how much do your superstars pay for a full service??
26 January 2009, 05:55 PM
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i didnt say nothing about how much it cost me! ill think your find its some 1 else!! 
and i dont care if i look a dohnut... i aint asked nothing wrong at the end of the day, its your fannys throwing things out of proprtion getting offended cos i used the words mug, and superstars!! now who looks stupid!!
plus im enjoying the fact all you are biting!! i aint bothered about making friends on here, i have already worked out its cack!! .... sorry thats not a propper word isit.... i have already worked out this forums sh*t!!
and i dont care if i look a dohnut... i aint asked nothing wrong at the end of the day, its your fannys throwing things out of proprtion getting offended cos i used the words mug, and superstars!! now who looks stupid!!
plus im enjoying the fact all you are biting!! i aint bothered about making friends on here, i have already worked out its cack!! .... sorry thats not a propper word isit.... i have already worked out this forums sh*t!!
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26 January 2009, 06:00 PM
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i didnt say nothing about how much it cost me! ill think your find its some 1 else!!
and i dont care if i look a dohnut... i aint asked nothing wrong at the end of the day, its your fannys throwing things out of proprtion getting offended cos i used the words mug, and superstars!! now who looks stupid!!
plus im enjoying the fact all you are biting!! i aint bothered about making friends on here, i have already worked out its cack!! .... sorry thats not a propper word isit.... i have already worked out this forums sh*t!!
and i dont care if i look a dohnut... i aint asked nothing wrong at the end of the day, its your fannys throwing things out of proprtion getting offended cos i used the words mug, and superstars!! now who looks stupid!!
plus im enjoying the fact all you are biting!! i aint bothered about making friends on here, i have already worked out its cack!! .... sorry thats not a propper word isit.... i have already worked out this forums sh*t!!
26 January 2009, 06:01 PM
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Its ok, your the one that's ended up looking like an *** 
Now go and use a brain cell or 3, how many people live in terrace houses with a main road? can they really afford to get underneath a car with hgv's going by?
How many people are really mechanics on here? you have to remember that there are a multitude of jobs out in the world.
How would it look if everyone did their own servicing, can you prove your car was service regulary to the manufacturers recommendations?????
You basically came on here, said "i serviced my car for 17 quid, you lot are idiots because you pay someone else to do it".
Tony
Now go and use a brain cell or 3, how many people live in terrace houses with a main road? can they really afford to get underneath a car with hgv's going by?
How many people are really mechanics on here? you have to remember that there are a multitude of jobs out in the world.
How would it look if everyone did their own servicing, can you prove your car was service regulary to the manufacturers recommendations?????
You basically came on here, said "i serviced my car for 17 quid, you lot are idiots because you pay someone else to do it".
Tony
But to be honest i cant see it happening ..
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26 January 2009, 06:36 PM
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i just thought he was just being friendly and a bit wacky, like when in the pub and it's your round, i like to use 'any of you caaants fancy a drink', it don't mean they are *****, well dave-11-dicks is, but thats another story.
26 January 2009, 08:41 PM
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My car was worth £22,000 at one point ...... its now worth about £4,000 - it's the very same car with the very same servicing requirements.
I understand what you are saying .... but, anyone who is anyone, can spot a well cared for car if it's put in front of them - serviced by whoever.
I understand what you are saying .... but, anyone who is anyone, can spot a well cared for car if it's put in front of them - serviced by whoever.
27 January 2009, 12:02 PM
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The point is i don’t have a great deal of experience with cars and the idea that I am a mug because i take my car for the best possible service seems to have been lost on me. Why?. A service is not just oil filter etc etc but a full check over of the car, i leave RCM in the knowledge that my car has been looked over by people who have more knowledge than any of these arm chair experts.
27 January 2009, 12:27 PM
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The point is i don’t have a great deal of experience with cars and the idea that I am a mug because i take my car for the best possible service seems to have been lost on me. Why?. A service is not just oil filter etc etc but a full check over of the car, i leave RCM in the knowledge that my car has been looked over by people who have more knowledge than any of these arm chair experts.
I don't think you are a mug, I think its horses for courses...I seem to spend my days chasing people by mail and phone and in meetings; getting my hands dirty and actually achieving something is a welcome break
27 January 2009, 01:38 PM
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I'm an odd case 
Car is always serviced by a dealer. Pay £100 for the service, or suffer an extra £100 depreciation at sale time. I like to think I will be able to sell when the time comes (about 2 years ago 
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However, any non-service work, brake discs and pads, exhaust, anti-roll bars, Neutral Position Switch, bulbs etc., I do myself, because I can't face paying main dealer prices.
