Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
If there's going to be much of a cost difference from the original quote, then ringing the customer and saying "Look, we've taken the car apart to get to that pipe - and there's others that are fooked, too. Total should be about £170. No, there isn't really a choice. See you later." really isn't too onerous, and is basic good manners and business sense.
Which is probably why many garages don't bother.
Thus spake Staffbull ( snipped-for-privacy@staffbull.net) unto the assembled multitudes:
I would imagine the bulk of the cost is labour. Not a London garage, is it? I've heard some can charge up to 170 quid an hour.
Not without brakes ;-)
Chris
at =A3170 an hour youd be better off driving outside the M25 and back !!!!
& what "fixed" time would this be ?
there is no "fixed" time for an mot, an approx time is about 3/4 to an hour & has been since ive been doing them , but as in my previous post it depends on the vehicle, a 3 year old low mileage car could take 1/2
- 3/4 hour a 1990 rusty old bag of s**te could take an hour plus the paper work, we book all our mots out in 3/4's of an hour slots we might over run by a few minutes or we might do it under the 3/4's, but there is NO "fixed" time by VOSA.the computer knows how long you take & my last print out for the month gave me an average of 3/4's of an hour for a test.
reg.
Ah..that's what confused me...I assumed they were supposed to take at least 3/4 hr with the new system.
Well, that's the reason my local place gave this year when they told me they were unable to offer me their usual 10UKP discount...
Chris
Braided hose gives a sharper response...
Than what? Normal flexibles possibly. Not solid pipes surely?
Chris
Not compared to solid pipes.
Lets see - 7 yr old, 160,000 mile solid pipes with old rubber to boot, or a full set of Goodridge Hose.
I;d go with the braided stuff, personally - it'll last me till the body falls off the chassis.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember snipped-for-privacy@spam.vlaad.co.uk (Paul Cummins) saying something like:
Sure, to replace the flexibles, but why use braided in place of solid?
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Staffbull" saying something like:
It's usually the rear pipes that get corroded first. The fronts are exposed to less mud and road s*it that sticks and harbours water next to the pipes.
It's obvious once you've seen a few from the underside.
Because he has a shortage of clue?
In message , Paul Cummins writes
If you replace solid brake pipes with braided hose, you will not be improving feel or response. That is because the braided hose has a rubber inner which will still flex in comparison with solid pipes.
The braided hose will be better than standard rubber hose but not solid pipe.
As will a new set of solid pipe which will be a whole lot cheaper.
The message from "SimonJ" contains these words:
Sounds like a triumph of style over content.
All the more reason to ask people before doing work rather than just to asume they will want to do the thing that seems logical to the engineer at the time.
(toad snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
And how many times has the cambelt then broken, resulting in a pissed off customer getting all shouty because the garage didn't change it?
Yes, it does happen. I've *heard* it with my own ears.
The message from Adrian contains these words:
Definitely a case for getting the customer to sign a waiver to say that they've had the consequences of a beltsnap explained but have decided not to replace it.
So you're saying don't take the customer's views into account because he may subsiquently blame you? Are you slighty insane?
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