Clutch nightmare!

[mattosmond 0]

Last week i had the golf's timing belt done, new water pump and throttle body cleaned! all for £183....

So on wed afternoon i jumped in the car to go to sunderland to get soem project owrk printed out.... got to just before the tyne bridge and the clutch pedal dropped to the floor! so pulled up rang my mechanic and he said he would drop round in the morning to take a look. But i remebered that in june just beofre i bought the car the previous owner had the whole clutch replaced for £453.17 :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

So i rang him (mechanic) back and told him,,,, he recommended that i get the aa to drop it off there (The Avenue Garage, Lowfell) to let them take a look as it would all be under warranty... So this morning i get a phone call from this avenue garage saying ' it's not the clutch but the arm near the gearbox that looksl ike a number 9 had sheared off,,,,' not covered by them so i asked how much this would cost to replace?

£15 for the part and £96 labour.... armed with this i spoke to my mechanic and he said he would do it for £40 plus the part... under 1/2 the price!!

 

So rang the garage back and informed them i wouldn't using them to the response of: 'oh well, as we've spent time dropping the gearbox then we will charge you £60!!! WTF!!!

 

So they have completely shafted me up the anus!!! rant over just to say i HATE sh!t backstreet garages!!!

 

DON'T USE 'THE AVENUE GARAGE IN LOWFELL, GATESHEAD' :evil: :evil: :hitler: :hitler: :hitler: :evil: :evil:

 

 

PS: me and the golf are having a divorce it's cost me hundreds of quid since buying it in august!!! I think corrados are more reliable than these!

[Goldie 2]

Always handy to know of any places to avoid.

 

Shame someone has to learn the hard way though....

[mattosmond 0]

But on the other hand Barry Swift is a great mechanic up in toon.... he's in the yellowpages!