Feel like I'm about to be ripped off

[Maccapacca]

They've just emailed me with £15 off

 

[Kenai]

That changes everything, why are you still here????

 

[MagicBoy]

Oh well that changes their awful reputation for shoddy workmanship.

 

[ShiWarrior]

Thinking about clutches I've had my car almost 5 years now and my clutch isn't slipping yet, and its a renaultsport

 

[Biohazard]

I echo the comments from others about the cheap labour. £35+vat per hour will be a backstreet dive with a moron doing the work.

BMW quote me £30 an hour for labour.

 

[King4aDay]

BMW quote me £30 an hour for labour.

Blimey, that's amazing.

My nearest Honda place is £65/hour and the decent independent £60. Can't remember if that's including VAT or not either.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/articles/2012/09/cars/garage-labour-rates-hit-record-high

 

[Biohazard]

Where about?

 

[King4aDay]

Where about?

Western Honda Edinburgh.

 

[Biohazard]

Western Honda Edinburgh.

Ouch. That's Eastern Western, but I used to play a lot of cards with the workshop manager so I guess that's how I haggled that one.

Not had to use them yet.

 

[Scania]

Many years ago I had a renault 19 16v on an original clutch at 120k and it would have been about 15 years old at that point. The engine blew up before the clutch did. I've heard of original clutches going well past 150k if driven professionally.

Just don't slip, and match revs.

My old e36 was on 175k on its factory clutch when I sold it, it had done 80k in my fathers business as a rep mobile, and another 45k with my mother driving it prior to me buying the car, how it lasted so long I don't know!!

310k miles on my last 08 plate Scania without a clutch change, my 10 plate replacement needed a new one after 95k - I blamed agency drivers abusing it at weekends when I was off!

 

[Biohazard]

Yeah, I see a lot of them drifting once they've dumped their load