shortfuse 2
Senior member
come on let us no which dealer
Garage abusing my zed!!
- Thread starter Steven4018
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Tricky Dicky
Member
Are you going to tell which dealer was it a main agent :voodoo:
Terryvision
Lifer
I wouldn't be paying the bill that's for sure.....
grumpyoldfart
Member
+1 for no bill pay and a huge appology due
Sorry for the late reply guys!
So, needless to say, I went off on one when in the office, was an independent dealer.
Some of you may have seen my post the other day about not hearing anything from an inde re: collecting my car. Following on from that, I booked my zed in with a different garage to have the MOT and headlight washer repair done as I was so annoyed with the last people.
Putting trust into a new garage, this was the last thing I expected!!!
The driver of the car apologised to me, before and after I laid into him some! The garage agreed I would not be paying the labour cost of the work done.
Still in shock really that some idiot believes that driving someone's elses car in that manor is acceptable! If someone had told me they'd seen my car being driven like that, I wouldn't have believed them! But only the fact I'd seen it with my own eyes!
In two minds whether to send them the bill for my next set of rear tyres...
So, needless to say, I went off on one when in the office, was an independent dealer.
Some of you may have seen my post the other day about not hearing anything from an inde re: collecting my car. Following on from that, I booked my zed in with a different garage to have the MOT and headlight washer repair done as I was so annoyed with the last people.
Putting trust into a new garage, this was the last thing I expected!!!
The driver of the car apologised to me, before and after I laid into him some! The garage agreed I would not be paying the labour cost of the work done.
Still in shock really that some idiot believes that driving someone's elses car in that manor is acceptable! If someone had told me they'd seen my car being driven like that, I wouldn't have believed them! But only the fact I'd seen it with my own eyes!
In two minds whether to send them the bill for my next set of rear tyres...
That's disgraceful, I'd have been close to either hitting someone, or calling the police. You don't f**k with someone else's property, especially when it's entrusted to your care. I hope they didn't run any red lights with cameras or pick up a fine somewhere else. That'll be a PITA to sort. Shame you didn't have a dash cam... At least they didn't charge for the work, but that's really not the point.
SOunds like youve had some bad garage experiences. Im sure someone here can help point you towards a more reputable localish indie!
pvr said:
If you have an LSD they can't do the roller test for the brakes, or they shouldn't due to risk of damage. A test drive using a device in the passenger footwell to test the brakes should be used.
the stations I've used have done this in their yard just driving a few yards, but I remember somebody on here who's car went awol for 20 minutes during a MOT.
srhutch said:
That's true, although I once did repair work on a Noble that went to have its MOT, the garage took it out for the brake test, drove it far too fast and crashed it to the extent that the insurance company wanted to write it off :headbang:
It beggars belief that they would drive someone else's car like that...
I had a Saab a few years ago that the dealer returned from the workshop to my office. Dropped off with brakes tinkling and smell of burning. The lad was proud he'd had 'a fantastic run' Shame as my new disks and pads were probably shot...
Needless to say one rant later a full set of discs and pads and a tank of fuel was sorted out.
Lad got a written warning which they showed me...
I was astounded that someone would drive it like that, but as others have said it's just a car to them and they are only human, despite the job title...
In terms of Mot's - my Jeeps are road tested as the trans can get wound up and bust on rollers...
Needless to say one rant later a full set of discs and pads and a tank of fuel was sorted out.
Lad got a written warning which they showed me...
I was astounded that someone would drive it like that, but as others have said it's just a car to them and they are only human, despite the job title...
In terms of Mot's - my Jeeps are road tested as the trans can get wound up and bust on rollers...
Steven4018 said:Walking down the road to collect my zed from a garage this afternoon from having some work done to it, when I saw a z4 come flying past me, doing well over the speed limit (30), stopping to let the car in front turn off and then revved to buggery and wheelspinned off!
sounds about right, its the kinda car they wanna take out "lets see how quick these are" etc, pick your garage carefully
], it was just on the pad, and the LSD afterwards was always fine. 
