Stupid Garage!!

[CloVis]

Was meant to get my car back friday after the MOT, but the stupid place ordered the wrong wheel bearing in!!! not going to get it back till monday!!
are wheel bearings hard to get or something?!

Oh my god, now monday. Rang the garage to arrange to pick car up, turns out they havent even ordered the part!!!!!! i now havent had a car for like 5 days just for a poxy wheel bearing, takes the piss. They so better give me one big discount.

[boz]

not really, unless they have got the ones for a lesser model?

you got a push bike, scotter or skate board?

[bullit]

not really, unless they have got the ones for a lesser model?

you got a push bike, scotter or skate board?

what a waste of bandwich this thread is


straight to point boz

[CloVis]

why the fuck bother replying then?????????/

[boz]

i would just go out on one of them and relive my youth, probs go and seek on my mates and give the a backer or a lift on the handle bars lol that would be cool.

i hate it when people mess with a car, then say they carnt get it done when they told you it would be done by.

feel like saying, 'HOW TW@ IF I HAD KNOWN THAT,I WOULD HAVE TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU LYING TW@' lol

hope you get it sorted :)

[boz]

chill out love ;)

[CloVis]

Yeah really annotin cos i need to get to work! tut...

[Laura]

know exactly how you feel my car was in the garage for two weeks when it was meant to be a quick simple thing. you dont realise how much you rely on your car til it goes!

[CloVis]

i no ive been using my old legs lol, cant wait to get it back though!!

[CloVis]

Im so annoyed, why the f*k should it take that long. Nowhere anywhere has got a wheel bearing at all. My dads having to give me a lift to shi*ty work, where i get paid peanuts, and the garage is saying there going to charge more if they get the bearing from dover. Even though he said the dover place dont have one!!!!!!!! anyone got a mk1 wheel bearing going!! proberly be a lot quicker. haha. arghhhhhhhhh

[Jacko]

OK wooooosaaaaaaaaa! just wait till its fixed and pay whatever he quoted first time round! no sense in worrying or getting stressed out about it!

[CloVis]

Well there is, cos i cant get to work and im bored as fuk. lol. I hate not having a car. It would be ok if they was ok about it, but ordering the wrong part then forgetting to re-order the right one in again takes the mic.
Plus he just hung up on me, when i asked how much the cost would be. tut

[Jacko]

seems to be takin the piss a bit yea..but it happens sometimes...just reember never to use them again if you need sumthin done!

[willsy]

No idea what theyre playing at any garage should be able to get a part as simple as that for the same working day (depending on time ordered) or certainly the next working day.

A front wheel bearing is £17 for me locally, even if you paid slightly extra and got the part ordered directly from Citroen (sure in this instance ud rather pay the extra and get your car back) then you'd have the part next day.

Sounds like they are taking the p*ss, try and wrangle a discount and then find another garage next time round thats going to be reliable :y:

[RIBstaff]

Try sourceing the parts yourself

[R4T]

i would just go out on one of them and relive my youth, probs go and seek on my mates and give the a backer or a lift on the handle bars lol that would be cool.

i hate it when people mess with a car, then say they carnt get it done when they told you it would be done by.

feel like saying, 'HOW TW@ IF I HAD KNOWN THAT,I WOULD HAVE TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU LYING TW@' lol

hope you get it sorted :)


lmao @ boz lets start a sax-p scooter gang when every1 has there car in the garage we have a 50cc meet hahahaha

[CloVis]

Well apparently its a odd model, because it was the last one of the phase1 model. Doesnt make much sense to me, but i have rang around all local garages as far as canterbury ( from dover ). No where has the certain part - they think they do untill they search under the Reg number.

[Jacko]

you have some sh*t luck clo lol! sax-p would be rather dull without your weekly rants!

[jennifer1987]

well your doing better than me my car has been in the garage for 2 months.
and it is nowhere near finish yet prop got another month to go if not more ahhh! oh well. mind you my need more than a wheel bearing.
good luck

[CloVis]

you have some sh*t luck clo lol! sax-p would be rather dull without your weekly rants!

I no im starting to think i should just jack it all in and be a bum. Least id be happier that way haha

[Jacko]

I no im starting to think i should just jack it all in and be a bum. Least id be happier that way haha

HAHA..bein a bum is quality until you want something and you have no money to get it! usualy food by the end of the first day!

[CloVis]

Wont make much difference, skint right now. Cant buy lunch everyday. Just mong around hoping my luck will change. But no it never does. Arhhh

[Jacko]

Wont make much difference, skint right now. Cant buy lunch everyday. Just mong around hoping my luck will change. But no it never does. Arhhh

Move to belfast...live the dream!

[CloVis]

OK see you in a few hrs. ha

[Chris]

Get a new job with better pay, then most of your troubles will get better instantly.

Put yourself out to find a better job!

Chris :)

[R4T]

that part is easy to order

[Jacko]

OK see you in a few hrs. ha

:y: George best airport...6 oclock!:P

[R4T]

:y: George best airport...6 oclock!:P


youve pulled son

[Jacko]

youve pulled son

oooooooo yeaaaaaaa! ;)

[CloVis]

im on my way now - webphone haha.

