Why I can't drive and service costs!
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Hope you aren't eating your dinners 
. At least I kept it decent.
Attention w
e looking for sympathy... hmm prob wrong place with Jockman and Michael on the prowl.
Anyhow with nowt much else to do I have been ringing around re costs on my 1st service. I had every intention in using WS as I have a warranty paint issue on driver door handle.
What I am amazed at around the country is how much I am being quoted. Anything from £700 less around 10% to over £900.
I do realise there are pick up charges on top as I can't drive, but these quotes are purely for the service.
Is it usual to have well in excess of a £200 differential?
Di
. At least I kept it decent.Attention w
e looking for sympathy... hmm prob wrong place with Jockman and Michael on the prowl.Anyhow with nowt much else to do I have been ringing around re costs on my 1st service. I had every intention in using WS as I have a warranty paint issue on driver door handle.
What I am amazed at around the country is how much I am being quoted. Anything from £700 less around 10% to over £900.
I do realise there are pick up charges on top as I can't drive, but these quotes are purely for the service.
Is it usual to have well in excess of a £200 differential?
Di
lady topaz said:
Hope you aren't eating your dinners . At least I kept it decent.
Attention we looking for sympathy... hmm prob wrong place with Jockman and Michael on the prowl.
Anyhow with nowt much else to do I have been ringing around re costs on my 1st service. I had every intention in using WS as I have a warranty paint issue on driver door handle.
What I am amazed at around the country is how much I am being quoted. Anything from £700 less around 10% to over £900.
I do realise there are pick up charges on top as I can't drive, but these quotes are purely for the service.
Is it usual to have well in excess of a £200 differential?
Di
Bloody hell. I hope you have some top notch drugs to take - that looks sore.... At least I kept it decent.Attention w
e looking for sympathy... hmm prob wrong place with Jockman and Michael on the prowl.Anyhow with nowt much else to do I have been ringing around re costs on my 1st service. I had every intention in using WS as I have a warranty paint issue on driver door handle.
What I am amazed at around the country is how much I am being quoted. Anything from £700 less around 10% to over £900.
I do realise there are pick up charges on top as I can't drive, but these quotes are purely for the service.
Is it usual to have well in excess of a £200 differential?
Di
A very nice man in Newport Pagnell is going to give me a quote for my V12 next service. Last time I did this with my V8 I found about £200 differences. I think it was due to different policies around courtesy cars and pick up/drop off. If you are accounting for that then I am surprised...
FloPlast said:
Got my first service on my V12v 6 weeks ago and it cost £800, that was including a 10% discount from Grange Brentwood.
Interesting. Did you get a pick up with a driver, a courtesy car or did they collect/deliver on a low loader?I bought mine from here - big Garry G did the honours.
Bless your cotton socks Di that does look sore,hopefully it will improve with everyday,abit like me really......
Keep eating the haggis Jockman and remember to swill it down with a nice vintage Buckfast or a tepid drop of
Iron Bru....
Well thats my first post for a while so get well soon Di and get that arm and shoulder mobile as I don't want to have
to recommend one of our local surgeons to put their spin on it as they despatched my wife back from Hospital after
shaking a chickens foot at her and prescribing a coarse of leach's........arrh the beauty of simple country life.
Keep eating the haggis Jockman and remember to swill it down with a nice vintage Buckfast or a tepid drop of
Iron Bru....
Well thats my first post for a while so get well soon Di and get that arm and shoulder mobile as I don't want to have
to recommend one of our local surgeons to put their spin on it as they despatched my wife back from Hospital after
shaking a chickens foot at her and prescribing a coarse of leach's........arrh the beauty of simple country life.
Ed50 said:
Keep eating the haggis Jockman and remember to swill it down with a nice vintage Buckfast or a tepid drop of
Iron Bru....
Bonjourno Edouardo - como estas, mein freund ?Iron Bru....
I try to avoid Iron Bru as it tastes a bit metallic. Irn Bru however tastes like heaven.
Best Wishes to thee and thy espousa
Hmph had my thread hijacked by yet another Scotsman
I didn't have to go so far as to wreck my car and fall off a ladder. You are trying too hard.
Seriously John, glad you got out of the car with not too much damage to yourself. And good luck with the hand, it does make my injury somewhat minor.
I drove today, after seeing my physio. Only about five miles before I had to admit defeat, and in a Panda. I wasn't going to risk the V12V, no way.
Its off to WS soon and will be gone a week so temptation will be out of sight. Very much for the best methinks.
Thanks again to all for kind sentiments.
Di
I didn't have to go so far as to wreck my car and fall off a ladder. You are trying too hard.
Seriously John, glad you got out of the car with not too much damage to yourself. And good luck with the hand, it does make my injury somewhat minor.
I drove today, after seeing my physio. Only about five miles before I had to admit defeat, and in a Panda. I wasn't going to risk the V12V, no way.
Its off to WS soon and will be gone a week so temptation will be out of sight. Very much for the best methinks.
Thanks again to all for kind sentiments.
Di
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