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Just got quoted £200 in labour alone for discs and pads all round on the Volvo V90 and £188 for 2x ARB ball joints.

Same garage quoted me £300 for a single engine mount in the Primera.

I admittedly don't understand the costs of running a large garage and employing people but fucking hell...I'd love to have a garage where I didn't feel the need to research typical costs the second after they quoted me. I've only had 1 place up here that hasn't tried ripping me off and they were up in Motherwell in the stix. 

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14 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Just got quoted £200 in labour alone for discs and pads all round on the Volvo V90 and £188 for 2x ARB ball joints.

Same garage quoted me £300 for a single engine mount in the Primera.

I admittedly don't understand the costs of running a large garage and employing people but fucking hell...I'd love to have a garage where I didn't feel the need to research typical costs the second after they quoted me. I've only had 1 place up here that hasn't tried ripping me off and they were up in Motherwell in the stix. 

It doesn't seem *that* unreasonable to me, a little on the high side maybe but not extortionate. 

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3 hours ago, MikeR said:

My car is back home , spied it on the camera being dropped off .

I wonder if the booze is still in the boot ?

I'm taking the Astra for an MOT tomorrow so I'll ask if they found thier Christmas tip ? No ? 

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28 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Just got quoted £200 in labour alone for discs and pads all round on the Volvo V90 and £188 for 2x ARB ball joints.

Same garage quoted me £300 for a single engine mount in the Primera.

I admittedly don't understand the costs of running a large garage and employing people but fucking hell...I'd love to have a garage where I didn't feel the need to research typical costs the second after they quoted me. I've only had 1 place up here that hasn't tried ripping me off and they were up in Motherwell in the stix. 

I would have thought that discs and pads would take less than an hour if you have powered tools.  

I once swapped the front calipers, discs and pads in 2 hours on my drive, including bleeding them and testing them round the block.  £200 suggests 3 hours work plus VAT ? 

Most charge £50 plus vat around here, but screw you on parts prices. Really screw you. 

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26 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

It doesn't seem *that* unreasonable to me, a little on the high side maybe but not extortionate. 

You're definitely right but the annoying part is that it's very close to being unreasonable which means I'm sceptical but not outright dismissive and now I have to do loads of research to understand whether it's unreasonable.

Slightly more and I'd walk away and not think twice. Slightly less and I'd get it done and think 'reassuringly expensive'.

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I would have thought that discs and pads would take less than an hour if you have powered tools

My understanding is 2hrs for an apprentice

I'm very open to being wrong on all of this however.

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If it's the V90 that was out in the 90s the book time is 36 min for front pads and 30 min for discs. On the back ½ an hour for pads, ¾ of an hour for disc. Plus 0.1 of an hour to check and adjust handbrake shoes. But those are times for each operation carried out on its own. Unless everything is corroded badly 2-2½ hours should do it.

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15 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

My grump for today was that while my Freeloader doesn't seem to actually leak, the two glass 'targa' roof panels are utter bastards for collecting condensation which freezes overnight than dropping cold drips on my head as I'm driving along.

How the hell do people with these modern fully glassed roofed things cope with this kind of freezing-but-damp weather?

You just get alarming sounds of ice cracking from above as it thaws out in my panoramic-roofed modern. Not noticed any major condensation with it.

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amazon...........again

I desperately needed a UV light for uni, okay well i will order one from amazon and use prime and it should be here for the day i needed it right?

WRONG

after 4 days of it not even showing on the tracking i cancelled the order, should be simple

nope

waited 2 weeks for a refund, then had to contact customer services to finally get refunded

not after waiting 7 days of course

i worked for amazon, in the "fullfilment centre" for a single day, i was not fullfilled! it was absolutely awful, i now have a wonderful job at tesco driving vans doing home deliveries which i absolutely love

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oh and the vast majority of garages

bonnet is still dented (albeit tons better now i used my glue gun dent puller on it)

been dented 6 months now since it was apparently "driven over"  which i don't believe at all

i strongly suspect he left it open as he lifted it on the lamp and it hit the roof.......but can't confirm it

anyway, zero contact from him since september when he was isolating from COVID, i know he's still alive and at work due to seeing him there the other day when i drove past

can't be fucked chasing it anymore as i know it will be just more lies

i have a very trustworthy local citroen specialist, only been there a few times now but i really like them, albeit they aren't cheap but i like them

 

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9 hours ago, MikeR said:

Modern fuel gauges , used the wife's car for work whilst my booze laden wreck was being fixed , 2 segments on the c1 fuel gauge showing ...

That will be ok ......... Not 

10 miles later . Peep Peep Peep Peep , panic , U turn , find petrol station ...

I suppose a taxi would of cost me more than a15 squid top up .... 

Triangle shaped tank! First bar lasts 110 miles, last one not so much. I treat 2 bars as empty.

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18 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

My grump for today was that while my Freeloader doesn't seem to actually leak, the two glass 'targa' roof panels are utter bastards for collecting condensation which freezes overnight than dropping cold drips on my head as I'm driving along.

How the hell do people with these modern fully glassed roofed things cope with this kind of freezing-but-damp weather?

I have a 307 SW never had any dripage from the glass roof.

Peugeot 307 SW Used car costa blanca spain - Second hand cars available  Costa Blanca and beyond!

 

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19 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

My grump for today was that while my Freeloader doesn't seem to actually leak, the two glass 'targa' roof panels are utter bastards for collecting condensation which freezes overnight than dropping cold drips on my head as I'm driving along.

How the hell do people with these modern fully glassed roofed things cope with this kind of freezing-but-damp weather?

