Good Garage for Volvos

Good Garage for Volvos

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silverfoxcc

Original Poster:

7,957 posts

159 months

Thursday 16th June 2016
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Nomanslands Garage
Lovely old school place in the New Forest.

Has#d a servo replaced, very good service. so heads up if you have a Volvo

Deerfoot

5,038 posts

198 months

Sunday 19th June 2016
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I take my XC60 there, great service and I even got a V70 loaner (a nicely run-in 140,000 miler) whilst mine was getting serviced.

They were roughly half the price of a franchised dealer too and on a 6 year old Volvo it's a no brainer.

Smokin Donut

286 posts

240 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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OK guys but took my V50 there for last service.
- Overfilled engine oil.
- Fitted cheap rear discs that have rusted badly and don't look nice.
- Made a mistake with my booking, told me 1hr but when I arrived told me the planned work would take 3hrs and told me it was my mistake!! The dog got a long walk!

I won't be going back.

Deerfoot

5,038 posts

198 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Was that recently?

Smokin Donut

286 posts

240 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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It was May 2015, might have been a one off? My general rule of thumb is, if I could have done a better job myself I don't go back.

Deerfoot

5,038 posts

198 months

Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Smokin Donut said:
It was May 2015,
Ah, I went in October `15 so maybe there had been some tightening up of the operation...

They did my service for roughly half of the cost quoted by a franchised Volvo dealer and considering my XC60 was 6 years old at the time I couldn`t see the point of taking it to the glass palace...

martinrpeachey

749 posts

159 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Anywhere that isn't snows is good enough for me!

Deerfoot

5,038 posts

198 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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martinrpeachey said:
Anywhere that isn't snows is good enough for me!
Yup, they were the franchised dealer who quoted £600+!

ash reynolds

472 posts

205 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Good service...does this mean less £'s or a job done better?
So often these are not mutually exclusive.

Many car owners just want cheap and that's the metric by which the garage is measured.

S10GTA

13,293 posts

181 months

Friday 15th July 2016
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AMC car repairs in Holbury are good. Mobile too.