Well if its so easy how come i cant find it in any garage what so ever?? have i got a dodgy car. dont answer that.

Chris, ive been looking for ages. Noone wants me, and theres a massive lack of opportunitys down here.

[Chris]

What about all the port area... surely there are loads of jobs down there... you could even try and get a job on the boats/ferries... gotta pay better than the job you have now going on what you have told us.

Chris :)

[CloVis]

All my mates have been there done that.
Not good pay.
Four days on, four off. Think starts at 4.30am til something stupid as boats are always delayed. And there isnt even much down there.
Dover and outskirts just seem to be really run down. Nothings moving

[Jacko]

All my mates have been there done that.
Not good pay.
Four days on, four off. Think starts at 4.30am til something stupid as boats are always delayed. And there isnt even much down there.
Dover and outskirts just seem to be really run down. Nothings moving

Maybe you should see about moving area...maybe not to belfast(not everyone can live the dream)...but to a more economicaly viable location!?

[jennifer1987]

drive to london everyday your get more money there!! lol or maybe not so much hey

[Chris]

drive to london everyday your get more money there!! lol or maybe not so much hey

National Express do commuter coaches from there to here (London)... that would be a hell of a lot cheaper than driving.... plus most companies will give you a travel loan that they take out of your wages charged at 0%.

Chris :)

[CloVis]

haha, I wouldnt beable to commute to london everyday. Just not for me. My brother lives there, done pretty good for him self. He got the brains, got the arty side, went to uni.Now he's a graphic designer. Lush.

[jennifer1987]

live with him - for free sorted ! get a job keep all the money! lol

[CloVis]

LOl i wish, he already house shares. The area he lives in is soo expensive. Nice though, doesnt seem like london.

So jennifer is that your car in your avator?

[jennifer1987]

LOl i wish, he already house shares. The area he lives in is soo expensive. Nice though, doesnt seem like london.

So jennifer is that your car in your avator?

i am afraid it is yes...:(

at the mo has a red door, no wing or head light :(

[Chris]

All my mates have been there done that.
Not good pay.
Four days on, four off. Think starts at 4.30am til something stupid as boats are always delayed. And there isnt even much down there.
Dover and outskirts just seem to be really run down. Nothings moving

What about Ashford?? Loads of businesses there!

Chris :)

[CloVis]

i am afraid it is yes...:(

at the mo has a red door, no wing or head light :(

aww was it not a write off???

Chris, work in Ashford. In a recruitment company, one of the biggest world wide. Trust me, theres hardly any positions going anywhere around here.
Unless you have ACCA after your name of course. lol

[jennifer1987]

well my dad's friends deal with bad crashs and fixs the car so not to much money well i say that paid £300 for parts, maybe £1000 to go.... as you can see i'm skint too.

[CloVis]

LOl yeh, its great isnt it! Wht happened to the car??

[jennifer1987]

someone drove into the side of me then claimed off my insurance.... so it is going to be rocket high next year thats for sure. i hadn't even paid for it yet, now i owe so much money...

[johnny_vts]

someone drove into the side of me then claimed off my insurance.... so it is going to be rocket high next year thats for sure. i hadn't even paid for it yet, now i owe so much money...

Cutting out smoking will give you some more spare cash :panic:

[CloVis]

Ahh stupid people.
jonny - yeh whatever.

just had a call from my bf, the garage hasent bothered to ring all day. They have hung up on my mum already.
They are now saying they are going to have to get a new hub, as they cant buy the bush on its own.If that makes any sense to anyone, please enlighten me. lol

[R4T]

you should ahve had the part for your car withing a few days and fitted the same day clo,the garage must be run by idiots,theres loads of them parts available from citreon and scrapyards

[R4T]

Ahh stupid people.
jonny - yeh whatever.

just had a call from my bf, the garage hasent bothered to ring all day. They have hung up on my mum already.
They are now saying they are going to have to get a new hub, as they cant buy the bush on its own.If that makes any sense to anyone, please enlighten me. lol

it makes sense they are fuking you about,go somewhere else they sound well dodgy!!

[jennifer1987]

Cutting out smoking will give you some more spare cash :panic:

i would spend it on something else

[CloVis]

Just rang my dad, tol him i would take it straught out of there. I dont feel safe in knowing my car has been sat in there garage all this time. Also the fact i needed it done asap, because i have no fuckin tax. Tell you what there be paying the fine!!!!

[jennifer1987]

good plan imo, needs to go somewhere else

[CloVis]

what a joke. Just rang up interpart, they offered the same part for half the price. lmao. What the hell does this garage think there playing.

[R4T]

get it somewhere else asap 2/3days max they shud have your car if that!!! god no wonder so many garages get bad names!!!

[jennifer1987]

name and shame!

[R4T]

what a joke. Just rang up interpart, they offered the same part for half the price. lmao. What the hell does this garage think there playing.

trying to make a c**t of you by the looks of it,they tried similar on my sister but it was a strut top bearing i came home from my holiday had the part the same day and fitted by night time!!!!!