Car maintenance is a hobby for me, but I don't enjoy plodding through the service schedule.
Car is always serviced by a dealer. Pay £100 for the service, or suffer an extra £100 depreciation at sale time. I like to think I will be able to sell when the time comes (about 2 years ago )However, any non-service work, brake discs and pads, exhaust, anti-roll bars, Neutral Position Switch, bulbs etc., I do myself, because I can't face paying main dealer prices.
Car maintenance is a hobby for me, but I don't enjoy plodding through the service schedule.
27 January 2009, 09:14 PM
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I'm an odd case Car is always serviced by a dealer. Pay £100 for the service, or suffer an extra £100 depreciation at sale time. I like to think I will be able to sell when the time comes (about 2 years ago )
However, any non-service work, brake discs and pads, exhaust, anti-roll bars, Neutral Position Switch, bulbs etc., I do myself, because I can't face paying main dealer prices.
Car maintenance is a hobby for me, but I don't enjoy plodding through the service schedule.
Car is always serviced by a dealer. Pay £100 for the service, or suffer an extra £100 depreciation at sale time. I like to think I will be able to sell when the time comes (about 2 years ago )However, any non-service work, brake discs and pads, exhaust, anti-roll bars, Neutral Position Switch, bulbs etc., I do myself, because I can't face paying main dealer prices.
Car maintenance is a hobby for me, but I don't enjoy plodding through the service schedule.
the condition of the car was enough to convince me it hadnt been abused
28 January 2009, 09:56 PM
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The point is i don’t have a great deal of experience with cars and the idea that I am a mug because i take my car for the best possible service seems to have been lost on me. Why?. A service is not just oil filter etc etc but a full check over of the car, i leave RCM in the knowledge that my car has been looked over by people who have more knowledge than any of these arm chair experts.
29 January 2009, 12:36 AM
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ohhhhhh there's handbags out everywhere in here!!!! 
anyways, spent a small fortune on my building my engine and still got more to go yet but i still do as much on the car as i can - even including recently doing all the bushes myself. It's not about saving money or not trusting the work done though. If it needs doing and it costs X pounds then that's how it is - that's part of owning a performance car. Equally, I wouldn't have work done on it by someone I didn't trust so that's a moot point anyway. I work on it myself and have always worked on all my cars since i could drive because i simply enjoy doing it (and am capable of doing most of it - do pay to have stuff done that i know i can't do though). That said, to be honest in the days of my first car though, it was more about avoiding a bill that came to more than the value of the car!
Resale value isn't really an issue to me since i'm not planning to sell it at any point in time but if circumstances change it'll be worth far more in parts anyway.
anyways, spent a small fortune on my building my engine and still got more to go yet but i still do as much on the car as i can - even including recently doing all the bushes myself. It's not about saving money or not trusting the work done though. If it needs doing and it costs X pounds then that's how it is - that's part of owning a performance car. Equally, I wouldn't have work done on it by someone I didn't trust so that's a moot point anyway. I work on it myself and have always worked on all my cars since i could drive because i simply enjoy doing it (and am capable of doing most of it - do pay to have stuff done that i know i can't do though). That said, to be honest in the days of my first car though, it was more about avoiding a bill that came to more than the value of the car!
Resale value isn't really an issue to me since i'm not planning to sell it at any point in time but if circumstances change it'll be worth far more in parts anyway.
29 January 2009, 01:13 PM
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take it you haven't seen many then!! there are good and bad techs in every garage, that's life, the majority though do care and do want to do a good job.
29 January 2009, 01:27 PM
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hmmmmmm, it's ok to rip the p1ss outa scoobi-g but when he bites back he gets infracted. proper members only club this forum is becoming. you get extremely close to the cuff comments from one or two 'mega-posters' and a blind eye is turned. well done
29 January 2009, 02:52 PM
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just got mine back after having a 20,000 mile service from a subaru approved garage, it cost £198 which i didnt think was bad considering i was quoted nearly £300 from an approved gargage which was around 10 miles away from where i just got mine done! Although they rang me to say i need new brake pads so i asked how much they would be and they said £550!! so i said ill get my own
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