Colin
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Originally posted by Adam-D
aye i think there off a gsi? <not sure thou
Nope, look at any standard gsi, and the arches still have the dimples 
yes the one I bought was for a GSi and it still had the dimples
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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ah so no car has smooth arches?
u ave to do em ureself?
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Mattb
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Originally posted by Tim
Yeah... Vauxhall St Albans -- idiots except the head mechanic. Vauxhall Chesham -- parts guy is 
yep, can vouch for chesham parts dept, the guy has helped me out plenty of times 
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J4MIE P
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Registered: 1st Aug 03
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Yes most of them are fools.
We recently got our ZAF GSi back after being stolen recoverd. It needed a new tyre (size 225/45/R17).
I checked the tyre at home and it was a 255/40/R17
Not one size out, but 3cm's wider than it should have been!!!
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Adam-D
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buy the correct tyre
and sell that one ud prob make a £10 out of it 
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MattyB
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West End Vauxhall Maida Vale
West End Vauxhall - Staples Corner
West End vauxhall - Edgware
100% useless. None of them have a clue. I have to show them what parts i want on the comp. I have to go round the counter and use the damn thing. Oh and they charge more than any other vaux dealer, for the same parts!
Although South Harrow Vauxhall usually.
Matt
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IvIarkgraham
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i went into vaux ellesmere port and this is how it went
ME: CAN I HAVE A PRICE ON AN OFFSIDE TIE BAR FOR A CORSA B PLEASE
HIM: WHAT YEAR?
ME: 2000 W REG
HIM: SO ITS NOT A CORSA B THEN IS IT ITS A CORSA C!
ME: WELL IT FUCKIN LOOKS LIKE A CORSA B FROM HERE KNOB HEAD
HIM: DONT TAKE THAT ATTITUDE WITH ME
ME: DO YOUR FUCKIN RESEARCH BEFORE MAKIN SARCASTIC COMMENTS THEN
THEN HE WALKED OFF THE LOSER OUT CAME HIS WELL EDUCATED SUPERVISOR AND PROBLEMED SOLVED
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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all these posts are funny but a bit harsh on parts depatments
all these guys that work in there have just been chucked in there with no training and expected to get on with the job, on a system like EPC and ETKA (vw/audi/seat/skoda) and PET(porsche) it takes years to learn what companys call there parts and where there shown
when i started at VW it was theres the PC, go learn, now IMO im the best one there and dont even work in parts anymore(were have a really shit department though:lol
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Adam-D
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i agree jr
i went in today to get some bits for the corsa
got who looked like the manager and got all the bits i needed
ps
old post.........
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Sam
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As far as I know, out of 4 blokes that work in the parts department at Hartwell Vauxhall in Kidlington, 2 are helpful about 90% of the time, 1 is a new kid that doesn't know anything (but is helpful), and the 4th is some guy in his 50s that's an absolute knob jockey - sarcastic, unhelpful, and has sold me the wrong parts on two occasions even though I had the part number of what I wanted for one of the parts!
If General Motors' British part of the company (ie Vauxhall/Opel) ever went down the pan, it wouldn't surprise me with incompetant fools like them working there! 
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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dont get me started about main dealers i left the car in there a few months ago cos i couldnt figure out a problem... and they told me
"that engine is to big/fast for that car" "theres no give in it its all power" yeh a c16xe is to big for a corsa? all i kept thinking about was beardys v6
"them wheels are to bigg for that car" there only 16's
"the suspension is not the correct type we need to fit Vauxhaul parts to go any further" i think fk coilovers are superior to anything that vauxhaul would produce...
and then they proceeded to charge me a hours labour for doing nothing other than drive up and down the road
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jr
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Originally posted by Siberia
dont get me started about main dealers i left the car in there a few months ago cos i couldnt figure out a problem... and they told me
"that engine is to big/fast for that car" "theres no give in it its all power" yeh a c16xe is to big for a corsa? all i kept thinking about was beardys v6
"them wheels are to bigg for that car" there only 16's
"the suspension is not the correct type we need to fit Vauxhaul parts to go any further" i think fk coilovers are superior to anything that vauxhaul would produce...
and then they proceeded to charge me a hours labour for doing nothing other than drive up and down the road
problem is they have to charge you for the technitions time, otherwise the tech wont get paid
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Sam
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You should have asked if they could remove that monstrously powerful C16XE and fit a X10XE!
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