Claremont or Dart?

[BLUETHUNDER]

Anyone had any experiance of the above??.Ive had the engine management light come up.And its been traced to the engine cooling fans.But the fans are fine and coming as they should.Just need someone to sort the problem.Was going to try the above.

[chevykevv]

No dealings with Claremont, but have found DART to be very friendly & helpful.

Tried MAG American in Bishops Stortford?

Don't know whereabouts you are in London, but ideal if you're North.

[G4HKS]

There is only one for London:

Ian Goss Services,
Rear of 166-168 Hook Road
Surbiton
Surrey
KT6 5BZ

Tel: [phone].

They are very polite, know their stuff (American/mainly Corvette only) and are very reasonably priced.

[BLUETHUNDER]

Ive tried Ian Goss.Wanted to try someone else.

[ZR1cliff]

Claremont are good and I've always found Tom an honest person to deal with aswell as knowing all there is to know about vettes, although I will be the first to admit they charge the full prices. Claremont also have a fair few parts in the stores. Don't know much about Dart. Not sure about IG, good freinds had problems with rear end fitment on their ZR-1 immediately after it was fitted and didn't recieve any back up. My freinds are decent people and deserve better.

[G4HKS]

Hmmm.. Well I know IG are "decent" people too. I also understand there are two sides to this story as indeed there usually is.

[malc350]

Trust me, I know who Cliff is talking about and I know what happened so take the advice here.....

Wink wink nudge nudge say no more (wow, haven't used that for a few years..!)

[ZR1cliff]

G4HKS said:

Hmmm.. Well I know IG are "decent" people too. I also understand there are two sides to this story as indeed there usually is.

I have no personal axe to grind with IG as I've never met or had any work done by him and it's great that others have had a good experience with him. What I am saying, and I have been in business myself, is when things go wrong you get an idea of how good a company can be by the way they handle a situation. My freinds are decent honest people who work hard for their money, they are also long time vette owners and very thorough. Yes there are two sides to every story but I have complete confidence they are telling the truth and have not recieved the necessary back up when things went wrong, because of this I get a bad feeling. However if they are treated with respect and a solution is found then obviously my feeling would be positive when the name is mentioned.

Edited by ZR1cliff on Thursday 11th September 18:46

[xyyman]

DART have been fine for me for the last eleven years or so. Never used Claremont so can't comment.

[JimexPL]

Depending on where you are in London, Steve and Adrian at Wavendon (J13 M1)(Stratstone) are very good with C5s.

[BLUETHUNDER]

ZR1cliff said:

G4HKS said:

Hmmm.. Well I know IG are "decent" people too. I also understand there are two sides to this story as indeed there usually is.

I have no personal axe to grind with IG as I've never met or had any work done by him and it's great that others have had a good experience with him. What I am saying, and I have been in business myself, is when things go wrong you get an idea of how good a company can be by the way they handle a situation. My freinds are decent honest people who work hard for their money, they are also long time vette owners and very thorough. Yes there are two sides to every story but I have complete confidence they are telling the truth and have not recieved the necessary back up when things went wrong, because of this I get a bad feeling. However if they are treated with respect and a solution is found then obviously my feeling would be positive when the name is mentioned.

Edited by ZR1cliff on Thursday 11th September 18:46

Cliff YHM

[BLUETHUNDER]

JimexPL said:

Depending on where you are in London, Steve and Adrian at Wavendon (J13 M1)(Stratstone) are very good with C5s.

I'm actually S.E. London/Kent,so Claremont or Dart would be the obvious choices.

[LuS1fer]

I used Dart once for a problem and 3 weeks later it still had it so I wouldn't be able to recommend them although that was about 1997. Claremont cured what they did not in a couple of hours.

[JakesterUK]

I've used DART for parts & advice and always found them very helpful & fairly priced.

Never used IG so can't comment as for Claremont I've 'tried' to buy parts off them in the past and found the process both frustrating and a tad overpriced.

I'd try DART personally, also MAG at Bishops Stortford are top guys although a bit further to travel.

[Y50 VET]

I met Tom several times at shows and he seems an honest chap who has been in the trade for a considerable time and I was told he has published several books on corvettes?

Ian Goss – I have used him since I bough my Corvette in 03 while he was working for someone else, since he has started on his own I believe most of the ex customers from AC have migrated to his new premises due to the personal attention he has with his customers, he has helped me out several times with my car, I have referred 12 new customers to him and every referral customer I have only had good reports 100% thumbs up.

Sam

[franv8]

ZR1cliff said:

Claremont are good and I've always found Tom an honest person to deal with aswell as knowing all there is to know about vettes, although I will be the first to admit they charge the full prices. Claremont also have a fair few parts in the stores. Don't know much about Dart. Not sure about IG, good freinds had problems with rear end fitment on their ZR-1 immediately after it was fitted and didn't recieve any back up. My freinds are decent people and deserve better.

G4HKS said:

Hmmm.. Well I know IG are "decent" people too. I also understand there are two sides to this story as indeed there usually is.

Looks like a differential of o'pinion' here then!!

[ZR1cliff]

franv8 said:

ZR1cliff said:

Claremont are good and I've always found Tom an honest person to deal with aswell as knowing all there is to know about vettes, although I will be the first to admit they charge the full prices. Claremont also have a fair few parts in the stores. Don't know much about Dart. Not sure about IG, good freinds had problems with rear end fitment on their ZR-1 immediately after it was fitted and didn't recieve any back up. My freinds are decent people and deserve better.

G4HKS said:

Hmmm.. Well I know IG are "decent" people too. I also understand there are two sides to this story as indeed there usually is.

Looks like a differential of o'pinion' here then!!

You're a genius, Fran.

[Le Man]

Try a call to our service manager, Chris McDonald on 0161 872 3933.
I know we are a long way from you but I'd be surprised if we couldn't diagnose the problem.

[VetteG]

Dealt with Claremont once....I have not been back! Nuf said!

G