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blainej1

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Registered: 23rd Feb 12
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28th Feb 12 at 19:16

basically took my corsa in for mot the other day and it failed on a few things however when it was there somehow he reckons he pulled my braided brake line and it snapped so fair enough brought the parts it failed on and took it back in today for it to be repaired was told would cost £160 if he orderd parts or £1oo if i got them

i brought
handbrake cables
brake hose
cv boot

went back in to collect car today after having these fitted told me it was 5 hours labour as he couldnt get the handbrake adjuster off and the braided line was sezied in

i feel ive been ripped off i could of changed it all in around 2 hours and im not mechanicaly minded i was charged £216

blainej1

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28th Feb 12 at 19:17

also hes trying to get me to buy new disks now as he said the brakes are out of aligment due to the hose splitting and been replaced, ( it passed its brake on previous mot till he spilt the hose)

alan-g-w

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28th Feb 12 at 19:17

Why did you pay for the hose when he admitted to snapping the braided line?

alan-g-w

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28th Feb 12 at 19:18

And he's talkin complete and utter balls about the brakes needing re-aligned

sorry mate but it sounds like he's ripping you right off

.Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:19

How did you get it home with a snapped brake line?

SXI - Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:21

Were did you take it blaine? 5 hours labour for those parts sound ott And the new disc because of brakes being out of alignment sounds like rubbish whats he trying to get at that there now warped?

corsa_sean

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28th Feb 12 at 19:25

He is ripping you off if he snapped brake hose then he should pay for it also the bit about brakes needed aligned rubbish !! If it passed before and hasnt been driven then it will be fine

alan-g-w

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28th Feb 12 at 19:27

quote:
Originally posted by .Matt
How did you get it home with a snapped brake line?

This is a good question

Ian

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28th Feb 12 at 19:28

If its taking him 5 hours, that's because he's shit, not because that what the job costs.

blainej1

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28th Feb 12 at 19:28

urm basically the pipe was split i drove it home as i live round the corner the breaks wernt working and i dont see how you can snap / split a braided line , he said i needed new disks because you had to apply the brakes hard to get the left side to lock up said it was because the hose had split which even i know is a load of bollocks he said they were seized so it took 5 hours of heating up the parts to get them off he kindly charged me for four !!!! couldnt really argue with it i would of done it myself if wasnt working all time

Ian

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28th Feb 12 at 19:29

quote:
Originally posted by blainej1
he said the brakes are out of aligment due to the hose splitting

Also this is bollocks.

Ian

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28th Feb 12 at 19:29

5 hours of heating up? It'd be a molten puddle on the floor.

FAZ

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28th Feb 12 at 19:31

bracey123

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28th Feb 12 at 19:31

Mechanic sounds like a right piss taker mate

SXI - Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:32

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
5 hours of heating up? It'd be a molten puddle on the floor.

this is very true

Wasn't the garage near AVP's was it out of interest?

.Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:34

I think he saw you coming to be honest and got his lube ready, cause you literally just got anally raped...

That's absolute bollocks, take him to trading standards. He'd expect you to pay for something if you broke it in his workshop. Id tell him where to go and find another garage or do the work yourself.

[Edited on 28-02-2012 by .Matt]

Rab_c20xe

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28th Feb 12 at 19:35

The question is, what the hell was he doing to split a braided line? Taking it off with the old hot spanner?? You shouldn't have payed for that mate if it was him that broke it in the first place surely?

.Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:38

Also if he was replacing your handbrake why didn't he just cut the old one off rather than messing about spend time taking it off.

alan-g-w

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28th Feb 12 at 19:39

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Why did you pay for the hose when he admitted to snapping the braided line?

SXI - Matt

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28th Feb 12 at 19:41

Although probably going to be hubbard's

blainej1

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28th Feb 12 at 20:01

said he pulled on it and it split i dont belive any of it i kiced off in there i could of done these repairs myself when he said 100 i was happy to pay it as it was easy for me as i work all hours but took the piss its in for a retest friday but just taken it elsewhere

GB123

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28th Feb 12 at 20:13

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
5 hours of heating up? It'd be a molten puddle on the floor.

cunningham

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28th Feb 12 at 20:13

deffo take it to trading standards

Mattb

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28th Feb 12 at 20:17

even 100 for the handbrake cables and CV boot is expensive (thats even in my books, and im not cheap usually!!)

The braided line should have been done FOC

blainej1

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Registered: 23rd Feb 12
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28th Feb 12 at 20:24

he reckons he pulled the line he showed me its been done diliberatley going to report it they dont seem have much work on but there biggest garage by me

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