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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
- - Penelope   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 15 2012, 04:44...   Aug 15 2012, 03:59 PM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (Penelope @ Aug 15 2012, 04:59 PM) ...   Aug 15 2012, 05:26 PM
- - stewiegriffin   Never heard of one stop before. Their website loo...   Aug 15 2012, 05:44 PM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 15 2012, 06:44...   Aug 15 2012, 05:59 PM
- - CBW137Y   The Car Clinic! http://www.motnewbury.co.uk/ ...   Aug 15 2012, 05:48 PM
- - HJD   A bit out of town but A & T Motors at Ball Hil...   Aug 15 2012, 07:29 PM
- - Biker1   I ha the same problem trying to get a new garage d...   Aug 15 2012, 09:13 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Aug 15 2012, 10:13 PM) I ...   Aug 16 2012, 08:05 AM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 16 2012, 09:05 AM) Do ...   Aug 16 2012, 08:37 AM
- - Strafin   I have used the car clinic a lot and have always f...   Aug 15 2012, 10:32 PM
- - Timbo   Millers are good but sometimes you have to chase t...   Aug 15 2012, 10:37 PM
|- - stewiegriffin   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 15 2012, 11:37 PM) Som...   Aug 16 2012, 08:03 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 16 2012, 09:03...   Aug 16 2012, 09:02 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 16 2012, 10:02 AM) I...   Aug 16 2012, 11:21 AM
- - NWNREADER   Sterling Garage has been honest and efficient for ...   Aug 16 2012, 05:22 AM
- - spartacus   QUOTE (HJD @ Aug 15 2012, 08:29 PM) Or ev...   Aug 16 2012, 08:06 AM
- - NORTHENDER   QUOTE (Penelope @ Aug 16 2012, 09:37 AM) ...   Aug 16 2012, 08:51 AM
- - JeffG   Wire? What wire? Mine has two lever arms with mass...   Aug 16 2012, 08:55 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 16 2012, 09:55 AM) Wir...   Aug 16 2012, 09:39 AM
- - NORTHENDER   Yes at this house I have the door mechanism is the...   Aug 16 2012, 09:02 AM
- - stewiegriffin   xjay, sorry, Timbo, I like attempted to read your ...   Aug 16 2012, 09:37 AM
|- - massifheed   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 16 2012, 10:37...   Aug 16 2012, 10:47 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 16 2012, 10:37...   Aug 17 2012, 09:23 AM
- - Brewmaster   QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Aug 15 2012, 04:44...   Aug 16 2012, 11:31 AM
- - Strafin   I like read it OK, ans it's like totally lame....   Aug 16 2012, 01:59 PM
- - HJD   I agree about plugging the engine into a diagnosti...   Aug 16 2012, 02:22 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (HJD @ Aug 16 2012, 03:22 PM) They ...   Aug 16 2012, 04:21 PM
|- - HJD   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 16 2012, 05:21 PM)...   Aug 16 2012, 07:45 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (HJD @ Aug 16 2012, 08:45 PM) And i...   Aug 16 2012, 09:16 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 16 2012, 10:16 PM)...   Aug 16 2012, 10:19 PM
|- - HJD   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 16 2012, 11:19 PM)...   Aug 17 2012, 12:33 PM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (HJD @ Aug 17 2012, 01:33 PM) The r...   Aug 17 2012, 02:52 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 17 2012, 03:52 PM) Hav...   Aug 18 2012, 01:28 PM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 18 2012, 02:28 PM)...   Aug 29 2012, 10:18 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 29 2012, 11:18 AM) Sor...   Aug 29 2012, 10:23 AM
||- - Timbo   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 29 2012, 11:23 AM...   Aug 29 2012, 10:27 AM
||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 29 2012, 11:27 AM) Yea...   Aug 29 2012, 10:39 AM
||- - Timbo   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 29 2012, 11:39 AM...   Aug 29 2012, 10:42 AM
||- - JeffG   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 29 2012, 11:39 AM...   Aug 29 2012, 12:34 PM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 29 2012, 11:39 AM...   Aug 30 2012, 09:44 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 29 2012, 11:18 AM) The...   Aug 30 2012, 08:24 PM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 30 2012, 09:24 PM)...   Aug 30 2012, 09:17 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 30 2012, 10:17 PM) The...   Aug 30 2012, 09:23 PM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 30 2012, 10:23 PM)...   Aug 30 2012, 11:36 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 12:36 AM) I...   Aug 31 2012, 12:02 AM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 31 2012, 01:02 AM)...   Aug 31 2012, 11:40 AM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 31 2012, 12:40 PM...   Aug 31 2012, 11:44 AM
||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Aug 31 2012, 12:44 PM) ...   Aug 31 2012, 11:47 AM
||- - Timbo   Double post please ignore.   Aug 31 2012, 03:33 PM
