Johnny Mac Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Anyone know any decent garages?Car went in for MOT, apparently needs about 450 quid of work.... I think not.I'd rather be carless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkJDelaney Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Portlethen Garage. Down the back of the Academy.Did they say what was wrong with your car by the way? If so, what's needing done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tav Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Yeah guy at Portlethen is good. We get most of our work done there. Doesn't over charge and definatly does the work properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Portlethen Garage. Down the back of the Academy.Did they say what was wrong with your car by the way? If so' date=' what's needing done?[/quote']Cool, i'll give them a call tomorrow and get a quote.The following was said to be faulty:Offside headlamp insecureFront suspension - top bushes excessive movement, need replacedRear wheel bearings need replacedHandbrake cable frayedIf I can't get it cheaper than 450 I think i'll just bin the car.I hate cars.Lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I've owned 2 cars, both of which both cost 400....why not buy a new one for that sorta money?Unless you have a beast like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Nah, my car sucks.... I'll get quotes tomorrow though, and if I can't get it fixed for cheap, then i'll just buy something new.Pain in the ass to get to work without a car though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Try a year without a car...would have rather lost one of my legs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Anyone know any decent garages?Car went in for MOT' date=' apparently needs about 450 quid of work.... I think not.I'd rather be carless.[/quote']Westhill Service Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I've owned 2 cars' date=' both of which both cost 400....why not buy a new one for that sorta money?[/quote']And look where your rolling deathtraps landed you mister licence revoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Westhill Service Station.Good call, they do good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkJDelaney Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Cool' date=' i'll give them a call tomorrow and get a quote.The following was said to be faulty:Offside headlamp insecureFront suspension - top bushes excessive movement, need replacedRear wheel bearings need replacedHandbrake cable frayedIf I can't get it cheaper than 450 I think i'll just bin the car.I hate cars.Lots.[/quote']Well that is quite obviously not anywhere near 450. But we all know how much a garage will charge for their so-called "labour"..."Umm, yeah. That'll be a few pence for the part and umm 70 hours labour fitting it, bud!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JockeySnogger Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Take it to Cadgers Garage in Blehelvie. They are heavy drinkers and smoke cigarettes while working under your car. If its not a blazing inferno when you go to pick it up, it'll certainly be about 1/2 that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Karloff Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Well that is quite obviously not anywhere near 450. But we all know how much a garage will charge for their so-called "labour"..."Umm' date=' yeah. That'll be a few pence for the part and umm 70 hours labour fitting it, bud!" [/quote']You're correct that the vast majority of that will be labour. That stuff will take a good few hours to do, some of it like the top suspension mounts and rear wheel bearings take a fair bit of time. They aren't tricky to do, but you spend a lot of time taking everything off to get to them. I'd agree that Westhill Service Station are a great place to go. Their MOTs are fair and their charges for doing any work are very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkJDelaney Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 You're correct that the vast majority of that will be labour. That stuff will take a good few hours to do' date=' some of it like the top suspension mounts and rear wheel bearings take a fair bit of time. They aren't tricky to do, but you spend a lot of time taking everything off to get to them. I'd agree that Westhill Service Station are a great place to go. Their MOTs are fair and their charges for doing any work are very good.[/quote']Wheel bearings really don't take very long to do. Especially at the rear, where in most cases (and I'm estimating his car is a little older and not such a big car), where the brakes are drums. Believe me, I've renewed wheel bearings at home. The fronts are a different matter though, they require a press. But it's still a reasonably easy job. So, suspension mounts - probably the most labour intensive job in the list I'd reckon but really not that bad. As for the in-secure headlamp and frayed handbrake cable. Well, they deserve a - get the blind man that featured on Top Gear, I'm sure he could sort those out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Westhill Service Station.Hahaha...........thank you for that, I haven't laughed like that in so long. Bob Simpson and his minions are fucking cowboys. I wouldn't let them near the motor in my electric toothbrush. They have a worrying habit of "forgetting" to reconnect brakelines and other such important things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Portlethen Garage. Down the back of the Academy.Did they say what was wrong with your car by the way? If so' date=' what's needing done?[/quote']We take our car to that guy....he keeps doing our exhaust (well charging us for it) and yet the exhaust is still very noisey...hmm......I wouldn't have said he was excellent to be honest.....but then maybe hes better than other garages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Does anyone just want to steal my car then to save me having to get it fixed?I'll leave the keys in it.... you can take it for a spin... steal anything you want then write it off... i'll be eternally grateful.Or I could just go park it in Torry......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 We take our car to that guy....he keeps doing our exhaust (well charging us for it) and yet the exhaust is still very noisey...hmm......I wouldn't have said he was excellent to be honest.....but then maybe hes better than other garages.So, he keeps on doing your exhaust, and yet it's still broken. Great workmanship there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 What kinda car is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Sadly it's a corsa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Doubt Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 theirs ur answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Cars in general are bollocks though.I hate them.I wouldn't have one if I didn't need it to get to work.Theres the answer.Or someone develop a teleporter.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarkJDelaney Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 We take our car to that guy....he keeps doing our exhaust (well charging us for it) and yet the exhaust is still very noisey...hmm......I wouldn't have said he was excellent to be honest.....but then maybe hes better than other garages.I didn't say he was excellent. But he's not a cowboy, and he doesn't charge ridiculous prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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