if I were Kev I would be publicly asking for the video to be published if he's confident that there is no such video. Anyone know if Kev has seen it yet?

 

What problems you got?? Have you tried MB Developments, Matty is a top lad and only just of junction 10 of the M6!!

 

I've been and seen matt for a sti bootlid for my spoiler didn't know he did repairs

 

I've been to the clinic for quite a few meets and RR days. They are helpful and give good advice, IMO they go the extra mile to help people. Kev even tried to help people with 'pay monthly' but that stopped when 3 people ripped him off for over £3k each
Another customer went in for an SC42 fitting and mapping. Turbo was fitted but during mapping it wasn't making expected power, some things were checked and another SC42 was fitted and mapping started again. Same outcome. an SC46 was then fitted with a new cat back exhaust and got similar results. After further investigation the downpipe was replaced and mapping started again. The results went through the roof and made the expected power.
Now, that took hours of labour and was on the rollers for hours. all Kev charged for was supply and fit of turbo and full exhaust and the cost of one map. He must have been well out of pocket, but still charged a more than fair price

I've got some of Petter Solbergs race boots (bought from Prodrive) and one of the clinic lads is friends with Petter. He took my boots to Petter and got them signed for me

I very much doubt the 'ragging it down the lane' and don't think the lads are like that, but I would like to see the footage.
Also, I wonder if the clinic have any footage of them not blocking him in and them shaking hands when they give him the keys?????

 

Well I think it's time I jumped in with my 2 pence worth.

I don't really consider myself to be a big guy, but seriously there is like one guy at SC that is bigger than me and he is training for something like Mr Universe, the rest of them are to be fair something like 10 stone p!ss wet through, no dis-respect intended, but hardly capable of intimidating my Mrs let alone a grown man. Sorry ads

Fair enough if a pair of tw$ts got caught ragging a customers motor, I was in the trade before all this technology bollocks and it was common practice to go out and give the "hot" cars a good **** ragging, what can I say guys, how many of you wouldn't go cane a customers car with no come back, not too many I think if it was considered normal, as it was in my day.

Only rule was don't bin it and the only reason it became unexceptable was that a few of the guys broke the golden rule and binned a few cars.

I don't know all the in's and outs of this situation but honestly are there really people out there that think that one of the perks of working for a garage that deals with fast cars isn't being able to rag the **** off them. .

 

I was about to say, you're a smart guy, but really you don't need to be smart to see the obviousness.

 

I was quoting typer99 not kev or the clinic just to make sure you read it wrong

 

I wouldn't bother mate what they say and what they do are two different things, I was talking to kev for ages about simply mapping an esl he had onto my car, a simple task that took an hour tops by another mapper, took them nearly a week when, a bottom end, a heater matrix and by the time they had finished blasting my car a head gasket quoted on top of the nearly £900 I paid for the heater matrix and dyno runs an additional £2500. Took my limping car home, just needed a new temp sensor after all that twatting about.


Moral of the story, he'll say they'll do the work to get you down then 'find' or create as it seems a shed load more issues and hold your car till you pay up or limp it home.

 

Thanks for the advice!

 

I'd check that signature...you sure it doesn't say 'Peter Solberg'

 

WOW I call BS again, when mapping a car it can quite easily expose weak points in a setup... Due to the natural nature of the engine been more stressed, so things can let go, I wouldn't dream of having my car mapped with out basically knowing everything is A OK. IlFor example at the moment people seem to be buying cars off the likes of robberham Scoobies, then the car lets go after a couple of months and they go back to have a cheap car fixed with cheap bodge repairs and there begins the viscious cycle, in the end you get what you pay for, yes the clinic aren't the cheapest but they certainly are in my opinion the best.. The internet can be a great place when used correctly but it can also be used for lots of evil and malicious actions...
The most disappointing aspect of this thread is its all hear say... And admin seem to let it go on...
Yet when I put a story up about the silicone saga in Rotherham and many more instances got posted the thread got removed due to the owner threatening the forum with legal action... And apparently me....