||- - Exhausted   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 31 2012, 12:47 PM...   Aug 31 2012, 07:24 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Aug 31 2012, 12:40 PM...   Aug 31 2012, 01:09 PM
- - Nothing Much   I know I ramble a bit. Priors Garage looked after ...   Aug 16 2012, 02:41 PM
- - Strafin   Normally the cam belt is part of a major service a...   Aug 16 2012, 04:41 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Strafin @ Aug 16 2012, 05:41 PM) N...   Aug 16 2012, 04:58 PM
- - Andy Capp   A cam belt can be a part of a major service. Depe...   Aug 16 2012, 05:14 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 16 2012, 06:14 PM)...   Aug 16 2012, 05:23 PM
- - JeffG   If your friend has failed teeth, he should visit h...   Aug 17 2012, 10:26 AM
- - Nothing Much   I really have no clue (and please I don't want...   Aug 17 2012, 01:04 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 17 2012, 02:04 ...   Aug 17 2012, 01:33 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 17 2012, 02:04 ...   Aug 18 2012, 04:39 PM
- - Nothing Much   I have no idea. These days . Nylons are a fond mem...   Aug 18 2012, 06:12 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 18 2012, 07:12 ...   Aug 18 2012, 06:56 PM
- - Nothing Much   I think so.Not that I ever wore any. Apart from He...   Aug 18 2012, 08:10 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 18 2012, 09:10 ...   Aug 18 2012, 09:41 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 18 2012, 10:41 PM)...   Aug 18 2012, 09:58 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Aug 18 2012, 10:58 PM) ...   Aug 18 2012, 10:00 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 18 2012, 11:00 PM)...   Aug 18 2012, 10:11 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Newbelly @ Aug 18 2012, 11:11 PM) ...   Aug 19 2012, 12:46 PM
- - Nothing Much   Having worked there for almost 10000 years there i...   Aug 20 2012, 05:07 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 20 2012, 06:07 ...   Aug 20 2012, 05:46 PM
- - Exhausted   Yet another thread dragged well off topic by the i...   Aug 21 2012, 04:51 PM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 21 2012, 05:51 PM)...   Aug 21 2012, 04:57 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Penelope @ Aug 21 2012, 05:57 PM) ...   Aug 22 2012, 10:55 AM
||- - Penelope   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 22 2012, 11:55 AM)...   Aug 22 2012, 11:14 AM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Penelope @ Aug 22 2012, 12:14 PM) ...   Aug 22 2012, 11:36 AM
||- - pbonnay   For a main dealer service, I used to get my car se...   Aug 29 2012, 09:02 AM
|- - Timbo   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Aug 21 2012, 05:51 PM)...   Aug 29 2012, 10:25 AM
- - Nothing Much   And Penelope ,I never started it. I was being seri...   Aug 21 2012, 05:14 PM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Aug 21 2012, 06:14 ...   Aug 22 2012, 11:36 AM
- - On the edge   Well OK then, back on topic(ish) I've often t...   Aug 22 2012, 09:52 AM
- - Timbo   Nvm,.   Aug 30 2012, 02:11 PM
|- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 30 2012, 03:11 PM) Are...   Aug 30 2012, 02:13 PM
- - Squelchy   That's why they charge corkage.   Aug 31 2012, 12:11 PM
- - Timbo   One million percent. What are you, the tax police...   Aug 31 2012, 03:31 PM
|- - Newbelly   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 04:31 PM) One...   Aug 31 2012, 04:02 PM
|- - Rusty Bullet   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 04:31 PM) One...   Aug 31 2012, 04:10 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 04:31 PM) One...   Aug 31 2012, 05:26 PM
||- - Timbo   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Aug 31 2012, 06:26 PM) ...   Aug 31 2012, 09:50 PM
||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 10:50 PM) Yes...   Sep 1 2012, 08:48 AM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 10:50 PM) You...   Sep 1 2012, 09:02 AM
||- - JeffG   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 1 2012, 10:02 AM) ...   Sep 1 2012, 10:24 AM
|||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 1 2012, 11:24 AM) My w...   Sep 1 2012, 10:52 AM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (andy1979uk @ Sep 1 2012, 11:52 AM)...   Sep 1 2012, 11:37 AM
|||- - andy1979uk   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 1 2012, 12:37 PM) ...   Sep 1 2012, 12:28 PM
||- - Timbo   Yeah I have a diesel. Very lovely for me, comfor...   Sep 1 2012, 07:44 PM
||- - Newbelly   As long as Timbo's car is roadworthy, safe, ta...   Sep 1 2012, 08:46 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Timbo @ Aug 31 2012, 04:31 PM) One...   Aug 31 2012, 06:10 PM
- - stewiegriffin   Dealers/garages (most of them anyway) will fit cus...   Aug 31 2012, 05:48 PM
- - On the edge   Quite agree - similarly his garage's commercia...   Sep 1 2012, 08:57 PM
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