How would you handle this situation with your garage?
07 March 2011, 10:13 PM
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dummy rattling? pipedown. your the one getting a hissy fit because of my original post. its actually pathetic how you have taken this so personally especially as it have zero to do with you. if you dont like my post dont reply. and if you do why not post in a mature manner?
07 March 2011, 10:21 PM
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had a look in the search and found the answer I was after could you not have just posted a quick reply to the question rather than sarcastic reply was just trying to get some general info for any future problems I may have
07 March 2011, 10:25 PM
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You kill me, i think you should stop posting on a public forum, if you don't want peoples opinions. Oh sorry, you only want to hear what you want to. Well tuff *******. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 
07 March 2011, 10:29 PM
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My god you seriously need to take a step back. of course i want opinions even if they are not what i want to hear. but what i dont want is someone being all sarcastic and having a hissy fit in every post. its like your sat there litterally screaming at the computer when you type. you could simply put your opinion in a normal reply rather than acting like a ****
07 March 2011, 10:40 PM
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i thought forums were for people with a similar interest and different levels of knowledge to gain from each others experiance good or bad not for stupid kiddy arguments over who knows the most or my dads bigger than yours these forums dont gain anything from people like you so would suggest you stop posting and take a look at all the other peoples helpfull post and maybe do the same
07 March 2011, 10:50 PM
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have you even left school or on daddy computer as i said different levels of knowledge and still your slating a genuine thread ive never claimed t be a mechanic or a a+ student just someone who likes cars and after gaining as much info as poss but obviously not from people like you with nothing better to do than post stupid pointless replys to genuine people with genuine questions
lol would just like to ask something how do u know if dif is going
07 March 2011, 10:56 PM
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dont ask such a stupid question you will only get told how thick you are and how you should go back to school have paid ten times more and that dont you even know that dummy (well by some anyway)
07 March 2011, 10:57 PM
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Stop ******* crying, you are starting to annoy me now. We have a search option for a reason. I don't want to be having a three way conversation at the same time. OK 
07 March 2011, 11:03 PM
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SAD SAD SAD and must be past your bed time mabe reply when you have some worthwhile info to put to a public forum and sorry if i have annoyed you but simply sating the obvious
07 March 2011, 11:24 PM
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Mate why u letting it get to u . U both had a pop at each other leve it now. I ant been using scooby net long but its really good helped me sort out alot on my car and do stuff did think u could do .
08 March 2011, 10:07 AM
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The cost of the work done to this persons car is TOTALLY IRRELEVENT.
So you go to a garage for work on your car, and they say: 'We charge half the price for labour than main dealers do, but we may forget to put oil in your car, it may have several problems after we have done the work on it, but hey, we are charging you a cheap rate'????????? See my very simple point?
08 March 2011, 10:12 AM
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Basically i will try and keep this short, I have recently had alot of work done on my sti including a head gasket, clutch, cambelt kit, rad etc all at the same garage, i have known the guy for a long time and he is a very sound guy and trust worthy and he did a great job, however i have since been getting a rattle in the lower revs which i assume is one of the many heat shields, i noticed this the day i picked my car up and showed him that day. I also noticed that my A/C stopped working which again i showed him that day. He said he forgot to put the gas back in after doing all the work. Since then he is now asking for £40 to sort the heat shield and says he isnt licensed to do the gas and its £70 elsewhere. When i asked him to price the job i understand that he probably didnt realise how much work it would take and he did it for a great price at only £500 labour and i got all the parts so again he didnt makje any money on parts either. so i do understand where he is coming from when he says he did the job to cheap in the first place but i am just abit annoyed that i got a price and expected to pay that amount only to find out its going to cost me another £110 to get the car back in complete working order with no problems. the air con worked when i gave him the car and i had no problems with the heat shield either. I have had another garage try to find the heat shield problem but they couldnt. could it be anything else as the whole engine was taken out so i was assuming the metal rattle could be anything.
its a tricky situation and i do appreciate his side of things as he did alot of work for very cheap. he did rad,cambelt kit,head gasket, inlet manifold, thermostat, clutch, water pump all for that cost.
so basically just wondering if in my position would you just accept you got a great deal and take another hit for the gas and heat shield(if thats the problem)
or be pissed as you have more costs?
any help or opinions would be helpful.
Also he put 5l of oil in and checked it last week and it was all gone. infact it was bone dry, he said it was because of the work and he put 2 more in and now when i check the oil it seems over full, seems very weird so no idea if anyone else has ever had this problem. there is no leak and its not been burning as i have had no thick smoke from the exhaust.
its a tricky situation and i do appreciate his side of things as he did alot of work for very cheap. he did rad,cambelt kit,head gasket, inlet manifold, thermostat, clutch, water pump all for that cost.
so basically just wondering if in my position would you just accept you got a great deal and take another hit for the gas and heat shield(if thats the problem)
or be pissed as you have more costs?
any help or opinions would be helpful.
Also he put 5l of oil in and checked it last week and it was all gone. infact it was bone dry, he said it was because of the work and he put 2 more in and now when i check the oil it seems over full, seems very weird so no idea if anyone else has ever had this problem. there is no leak and its not been burning as i have had no thick smoke from the exhaust.
You sound totally reasonable to me, and what I am clearly and evidently reading from your post is that the person who supposedly carried out the work to your car has made several MAJOR mistakes, which really are unacceptable, especially the forgetting to put oil in your car!
Find someone else who will pay attention to detail and focus on the work he is carrying out.
I use a superb, excellent Subaru mechanic who is in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, if that is any good to you? It is worth the drive for a day to have done all you need to your car!
Greg
