Daimo B
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Taken from MIGWEB. Just another case showing that Regal are th cowboys of the Vauxhall trade.
Went to pick up a valver Nova on the weekend, with all work/receipts etc from Regal.
The bloke took it Regal with the XE already in the car with a set of Twin 45s with a BRAND NEW SBD inlet and throttle linkage etc...
(No loom etc)
Regal said that the conversion wasnt good enough and recommended that he get them to do it 'properly'! £2k later it was in....
He then gets a call from them explaining that his carbs were wrecked beyond repair and no good, so they would have to fit a loom and Regal 'Power Cap' (£350)
He gets the car back and it breaks down in a week and he has to tow it 100 miles to his house! He complains....
Regal explain he will need to take it back to them on a trailer (even though they picked t up firstly)
Bloke ran out of money so car was left, and he was left with a bill for just under £3000 and NO CARBS!!
Thats right Regal kept them and the maifold and the linkages etc!!!!!
Just for discussion! I know he should have gone nuts and stormed the place, but he lost all faith in the car!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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What a fucking mess! Bunch of thieving cunts... 
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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i never knew they were this bad, heard reports in the past of slight cowboyness, this takes the peesh
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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i'd be gutted 
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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Yeah, cos i'd take my car with twin carbs down there only for them to say they are fucked (errr how???????) and fit an everso nice powercap.
WTF??? They make me SO angry. Even that guy with the Z20LET got charged £12k to fit it in his Corsa C.
They are a joke.
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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always used to think they were ok but i wouldnt go within 30ft of them now after all the shite i hear about them
cowboy cunts 
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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12k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
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12!!!!!! Now that takes the piss BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Would never go near them, that's harsh
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Gavin
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
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i heard about that corsa c with a 12k conversion..... MADNESS
pew pew pew pewwwww
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CORSA NUT
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12k!!!!!
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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What happened to peugeot nut
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CORSA NUT
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I dunno 
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Tom
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Nice car 
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CORSA NUT
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You didn't think that Peugeot Nut was me did ya mate?
Oh and cheers
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Yeah twas wannit 
Didn't u get an a3 for a bit?
All changed a bit since the scooby ideas 
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Yeah Tesco's changed there policy's on under 25's on scoobys the day i was due to buy one so
Got an A3 Turbo for a bit but that is a longggggg story! Got 7K trade in for it (what i payed for it) and has to travel 2 hours down to barnsley to find a High reg 106 GTI in black.
Nice car this one mate 
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Good good, theres always next time for a scooby eh
did u get the leather etc, any mods?
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Andy_S
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Manchester
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12K? More fool the guy who paid 12k for the conversion. The guy who did my wiring has a C LET, he did it himself, but I doubt he would of charged 3k!
I'll never use regal, CossVaux and Wallace Performance for me
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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I went to there workshop once, OMG what a dump 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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£12k, how the fuck did the come up with that figure? That is obscene!
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by Daimo B
The bloke took it Regal with the XE already in the car with a set of Twin 45s with a BRAND NEW SBD inlet and throttle linkage etc...
(No loom etc)
Regal said that the conversion wasnt good enough and recommended that he get them to do it 'properly'! £2k later it was in....
He then gets a call from them explaining that his carbs were wrecked beyond repair and no good, so they would have to fit a loom and Regal 'Power Cap' (£350)
He gets the car back and it breaks down in a week and he has to tow it 100 miles to his house! He complains....
Regal explain he will need to take it back to them on a trailer (even though they picked t up firstly)
Bloke ran out of money so car was left, and he was left with a bill for just under £3000 and NO CARBS!!
Thats right Regal kept them and the maifold and the linkages etc!!!!!
Just for discussion! I know he should have gone nuts and stormed the place, but he lost all faith in the car!
Surely this has to be the dumbest man in the world though? 
Firstly if the engine was already in, why the hell would you pay them £2k to re-fit it? If it weerent in properly, then surely thats down to engine mounts, which are a couple of hundred quid, plus fitting, so what £500 being generous?
If he wanted carbs, why in hels name would he let them fit a powercap Brand New Webbers are about £600 the pair off the top of my head, but you could proberbly get the ones he had re-furbed for a couple of hundred.
The fact he left the garage without the Carbs is pure madness. No-one in their right mind would do that, even if there apparently fucked, you'd keep the manifold at least being as it was brand new.
I know its still a disgrace what they did, but if you put your head between your legs with your pants down in the middle of a gay bar, you cant be surprised if you end up getting bummed .
[Edited on 11-05-2004 by Rob H]
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glasgow_corsa_c
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
Location: Ecosse
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12k witha 2ltr turbo under the bonnet, running standard shitey breaks!
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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The company should not be taking the advantage over its customer like this.
I think the guy was a plonker, but this is a disgrace. Theres so many other stories and facts about regal im suprised they are as big as they are.
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kerzo
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Norn Iron
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does it not seem a bit odd that a bloke with 12k to spend on an engine puts it in a corsa c?
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