automaticlly stored it on their computer.
anyway, she takes it in in the morning and i get a call mid day ish about her car, they ask for her but explain who i am and that can talk to me about it.
blokey starts off:
F1:I've done the service but i'm afraid it needs a few things doin
me:yeah, go on
F1: well it needs new discs and pads
me: right.....
F1: 3 new wiper blades
me: ok.... (i knew about these)
F1: the tracking done
me: erm yeah....
F1: and when i was taking a wheel off, a weight fell off, i had a look and it looks like its got the wrong weights on it that are meant for alloys (its got steelies). So it needs all four wheels balencing
me: *cough* erm ok *almost wetting myself* ok can you give me the prices
F1: it all works out at ......
me: no i mean individually
F1 right, the discs are £50 each plus pads at £50 the pair
me:riiiight
F1:blades are erm......£9+£8+£8....actually you'd probably be better off getting these elsewhere
me: lol ok
F1:the tracking is £28 and the balencing is £8 per corner
me:lmao at this point....ok....how much ware on the discs and pads is there;
F1: erm about 1-2 mil on the discs (non vented) and the pads are almost at minimum
me: ok so there is plenty of ware left on the discs
F1: erm yeah
me: so they dont need replacing really
F1: erm.....no
me: ok so what are the pads like to replace
F1: quite easy really on that, just dont lose the spring
me: ok, i'll have a look at them myself then. The blades i'll do myself as you suggested, and the wheels....
F1: yeah
me: well you're telling me that the balencing has been fine for the last two years until you got your hands on them and you make a weight fall off
F1:erm yeah
me: well i think i'll trust my luck on the other 3 and you can balence the one wheel for free seeing as you caused it
F1: ok yeah thats no problem
me: and you say the tracking needs checking and adjusting, whys that? is there signs of iregular wear?
F1: well no, we jjust do it as a matter of course.
me: well you can leave that then!
lmao the missus picked the car up,, paid the normal charge, and nothing more was said! it disgusts me that they can try it on like that, dont know whether it was JUST because it was a females car but they 'kin thake the pee!
nipped into halfords on way home, picked up some blades, pads for a fraction of the price, did it all myself no problem, checked discs were ok (they were hardly worn) tyres were fine and there was even some material left on the pads for anothe 5k or so.replaced them anyway tho.
it just REALLY fuuks me off the way they behave and think they can get away with it![/RANT]
[RANT]
Missus took her ford ka (i know....) in to Formula 1 for a service, when she rung to book it in she used my mobile so they must've automaticlly stored it on their computer.
anyway, she takes it in in the morning and i get a call mid day ish about her car, they ask for her but explain who i am and that can talk to me about it.
blokey starts off:
F1:I've done the service but i'm afraid it needs a few things doin
me:yeah, go on
F1: well it needs new discs and pads
me: right.....
F1: 3 new wiper blades
me: ok.... (i knew about these)
F1: the tracking done
me: erm yeah....
F1: and when i was taking a wheel off, a weight fell off, i had a look and it looks like its got the wrong weights on it that are meant for alloys (its got steelies). So it needs all four wheels balencing
me: *cough* erm ok *almost wetting myself* ok can you give me the prices
F1: it all works out at ......
me: no i mean individually
F1 right, the discs are £50 each plus pads at £50 the pair
me:riiiight
F1:blades are erm......£9+£8+£8....actually you'd probably be better off getting these elsewhere
me: lol ok
F1:the tracking is £28 and the balencing is £8 per corner
me:lmao at this point....ok....how much ware on the discs and pads is there;
F1: erm about 1-2 mil on the discs (non vented) and the pads are almost at minimum
me: ok so there is plenty of ware left on the discs
F1: erm yeah
me: so they dont need replacing really
F1: erm.....no
me: ok so what are the pads like to replace
F1: quite easy really on that, just dont lose the spring
me: ok, i'll have a look at them myself then. The blades i'll do myself as you suggested, and the wheels....
F1: yeah
me: well you're telling me that the balencing has been fine for the last two years until you got your hands on them and you make a weight fall off
F1:erm yeah
me: well i think i'll trust my luck on the other 3 and you can balence the one wheel for free seeing as you caused it
F1: ok yeah thats no problem
me: and you say the tracking needs checking and adjusting, whys that? is there signs of iregular wear?
F1: well no, we jjust do it as a matter of course.
me: well you can leave that then!
lmao the missus picked the car up,, paid the normal charge, and nothing more was said! it disgusts me that they can try it on like that, dont know whether it was JUST because it was a females car but they 'kin thake the pee!
nipped into halfords on way home, picked up some blades, pads for a fraction of the price, did it all myself no problem, checked discs were ok (they were hardly worn) tyres were fine and there was even some material left on the pads for anothe 5k or so.replaced them anyway tho.
it just REALLY fuuks me off the way they behave and think they can get away with it![/RANT]