heres a laugh..

On the thursday before stoner park my car decided to fail its MOT. Had the MOT carried out at a local VW dealership, this is what they quoted me for parts and labour…

Tyre - ?36.06
Headlight ?90.45
Both rear shockers ?234.41
CV Gaiter ?163.91
Both front shocks and springs ?649.77

Some of these are very stringent, but fair enough.
The thing that gets me is people, especially old people who have owned the one mk1 golf/polo from new, would take this cost for gospel and would let them do the work and then be stung with a bill for over ?1000.  

Any of you had any laughable quotes?

Its no wonder good cars are being scrapped . Labour costs are astronomical .

You have no more than ?250 worth of parts what did you do in the end ?

ordered the parts through GSF, picking up today and having a friend fit them.

headlight ?15
CV less than ?10
rear shockers ?40

havent ordered the rest as yet.

I also asked for a quote from the vw dealership for a electric window motor - ?400!!

trickyharris said

ordered the parts through GSF, picking up today and having a friend fit them.

headlight ?15
CV less than ?10
rear shockers ?40

havent ordered the rest as yet.

I also asked for a quote from the vw dealership for a electric window motor - ?400!!

I asked for a fuel metering head once, ?625-ish!

And that was without the connections for the fuel lines which were ?60 a peice.

I got the air flow/fuel flow meter complete off ebay for ?35

had the clip that holds the hose onto the rad replaced at a VW dealer last summer, clip was 10pence took them 10 mins and some how still cost ?40!!  

bigdave said

had the clip that holds the hose onto the rad replaced at a VW dealer last summer, clip was 10pence took them 10 mins and some how still cost ?40!!  

Possible because they'd have had to drain the fluid out?

there was no fluid in it. pipe came off 20 yards down the road so i just let the car roll down the hill into the dealers. I know they will have added the cost of coolant into the bill but still.....

bigdave said

there was no fluid in it. pipe came off 20 yards down the road so i just let the car roll down the hill into the dealers. I know they will have added the cost of coolant into the bill but still…..

I did actually think that there wasn't gonna be any in after I posted but couldn't be bothered to edit, and yeah coolant, did you not know it's made from liquid gold at VAG ?

my mate had the same hose pop off going through some country lanes years ago they stopped put it back on but didnt have any water to fill it with so they used the next beast thing       wee wee

he did drain it once he got home but it seemed to do the trick

vw are way to over priced for my liking 10p for a jubille clip you sure it wasnt a glory box moment

bens_cab said

my mate had the same hose pop off going through some country lanes years ago they stopped put it back on but didnt have any water to fill it with so they used the next beast thing       wee wee

he did drain it once he got home but it seemed to do the trick

vw are way to over priced for my liking 10p for a jubille clip you sure it wasnt a glory box moment

haha that's exactly what i would of done too, think on your feet!

thinking outsid eof the box is wheres its at

bit like banana skins in an old mk1 escort rear diff

ive just started my own busness and im amazed at some of the prices garages charge did to wheel bearings on a probe this morning for ?160 and thebearing were ?90 he took it to ford and they want ?300 just in labour 8O

bens_cab said

thinking outsid eof the box is wheres its at

bit like banana skins in an old mk1 escort rear diff

ive just started my own busness and im amazed at some of the prices garages charge did to wheel bearings on a probe this morning for ?160 and thebearing were ?90 he took it to ford and they want ?300 just in labour 8O

My mate has a rear wheel bearing go on his Raylle the other day, cost ?190 cause it's a pain in the arse, plus they wrcked and ABS sensor!

I'd never do wheel bearings myself, way too much effort without the proper equip!

ah you see the joys of a bearing press took me about 10 mins to press out both bearing then press new ones in

you do have to get it right or they will need changing again within a year :wink:

rallye ones are a pain full stop but not ?190 of hassle 8O

bens_cab said

ah you see the joys of a bearing press took me about 10 mins to press out both bearing then press new ones in

you do have to get it right or they will need changing again within a year :wink:

rallye ones are a pain full stop but not ?190 of hassle 8O

I think it was more of a case of he couldn't be botherd!

He's in aerospace engineering, so money tends to float in and out of his hands quite often lol.

His Raylle is his daily driver..!

VW quoted me ?2500 for a fitting a recon gearbox to my passat  8O

thats why our garage is always overflowing,were a few quid cheaper  8O   :wink:
Bert

Bert said

thats why our garage is always overflowing,were a few quid cheaper  8O   :wink:
Bert

me too

a friend of mine needed a part for his golf (don't know what it was, it was
 a while ago(before i got into vw's)) he went to the local vw dealership
 and they didn'thave one they got on the phone and made a cal and said
 there could get one and it would cost about ?1. :mrgreen:

BUT there was a problem, there was only one left in a vw's stock.
it was in germany

but they were very helpfull and sent it over at no extra cost, he just had to wait till it arived.  :mrgreen:

very very helpfull

good guys

vw quoted ?90 for a tyre.

Lol and ?350 to change the suspension bushes.

I got the local vw specialist to have a look new wishbones and bushes, plus a all over check up etc ?150!

and can get two yes TWO pirreli p6000 for ?90

I had a few quotes to weld a bracket onto a custom back-box, 1st was ?75-?90, 2nd was ?68, and 3rd was ?20 and a pie from Gregg's on the way in!

I'm glad I'm too tight to part with money, good excuse for me to have a pie too!