 

Over 10 pages on MLR so far.

 

No solid proof yet tho I'm guessing?

 

no video posted this thread should be locked as its slanderous

 

I'm in the trade and find your comment pretty shocking!.. I'm dealing with people's pride and joy,I always give they're cars the respect I'd expect them to give mine!

 

Had this guy got anything todo with tony hughes by any chance?

 

Tony Hughes?

 

it was the 80's and we were all in our early 20's what can I say.

 

Threee things.

There are so many holes in this guys story it's unreal. Anybody with an ounce of common sense would be able to see that. The guy should get an award for creative writing!

Secondly, these comments are hilarious. You've got people that have never been to the clinic and base their opinions on what they get told or what they hear. You've got garden shed tuners and breakers and mechanics that are addicted to silicon and sealant as a universal cure for everything a hammer and a lie can't fix. Or people that instantly believe everything they read. Newsflash: that thing between your ears that hurts when you think too hard needs exercise - use it for yourself.

I never had a high opinion of the clinic in the early days. Seemed a bit expensive, a bit laid back. But when the brown smelly stuff hit the fan and one of the previously mentioned garden shed mechanics wrecked my car they stepped up and not only got me back on the road but better than it was before. They most likely ran at a loss too with all the extra work and bits it needed even after I'd paid the bill and the return visits I didn't get charged for while they tweaked issues. Or fixing a minor issue just before xmas that turned out to be a massive one and helping me out with labour costs.

My opinion on this is simple. This clown was out for one of two things. Either free repairs for a previous accident or to try and make the clinic look bad so that certain so-called "specialists" could get one over. We all know a clown or two that don't like the fact the clinic do well and they don't, don't we?

 

Would this be some of the so called facebook tuners as one thing I have noticed is all the established tuners speak and have a mutual respect for each other

 

I am a garden mechanic, does that mean i love silicone and the other billy bodge it stuff?
I have a motto of, if you want something doing, do it yourself as im picky with my things and like to know for peace of mind what/how its been done and not bolts left untightened.
Unless my knowledge or competence is questioned then i take to garage

 

Haven't been to SC in years but the service I had was second to none

Was there early for a removal of a few items. A remap and a few tweaks

Didn't get finished until 11pm. The car was on the dyno for at least 4 hours

Got a loan of there own car to potter around town in

Steve

 

Such as?

 

Im the same mate, do it all myself.. What usually happens when you dont really have buckets of expendable income, but do have the spare time to sort the issues out, especially as we only find the issues due to the attention to detail.

First time I asked a mechanic to do a bit of work for me was to remove and refit my sc42 a couple of weeks ago as I was up to my eyes with work, he told me to bugger off and stop being lazy lol!!

 

I think by garden mechanic he is referring to bodgers like those on Facebook that charge for their incompetence
Not people that work on their own cars

 

I know one or two of those!! But not naming anyone lol

 

And act like their helping you out as part of the community is all i keep seeing

 

Let's start with, "why drive 3hrs out just for brakes?"

Then there's the video footage. Someone who has seen it says there's nothing untoward and no audio, but the guy won't post it to back his story up.

Then there's blocking him in. If you've been to the clinic you'll know that there's more cameras than a cheryl Cole nipple slip. So if the clinic say they have him on CCTV receiving the keys and shaking the technicians hand, and it backs their story up from a legal point of view why lie? A d why risk further costs using a customers car that could potentially get damaged? Not to mention that the behaviour claimed from Kev is totally out of character. And in the scheme of things a tad excessive over a £10 bracket! we can go on all day but the story just doesn't add up.

 

Until a video appears it cannot be taken seriously.

 

Yeah I kinda mean those that were a forklift driver/tattooist/ASDA shelf stacker etc one minute and before you know it, boom! They're a breaker or a specialist 😂 we can all name one or two of those types... No business insurance no breakers licence no procedures in place for disposal of fluids harmful to the environment, hoists erected by a mate for £20 that lean further than the famous tower (and no safety certificates), trading in cash to avoid the tax-man.... That sort of thing....