Door is always open mate & Coffee and tea on the go too

 

Kinghams in Croydon still there

 

I'm amazed R N Golden are still in business at all with the prices they try and charge... I emailed them a few weeks back for a price for a basic service on my 05 sti, oil change, air filter & spark plugs.........

That'll be £522.00 sir!!!!!!

 

My one and only attempt to buy from R.N. Golden, wanted an exhaust gasket, led to a wasted trip and a week's delay.... as they didn't actually have any in stock.

Grrrr !

Actually, I went to look and try the STI hatch, but it didn't do anything better than a bug STI so why bother ?

IMHO.

dunx

 

Subaru are actually doing really well in the uk this year:

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Suba...ail/story.html

And the BRZ should sell quite well. And also the new self cleaning paintwork?

 

The sales news is good to hear.

Self cleaning paint What day is it?

 

April fool i reckon. If there doing so well why are several dealers giving them the elbow?

 

This was halleys garage a former subaru dealer I got my 50k service here
http://www.halleysgarage.co.uk/usedall.php
just before it changed to this http://www.arnoldclark.com/vauxhall/milngavie/

 

Cambridge still there as far as I can make out. http://subaruspecialists.co.uk/

 

Pity they don't look after their customers though.

 

local dealer to me has shut, closests to nottingham is derby or grantham.

subaru only have themselves to blame im afraid

 

That depends on whay you mean by looking after you ..

There is still a few of us that do ..

 

Specifically the engine issues with the 2.5 and Subaru's despicable attitude
I'm sure you're a great dealer -just like my own, but you can only do so much at the end of the day.

 

Yeah your right , But we can only do what we are told to do regarding warranty on them ..

 

That surprises me as they are always the cheapest when I ring around at service time (£100 cheaper than other Subaru dealers on the 50k / 5yr timing belt change service)

 

Not surprised main dealers are falling by the wayside.

Fewer new car sales, less after sales work as more and more people choose specialists for servicing etc.

A well known north Wales mitsubishi garage used to do my servicing on my first Evo.......until I found out they were basically doing sweet fa and charging for a full service. Suffice to say I never took any of my other evos to main dealers again.

Let's see if a Subaru main dealer sees my Scoob when I finally buy one..........Can blue bridge restore my faith!

 

Have a dam good go for you

Rich

 

Pm'd

 

I was gobsmacked when I saw the price, had to re-read the email about 5 times over thinking I'd read it wrong!

How much did your 50k service work out at from them?

Mines already had the 50k service done (at 35k!) at another dealer by the previous owner, think it was about £360 without digging out the invoice to confirm it.

 

Main stealer's charge about £85 per hour plus parts and fluids. Very over priced just to get a subaru stamp in your book imo.

 

Depends what dealer you go to , and you would get synionic engine with us for a car over 3 years old .

 

Like wise, we do preferential rates that are the same as an independant specialist but with all the normal facilitys of a main dealer
Find it proves very worthwhile whilst restoring faith in the dealer network.

we arnt all Crooks, we listen to what the customer requires and do it so it doesnt hurt the bank balance at the same time

 

£460 for the 50k / 5yr which was a lot cheaper than other dealers.
It is booked in next week and likewise mine has only done 38k but gives me some piece of mind with the belt change

 

would do the 50k/5yr £370 inc the dreaded vat all genuine parts used

 

That's a great price

 

Wow I bought my used STi Spec D there 2 months ago and they had loads in. That's a shame.

 

Would be the same price with us also ..

So you have a dealer up north , and a dealer in wales that will look after you all ...

Rich

 

unfortunately your way to far away to service my car Im in Southampton lol.

 

Still got Culverwells in Robertsbridge...for the time being...

 

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