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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Thumbs down 50k service...
630 quid...nuff said...!!!

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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Try owning a Land Rover or a Volvo.
Subarus are only expensive if your used to Fords or similar. Over the term of ownership the costs are outweighed by things not going wrong.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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do it urself,all oil replacements are easy enough.

discs/pads,easy enuff.

only hard thing is cambelt,do all other stuff urself at a cost of about £100 and cambelt costs £200 from main stealer, £300 saving
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by brihoppy
630 quid...nuff said...!!!

Go to a specialist and you should be able to nearly halve that bill, cam belt or no cam belt.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Zen Performance..£265, won't be a million miles away....

Save this away for next time

http://www.zenperformance.co.uk/cms_...e%20070906.pdf
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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Why the hell do their hourly rate price go up the bigger the service, an hours work is an hours work, i get paid an hours wage if i have an easy job or a mother of a job that day
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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i really do hate taking it to a main stealer but its all about the FSH...
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Why the hell do their hourly rate price go up the bigger the service, an hours work is an hours work, i get paid an hours wage if i have an easy job or a mother of a job that day
I think it's just poor english, should say labour and not labour per hour
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Originally Posted by brihoppy
i really do hate taking it to a main stealer but its all about the FSH...
By time I sell my car, the breakers yard won't car about a history, so long as someone competant does my cambelt, I'll do the rest myself
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by brihoppy
i really do hate taking it to a main stealer but its all about the FSH...
I'd be a lot happier to see a service book with lots of API stamps or Scoobyclinic etc. At least I would know the car had been looked after by professionals and not cowboys.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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Even cambelt can be DIY as at least you can get to it once rad is removed. I need one changing on my Citreon and I would not even attempt it - esp. as my neighbour will do it for £70.00 incl. belt

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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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i know main dealers are expensive but everytime i cant help thinking theyve fleeced me...!!!
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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no need to remove the rad to do a belt plenty of room with it in there, and as for specialists not ripping people off yeah right!
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