sourob

Scollops!! I was skint,just changed job and have to work a month in advance. Anyway constructive comments welcome So sod off sunilp

sourob

my 60,ooo service is due my96. carstins of Balsall common inform me the price is £415.00. Last month it was £350.00,thats a 20% increase is it me or are we ripped off totally? Opinions please!! soula. dia8.

sunilp

should have got it done last month then eh?

And its not 20%, its 18.6 (1dp) :

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mattski

sourob, where are you...must be Coventry
area?

I get mine serviced at Roger Clarke Motorsport in Leicester, they did a
very reasonable cambelt change and
service a while ago.

The drive out there is great btw..loads
of good backlanes and so forth and you
nearly always see another 'preza or EVO
blatting around too :O)

sourob

Mattski,yep not far from Nuneaton.As regards service apparently it is in the contract that service must be done at main dealer

sunilp

Why, MY96 has no warranty left so why bother with a main dealer. What sort of contract are you handcuffed into - a 4year PCP/lease?

Sunil

sourob

Sunilp,yep that seems to be the case(I just needed a scoob at the time)I am paying £238 a month i put £3,500 as deposit and i pay a sum after 3 years.I am considering getting a new one depending on monthly payments etc.

Dave T-S

I agree - not on servicing - but on sod off Sunlip.

banshi

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sunilp:
[B]should have got it done last month then eh?

And its not 20%, its 18.6

Sunil

Excellent advice, get the work done early and avoid the inflation.

Just clocked 25k if I book for a 60,000 mile service just think how much I'll be saving

AND if you're going to be pedantic, do it properly 18.57142% I believe

Regards

B

sourob

Cheers Banshi,goddamn accountants Anyway i am totally gutted today,i had a tiny bump(OR SO IT SEEMED) now carstins want £4oo labour and £200 parts!! Anyone know of a decent non subaru garage in the Nuneaton/coventry area??Cheers.Soula.dia8.

sunilp

Banshi, you failed to see that i did put 1dp next to my post, that means "to one decimal place". You muppets must learn that absolute detail is irrelevant and immaterial in this instance, the original post was to 0dp and and, in fact, rounded to the nearest 10, and therefore also irrelevant!

Secondly, why find out about prices a month early if you dont want to get the work done. ?
Read the post again, the reason it was delayed is that Sourob lives hand to mouth and changed job so he had to wait for next months pay packet.

I will always have the last say

Dave T-S

No you won't Muppetboy. Just remember you admitted, in print, on this very BBS, that I am much funnier than you (I can search the archives and bring it back to the top for you if you like)

banshi

Sunilp

Whilst my receding hairline and expanding girth belie my age, the Labrador and white stick are not yet required. Reference to the 1dp was noted hence the suggestion to do the job properly.

But as relatively recent member of the Sunilpee Appreciation Society, I would not wish to commit the all too common folly of diverting a valid thread in order to further massage your ego.

Sorry edited for typos.

So if I may quote Emerson:- A great man will find a great subject

B(ean counter)


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sourob

SUNILP I AM A GIRL(SURPRISE SURPRISE!)YOURE WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!

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sunilp

well, you act like a bloke......you sure?

Why does a shopowner get paid a month in arrears then?

stratman

sourob

In answer to your original question, and for reference my local Subaru dealer (Robinsons in Rochdale) charges £302 inc vat. for 60000 miler, though thats based on a Jan 2000 price list so it could have gone up a bit by now.

sourob

Thanks stratman at last a sensible scooby fan Anyway sunilp i am no longer a shop slave i now work for group4 (Money is s**** but good prospects)ok.I am now going to paint my nails,just like a bloke

Dave T-S

Sunlip
At last you've got something in common with someone else - cos you're a girlie too

RonaldoH

Is your company still offering the x-mass deal to all the prisoners it transfers?

"Get away this christmass, with Group4 security"

Marcos

soula - you asked for that one!

..wasnt' the first lecture about making sure the door was shut...and which side of the door you should be on to avoid embarrasment ?

Anway - back to your original mail (which some people have completely ignored ) - I think it is a C O M P L E T E rip off for Castins to quote you such a price for the service (I don't know about the repair) - isn't it just a lubrication and sparks?

This type of rip off puts me off Dealers in general as I has a similar experience with VW - only to find out after 5 years servicing they hadn't changed my fuel filter and it had corroded etc.

My advice, if you can that is, is to go independant, as you know I use a guy called Larry who's fab and quite reasonable, a bit more money you could go to GGRacing in leicester etc etc.

ta

marcus