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stewiegriffin
post Aug 15 2012, 03:44 PM
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It's time to get my car serviced, so I rang around three supposedly reputable local garages today to get some quotes.

Chris Fiddler's told me to call back next week when the boss is back!
Millers Garage told me they'd phone me back and never did. Same story with Rayners.

Now, I distinctly remember being told we were in some sort of double dipping austerity calamity and we're all going to die.

So why can't any of these three be bothered to do something as simple as giving me a price for servicing a car?

Clearly they must all be making so much money that my custom is surplus to their requirements.

So can anyone here recommend a good local garage that might just possibly be willing to let me give them some money? Who have you used that's good? Any suggestions welcome thank you!

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- stewiegriffin   Nobody Wants My Money!   Aug 15 2012, 03:44 PM
- - Timbo   Yes, sorry Exhausted it was a rear brake caliper. ...   Sep 2 2012, 11:13 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 12:13 PM) Yes,...   Sep 2 2012, 11:15 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 2 2012, 12:15 PM) ...   Sep 2 2012, 11:33 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Sep 2 2012, 12:33 PM) ...   Sep 2 2012, 11:36 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 2 2012, 12:36 PM) ...   Sep 2 2012, 04:40 PM
|- - stewiegriffin   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 05:40 PM) I am...   Sep 2 2012, 05:11 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 05:40 PM) With...   Sep 2 2012, 05:38 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 05:40 PM) .......   Sep 2 2012, 06:30 PM
- - Timbo   Obvious troll is obvious. I'm going to go do s...   Sep 2 2012, 11:22 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 12:22 PM) Obvi...   Sep 2 2012, 11:30 AM
- - Biker1   You never know when you might have to "brake ...   Sep 2 2012, 11:23 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 2 2012, 12:23 PM) You...   Sep 2 2012, 11:32 AM
- - NORTHENDER   From watching many of the police programmes that a...   Sep 2 2012, 12:26 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (NORTHENDER @ Sep 2 2012, 01:26 PM)...   Sep 2 2012, 12:48 PM
- - JeffG   Doesn't something like that invalidate your in...   Sep 2 2012, 01:21 PM
|- - Strafin   QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 2 2012, 02:21 PM) Does...   Sep 2 2012, 02:00 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 2 2012, 02:21 PM) Does...   Sep 2 2012, 03:05 PM
- - Timbo   Maybe I should. I don't have a Golf... too sm...   Sep 2 2012, 05:30 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 06:30 PM) Mayb...   Sep 2 2012, 07:03 PM
- - Timbo   I can promise you there are far more dangerous thi...   Sep 2 2012, 05:46 PM
|- - HJD   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 06:46 PM) come...   Sep 2 2012, 06:45 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 2 2012, 06:46 PM) I ca...   Sep 2 2012, 06:46 PM
- - Timbo   Heaven Forbid!   Sep 2 2012, 07:49 PM
- - On the edge   Seems to me that this was no worse than ignoring p...   Sep 2 2012, 08:36 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Sep 2 2012, 09:36 PM...   Sep 2 2012, 08:53 PM
- - On the edge   I suppose being pedantic, for me that's also a...   Sep 3 2012, 06:38 AM
|- - Berkshirelad   QUOTE (On the edge @ Sep 3 2012, 07:38 AM...   Sep 3 2012, 08:10 AM
|- - andy1979uk   I would'nt use One Stop, if anyone was thinkin...   Sep 3 2012, 09:01 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 10:01 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 09:04 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 3 2012, 10:04 AM) Why...   Sep 3 2012, 09:08 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 10:08 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 09:16 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 3 2012, 10:16 AM) Oh ...   Sep 3 2012, 09:22 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 10:22 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 09:31 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 3 2012, 10:31 AM) OK ...   Sep 3 2012, 09:32 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 10:32 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 09:36 AM
||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 3 2012, 10:36 AM) If ...   Sep 3 2012, 09:42 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 10:32 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 10:39 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 3 2012, 11:39 AM) Alth...   Sep 3 2012, 10:56 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 3 2012, 11:56 AM)...   Sep 3 2012, 11:20 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 3 2012, 12:20 PM) I ha...   Sep 3 2012, 05:31 PM
|- - Timbo   If you want your car machine polished do not go to...   Sep 3 2012, 06:35 PM
|- - Newbelly   Back in the 80's I had a Golf GTi. To save mon...   Sep 3 2012, 06:48 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 3 2012, 07:35 PM) If y...   Sep 4 2012, 07:47 AM
||- - Timbo   No problem Andy. And for example allow me to show...   Sep 4 2012, 08:04 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Sep 3 2012, 07:35 PM) If y...   Sep 4 2012, 07:48 AM
- - Andy Capp   That sounds like ARB drop links I repaired for my ...   Sep 3 2012, 11:14 AM
- - Andy Capp   With my GF's drop links I had to take the weig...   Sep 3 2012, 11:35 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 3 2012, 12:35 PM) ...   Sep 3 2012, 12:31 PM
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|- - x2lls   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 3 2012, 12:35 PM) ...   Sep 3 2012, 02:03 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (x2lls @ Sep 3 2012, 03:03 PM) If I...   Sep 3 2012, 02:58 PM
- - NORTHENDER   You certainly excelled yourself today 79, on here ...   Sep 3 2012, 04:40 PM
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