Take a look under the carpet.

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4 hours ago, maxxo said:

oh and the vast majority of garages

bonnet is still dented (albeit tons better now i used my glue gun dent puller on it)

been dented 6 months now since it was apparently "driven over"  which i don't believe at all

i strongly suspect he left it open as he lifted it on the lamp and it hit the roof.......but can't confirm it

anyway, zero contact from him since september when he was isolating from COVID, i know he's still alive and at work due to seeing him there the other day when i drove past

can't be fucked chasing it anymore as i know it will be just more lies

i have a very trustworthy local citroen specialist, only been there a few times now but i really like them, albeit they aren't cheap but i like them

 

 

Name and shame the wasters, but equally praise your local Citroen specialist. I know I've always been too fast to do the former and not the latter.

 

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16 minutes ago, strangeangel said:

 

Name and shame the wasters, but equally praise your local Citroen specialist. I know I've always been too fast to do the former and not the latter.

 

well, not even a proper garage, was called greens autos but it's one of those no recpiet type places

Martinet motor company (citromatic) in Thornaby are truly superb, not cheap but utterly superb and make it well worth paying for

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I bought a brand new Xaomi Redmi 8XT Android phone back in April on the back of a recommendation from someone who has an interest in good technology for not a lot of money.

It was pretty cheap, about £120, SIM free and worked great for the first 5 months. The camera in particular is great, especially for close up shots of small model cars.

About  a month ago though, it wanted to update itself - looked like a big one, operating system and the rest. I scheduled it for overnight, restarted it in the morning and it has appeared to fundamentally bollox itself.

Problems are now: 

- Auto rotate works intermittently, appears to be no permanent way of fixing this.

-Typing on forums is a nightmare. The text will stop appearing on screen and I need to switch out of Chrome and back in to make it appear. Sometimes I think I've submitted the post but turn out not to have.

- Signal is frequently zero even though the indicator states full 4G+ strength.

- WiFi calls cut in and out once every 2 seconds so I have to kill it and go to mobile data. I don't want a WiFi call at any time, I want to use data but still have the WiFi on

- Difficult to wake the device sometimes.

-Messenger only wakes up when I open the app, so I miss messages that were sent ages ago if I don't access it for a while.

Turning the phone off and on again seems to have no effect.

I'm going to get a Samsung in the new year.

 

 

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phones are a weird thing, they either become utter crap after a few months or stay solid for seemingly forever

got a 3 year old galaxy s8 that i've absolutely hammered, plu many hours of it overheating being used as a satnav on a hot day

battery life isn't that good anymore but other than that it's been utterly rock solid

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You would think it is too cold at night but no.................. some vandalising twats have smashed the windscreen and driver's window on my Range Rover lastnight. Did the windscreen on my Escort too. You cannot see them from the road so add trespass to mindless vandalism.

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1 minute ago, meggersdog said:

You would think it is too cold at night but no.................. some vandalising twats have smashed the windscreen and driver's window on my Range Rover lastnight. Did the windscreen on my Escort too. You cannot see them from the road so add trespass to mindless vandalism.

Sounds personal, have you called the non emergency 101 number?

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7 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

Enquired about a car for sale with FSH with a rather standard question..   "When was the car last serviced"?

Dealer... "I don't know lost the service book"

Not FSH then is it dick ed!

Conversely I've called out in my advert for the 406 that I did what it needed prior to going to France, and I keep being asked if it has FSH.

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10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Sounds personal, have you called the non emergency 101 number?

Not personal as they are in my mates paddock on hard standing. His workshop is by the road ,a third of the way is a line of willow trees then further along on one side hard standing with a horsebox, car trailer and my two cars. On the other side a shepherds hut and outside seating area. My mate takes his dogs down there everyday, hense I know it happened lastnight. Just kids having fun* smashing things. 

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Text from quacks 

Would I like a flu jab ,according to our records you have not had one and would protect you blah blah blah .

Records !!!  You do use them !!!!

What about my missed blood tests , missing blood test results and resulting late scan .........

And the unexpected txt from the hospital whilst driving   What's going on FFS ??? Just  had my all clear , should not be hearing anything for 6 months .panic mode engaged .

got to work and fired up the download this form ,verify my details , piss around with pdf reader and .......

It's a txt to cover my appt some 10 days ago !!!

And the dogs chip details arrived , another fuck up , he is a dog  .. must be I'd ing as a bitch  in this life according to the details. 

And I woke up at 5am thinking it was 5 minutes to alarm ..... 

Going for a ssss before I walk down the landing to work .... 

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I've had pretty good luck with most of my phones.  I still have the Vodafone 858 Smart which I bought nearly 10 years ago - first Android phone I ever bought - still working fine (although it won't run the latest versions of Android so updating apps is a pain) and on standby with a spare sim card in it the battery will still last a week or more.

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Got fooled into buying a kitchen mixer last Black Friday from what now looks like a scam website. Followed a link from bbc good food website so thought it legit, but no communication for a week since the “ your order has been processed email “. Suspicion raised I looked at trust pilot and it seems it’s a scam.  Oddly though no money has been taken from my credit card.

Anyway, been on the phone to a Scottish chap ( I stay with Sainsbury’s as they have uk operators ) who closed that account and moved everything to a new one just in case. Just have to wait for the new card now and change the payment details for amazon, naked wines and PayPal etc. 

I seemed to have been saved by receiving a new card the day after I placed the order with the dodgy site and using it straight away which will have had the effect of cancelling the old card.

First time I’ve been stupid in falling for this sort of thing. 

 

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