[CloVis]

Well i wish you was here lol. May as well keep it there now, as it will be done tommorow. Its Poulton Services in Dover, Dont touch them!!!!

[R4T]

Well i wish you was here lol. May as well keep it there now, as it will be done tommorow. Its Poulton Services in Dover, Dont touch them!!!!

do most my own work apart from setting up an ecu/rolling road lol i bet your going to get charged a stupid price,garages charge for keeping cars in due to insurance!!!

[CloVis]

Well they can ha... still no car!

[CloVis]

Sorry about my swearing today.

[jennifer1987]

lol, your just p'ed off. i don't think you should even pay what they quoted, you should paid less because of the trouble in not having a car. plus they said it would be back

[Chris]

Then they would just keep her car until she paid the full price.

Chris :)

[jennifer1987]

thats a good point, didn't really think it through so much..
she could steal it lol, it's hers after all lol

[Chris]

Then she'd get done for failure to pay for a service provided.

Chris :)

[CloVis]

think they should get done for not providing a proper service lol. hangingup etc

[R4T]

trading standards!!!

[Chris]

think they should get done for not providing a proper service lol. hangingup etc

True.... you could report them for the atrotious service.

Chris :)

[CloVis]

Oh well hey, life goes on. Thanks you lot for your help :)

[CloVis]

Gawd. Now need a new Hub. Should be out of the garage today thank god.
Right as you might know already, my car failed the MOT. But all it needs now is a rear side bracket.
The garage its at has ordered 4 brackets but none fit!!!
Now they are saying they need a whole new hub, cos they cant get any to fit.

Costing me more!!
Does this make sense?? and is it correct that some are hard to fit. I found it abit weird that they cant find one, because vtr arnt exactly rare.

[Jacko]

werd they get the part from in the end then?

[CloVis]

Straight from the dealer, only the hub though.
No where else has one. Finding it all abit odd tbh.
God that bloke gave me bad rep on this thread - cant he see i was stressing.

[johnny_vts]

If you're really serious about "doing them", so to speak, insist on an itemised bill in the first instance and write "paid under protest" on the back of your bill and on their credit card receipt (if paying by credit/debit) or cheque (if paying by cheque). You may then, subsequently, find quotes for alternative quotes from similar garages in the vicinity and easily claim back any differential.

[CloVis]

If you're really serious about "doing them", so to speak, insist on an itemised bill in the first instance and write "paid under protest" on the back of your bill and on their credit card receipt (if paying by credit/debit) or cheque (if paying by cheque). You may then, subsequently, find quotes for alternative quotes from similar garages in the vicinity and easily claim back any differential.

Thanks,
I dont think tbh that my dad would do that, i think now with all the trouble its been my dad will just go down pay the fu*kers and drive.
But yeah, If it was me i would. Im stuck at the lovely work.:y:

[Ruddy]

Taken from Team America:

“What would you do? If you had to give your world for freeedoma, what would youuuu do to give up your life for freedom”

This has no relevance to this thread.

[CloVis]

Thank you very much Ruddy. :)

[bullit]

lol

clo just expect the worse with garages, like builders there all crap.

i had a service and alist of parts for them to order to go on the same time. i picked it up to find nothing bar the service had been done as the parts hadnt arrived, i mean talk about no brains

[CloVis]

Its pathetic isnt it. Just want my car back now!!! I miss the heap

[CloVis]

Just an update, got my car back tuesday. Drove to work Thurs and the whole thing started shaking. Got towed home by the good old RAC, and went straight to the garage. They said the Hub/bush that they fitted has broken and there replaceing it free of charge today.
Stupid garage

[Jacko]

free of charge is a result though...at least there not total twats!

[Karl]

its not a result that the new part broke right away...

[Jacko]

its not a result that the new part broke right away...

i probobly should have read it a bit more carfully:oops:

[Saxy1]

sounds like the garage you took it to are a bunch of cowboys !

[CloVis]

Yeah they are. Cant belive they put it on then two days later it broke. It didnt even need one lol. Only needed a bearing. Oh well at least it will be fixed today!! just meant i had to get a lift into work and waste more petty.

On the other hand, i had a fun ride in the RAC van lol

[Saxy1]

Yeah they are. Cant belive they put it on then two days later it broke. It didnt even need one lol. Only needed a bearing. Oh well at least it will be fixed today!! just meant i had to get a lift into work and waste more petty.

On the other hand, i had a fun ride in the RAC van lol

what do you mean by " a fun ride in the RAC Van " clo haha lol ;)

[CloVis]

Omg haha I didnt even realise it sounded like that
All Innocent me

[Saxy1]

Omg haha I didnt even realise it sounded like that
All Innocent me

lol you innocent, you sound really naughty hehe lol :y:

[R4T]

tut tut tut

[Karl]

O_o kay.

[CloVis]

I wanst trying to be, honist

[Jacko]

lol you innocent, you sound really naughty hehe lol :y:

What a line........

[Saxy1]

What a line........

i know lol :y:

[R4T]

I wanst trying to be, honist

lol yeh rite