Fifth Gear - car parts/labour charges

[bayliss]

I work for Fifth Gear.
We're after the most outrageous car part prices charged by UK main dealers; £100 for a short piece of rubber pipe, that sort of thing. Or, an electronic plug in component that's so expensive it might make a five/ten year old car uneconomic to repair.
Also, we're after the most expensive garage in the UK.

If you've got any stories please email or call me on 0121 697 1904/[e-mail] (we must be able to identify the part).

Ian Bayliss

[zumbruk]

Just phoned...

C'mon guys, surely someone can beat my £112+VAT for an electric seat switch that must have cost 25p to make.

[Bee_Jay]

How about Wooburn Green Landrover charging £88/hr !!!

[SLiller]

Good to see cutting edge investigive journalism is going strong!. Keeping up the standards set by 5th must be very diffecult, don't suppose there's any chance of covering any serious motoring issues then??.

[Dave (Kent)]

Accordind to one of the salesmen at our local Chrysler dealer, discs and pads all round for a Grand Voyager is over a grand. without labour.