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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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I booked my car into our local Subaru "specialist" for Saturday, waited over a week with the ****ing stupid noise coming from the brakes and he didn't show up ..

I waited from 9am to 10:20am and wasted not only my Saturday, my lift homes Saturday but a Friday night, as I couldn't do anything knowing I had to be there early..

I now have to go to Quick fit today which I really, really don't want to do ..

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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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pimmo was it the one near you that also has a rolling road?
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 10:17 AM
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yeah .. and quick fit cant do anything today due to lack of parts ..

I'm gonna have to borrow a mates car for work in case its messing up my discs.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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yes i used them once when i had my scoob, never went back though, id sooner have a yts kid who actually had only worked on lego cars working on my car than one of them muppets.

wonder if ill get a pm off them again like i did last time i slagged them off, mind you this time i aint mentioned their name so if they do pm it shows how paranoid they are haha
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Pimmo rather than quickfit have a word with richgreenscooby1 he connected with Silverstone Autosport 01244 834032 they are in Queensferry maybe they can fit you in

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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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Its a distance from me mate .. I've been PMing him .. wish he was closer ..

To be honest Moneys up to now I cant complain about them, I'm just a very, very loyal customers and service is everything to me .. for example I take my car to Fleetwood to Scooby Technix once a year for the MOT and service .. they have treated me well and I don't mind the 100 odd mile round trip ..
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Its a distance from me mate .. I've been PMing him .. wish he was closer ..

To be honest Moneys up to now I cant complain about them, I'm just a very, very loyal customers and service is everything to me .. for example I take my car to Fleetwood to Scooby Technix once a year for the MOT and service .. they have treated me well and I don't mind the 100 odd mile round trip ..
pimmo i was the same when i had mine, i used to travel all the way to prosport, but god did i love that place, pete was fantastic on scoobs and still is
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 06:35 AM
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I'm now stuck for another week with a squeaky brake that could be killing my disc ..
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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I'm now stuck for another week with a squeaky brake that could be killing my disc ..
cant you change it yourself? they are really easy
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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The garage has been in touch and explained the situation, he's offered me free labour to fix it, which is really decent of him ..

As annoyed as I am about being left outside, I think he's genuinely disappointed himself, in all fairness he is a decent guy and the reason behind it was justified.
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Its a distance from me mate .. I've been PMing him .. wish he was closer ..
Only 20 miles away from you (approx 25mins) 5 mins away from Two Mills junction up the Welsh road.. (similar distance to travelling to Chester!) I'd highly recommend them, can't do enough to help I used to travel to work (by where you live) from Buckley every day, which is even further
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Problem being mate I have to arrange a lift there and back .. which is a pain with local garages ..

My brakes are still making a noise and my engine light came on the other day .. could be the decat, but I'm convinced its making a weird noise..
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Problem being mate I have to arrange a lift there and back .. which is a pain with local garages ..

My brakes are still making a noise and my engine light came on the other day .. could be the decat, but I'm convinced its making a weird noise..
What sort of a noise are the brakes making?
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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have the pads been recentry changed it could just be the quality of them , sometimes the cheaper ones use crappy material ..????
who said we couldn't arrange a loan car for you ???
We are a main dealer for subaru ...

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No changed a while back, what's the loan car ?
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Ok the noise is doing my head in now ..

Book me in .. can I have a health check too please, its making odd noises now and then and the engine light came on the other day ..
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Originally Posted by richgreenscooby1
have the pads been recentry changed it could just be the quality of them , sometimes the cheaper ones use crappy material ..????
who said we couldn't arrange a loan car for you ???
We are a main dealer for subaru ...

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give us a ring tomoz and book it in kidda
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by richgreenscooby1
give us a ring tomoz and book it in kidda

**** me that was quick ..

Am I asking for Rich or doesn't it matter ?
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 11:48 AM
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All booked in.. you do know if you don't fix it or give me a crappy loan car I'll have to post about it here now ..

Saying that, last loan car I got from a Subaru dealer was a brown Micra .. so
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pimmo2000
All booked in.. you do know if you don't fix it or give me a crappy loan car I'll have to post about it here now ..

Saying that, last loan car I got from a Subaru dealer was a brown Micra .. so

I heard Rich was looking to lend you a Fiat Cubo

http://www.fiat.co.uk/Showroom/#showroom/qubo


he does not have one but im sure he could get one if he tried just to wind you up

Good luck in getting the problem fixed hear good reports about Silverstone
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Originally Posted by oldman-wrx
I heard Rich was looking to lend you a Fiat Cubo

http://www.fiat.co.uk/Showroom/#showroom/qubo


he does not have one but im sure he could get one if he tried just to wind you up

Good luck in getting the problem fixed hear good reports about Silverstone
would i do a thing like that
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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So far so good .. very friendly welcome, nice looking place and some nice cars ..

Given me a Yaris ... but it runs on air I think so I cant complain
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