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May 21st, 2015, 13:23 | #31 | |
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He has another garage near Gosport Adsa where he carries out his MOTs and servicing under the name of Elite. But he would not service my XC90 as I didn't buy from him. :-( So I use Swallows for that. |
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May 21st, 2015, 13:48 | #32 |
XC90? How very Harrogate!
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Typical!!! I post on here how wonderful P&R Cars are and then phoned them re a job on the car.
Guess what? They're all booked up! (Face palm)
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May 21st, 2015, 15:26 | #33 |
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WTF.
Any arse with an attitude like that deserves to go out of business.
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May 21st, 2015, 15:59 | #34 | |
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He bought the T5 I got from him back from me just before I left UK. But now you mention it, I replaced said T5 with a 240 (the one I still have) . I wanted a clutch fitted and cambelt, but he was 'fully booked'. I was 'in need' as due to leave the country... and beleived him... I had that work done by Steve at Swallows. He too is good. Yeh I knew about Elite, Thornbrake Road rings a bell. Phil used to get his MOT's done in a garage further up Newgate Lane towards Fareham before he got his licence. I did a reference sort of thing for him, I was a copper then.....
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May 22nd, 2015, 13:20 | #35 | |
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As for Steve. had a strange failure of the full dash no dials, lights, centre console, central locking and electrical windows working. I pulled a few fuses to check but found none blown, but the system did come back on line. (reset I think when fuse pulled). Talk to Steve, he hooked the car up to the computer and spent a good half hour checking and retesting the whole system. And as I use him for all my work on two Volvos the cost was £0 yes no charge. He's got my work while I drive volvos Plus Steve's garage is within walking distance from my house. Do not get me wrong I found Phil to be a nice chap, (Ex-RN myself) but I think its becoming a hobby type business for him. And if I did get the response, I would of continued to use him for the wife's car. |
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May 22nd, 2015, 23:58 | #36 | |
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My present indi does have more knowledge than the main dealer. He's always repairing stuff the main dealer will tell you is unrepairable and fixing cars that the main dealer has failed to do.
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May 23rd, 2015, 08:25 | #37 | |
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May 23rd, 2015, 16:16 | #38 |
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What a crock of poo my local indy has all the diagnostic kit that the stealers have and no doubt the same goes for most of the decent indys plus there all ex main dealer guys with years of experiance ...
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May 23rd, 2015, 16:23 | #39 |
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I know of an independant in a big city which advertises as having volvo trained mechanics and also that they use genuine volvo parts .. The former was true in 1990 which isnt much good now , and when i see a car they have previously serviced it certainly doesnt have genuine volvo parts ... also they charge more than retail price for parts .( i they do happen to be genuine volvo parts i guess ! ) one car they charged £800 for fitting just one new diesel injector ..You have to be careful unless you either know them well or at least check what they are doing and fitting ..
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May 23rd, 2015, 17:21 | #40 | |
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And dodgy and incompetent main stealers are unknown in volvo land are they ? |
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