hello
my scoobys engine blew up,con rod snapped and smashed engine to bits,was doing 150mph.
got a quote for a fully reconditioned engine from a place called macc (midland auto care center) in birmingham, it cost me 2500 pound,got car back,macc had smashed my front bumper,various scratches to car,electrical faults,broke glove box and left chicken bones in engine bay,worsed of all i got ripped they fitted a second hand engine with loads of oil leaks and basically have nearly destroyed my car,my scooby is my pride and joy,had loads of hassle over the months with the company,now in hands of solicitors,might have to goto court,they are a bunch of liers and con artists,i live in newcastle upon tyne which is 4 hrs drive to birmingham,i basically would like to know if anyone else has been conned or have used this garage,or had any problems at all with them,they say they are a big company and say they are the best at scoobys,if possible could someone check them out for me,even a drive past to see if its a small buisness,i know i will get done even at court if i win and the only way i will get copensation is if i find out where the bosses house is in birmingham,so the court can send the baylifts round.
honestly this has had me head done in for months any bodys help will be excellent.
i have the name of boss the address of unit,and phone numbers to contact maccs,if this would help
cheers phil
silver scooby newcastle upon tyne

 

150 mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was that on a private road?

 

hello
cant tell you that,if you know what i mean.

 

This a wind up or what???

 

no wind up mate its the truth.need some help before i totally lose my rag with this firm

 

Keep cool, keep careful notes and keep all documents and your records of conversations.
Photo's will help too.

Let the law carry the case and I hope you get justice.

Good luck.

 

Why did you travel so far for the repairs,were you recomended to use this company.

 

i have kept kool mate got the pictures of my car before it left,got the documents what say recon engine,all the damage they have done,and the cost of repairs since got it back,but its a civil dispute which the company can get out of it even if i win the case they just dont pay,then i need to issue the baylifts but need to find out the bosses home addresss before i do this,i know they wont pay up.

 

My sentiments excatly.

 

Nightmare mate, but good question above... why didn't you use someone local and trust worthy? Bit late now I appreciate.

 

hello
they come and picked the car up and brung it back to me,i could of went local but there was a three week waiting lists for the engines to be reconed,i got the quote of 1st choice spairs off net,midland auto care center rung me up said i would have my car back within three days all sorted,i was deperate at the time as my thumb was broke and had just had operation on leg the week before,so this sounded my best bet mate,how wrong was i,they did not even put a new oil filter on.

 

Your legal man will look after you.
Small claims court, nice and fast.
He will know what to do.

Pointless asking 'why' questions, but fix the future. 'Don't get mad, get EVEN!'

 

Unfortunately the "recon" trick is an old one. What standards are applied to reconditioning an engine is dubious at best. One would be led to believe it would be stripped, cleaned, inspected worn parts replaced, reassembled, and tested, so would be as new. But the reality could be it just had a external visual inspection (i.e it started and ran on all cylinders = ok ).

The case will be be proving that you were told/sold that the recon will be a "as new engine" and proving what you have isn't anything of the like.

Best of luck.

 

hello
i know i was that desperate to get the scooby back on the road i just went with this firm for quickness and they sounded to be realy good,but might aswell of had all my teeth knocked out,you would not belive what conversations i have had with them and letters i have recieved,i will issue court procedings by my soliciter but macc have stalled again by saying they have there soliciter on the case now and were going to get back in touch with my soliciter,macc boss said to my soliciter that they have just took over company and it was in a right mess,but thats stalling talk as the first thing i got off the company was a buisness card and it has the bosses name on who was in charge of the firm when my car got wrecked and its the same name boss who spoke to my soliciter last week/
i have been told by my soliciter that this matter would not be the worth the paper its wrote on even if i win the court case they just dont pay up,the only thing i can do is send the baylifts round to bosses house,i know for a fact they wont pay up,to much said,too many lies and alot of other things.


i was going to buy a fully reconditioned engine off ebay or get a local garage to do it but it was going to take weeks,i could of got my pal to fit it,hes got his own garage in newcastle.i wish i had of done but i got done good style in end of day,might have too take matters in to my own hands if i get nothing out of the courts,just go down and take some stuff out of there garage,sell it myself.what i load of rubbish the law is for things like this.

 

Good luck mate - hope they get screwed for it

I had a similar problem with Sextons once with my old car - I advised them the front bumper was low and not to drive it into the sloped workshop area. Picked it up after work to find the front bumper all scratched - felt like smacking em.

They said I done it and it wasn't them!? I could prove this with photos taken just before and managed to make them pay up without going through court

 

what does it matter where he did it or even if he actually did it, why is this the first comment people come out with whenever anyone mentions speeds above 70mph??

The guy asked a question, If you can't answer it then why bother even commenting???

 

cheers mate,realy could do with the help,i will return the favour.i am not new to this site either,i was registered but forgot my user name and password and could not reset password,so joined again,need your helps fellow scooby lovers,its my pride and joy and these ruined it

 

If the company are limited then the boss is not personally responsible for any company debts, so sending the bailiffs to his home address is not an option.

 

hello
no they are not a limited company,my soliciter explained this to me,but thanks anyway,any help is good.

 

 

Just go with your solicitor for the time being,If you dont mind me/us asking whats his thourghts on it?

 

Too late now but you really should have went to AS Performance - Rally Motorsport Specialists

 

As above mate, should have gone to see Alyn

 

Not heard of this place in Brum........

 

Another tip, wouldn't buy recon engines fom ebay, all seem too cheap. A mate of my Dad works for a Sub dealer, and THEY bought recon engine for £1500, which was cr*p and blew up, most of the ones on ebay are around £700........
And claim to have had so much work done, they obviously havnt, as they would be worth a lot more. Go to Alyn, genuine bloke, most on tyneteesscoobies would recommend

 

These the guys?

MACC | Midland Auto Care Centre - Birmingham

 

chicken bones in the engine bay?

 

No Liabilities or Warranties
MACC will not be liable for any damages or injury caused by, including but not limited to, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure.

 

Are you all sure this isnt a wind up, me smells a rat. Lost my user name and password, logged on again.I was doing 150 MPH of course you where.

Something isnt right, send your car to a garage you have never seen 4 hours from home, cough up £2,500.00 without seeing the car ? Let me think.

One trip on here you could search for reputable repairers in seconds.

If you are genuine and you have admitted to being on here before under another name you should know whats what in the Subaru world, not doing the basics you deserve to have your kecks yanked down for being some what stupid.

 

maybe its just us but I felt the same about this guy, check out his thread about putting NOS in scooby. Somethings definitely not right!!!

Hope he's not SN version of ImranVXR