jont wrote:From your experiences Adam, it sounds like you'd would be happier buying an older car for £2-3000 where any old garage can fix it and you certainly don't need to worry about main dealers?
jont wrote:Unfortunately I think all manufacturers can suffer from the "friday afternoon car" and it sounds like you may have had more that your fair share of these.
AdamW wrote:jont wrote:From your experiences Adam, it sounds like you'd would be happier buying an older car for £2-3000 where any old garage can fix it and you certainly don't need to worry about main dealers?
Either I have mde my feelings very clear, or you've read me very well.
AdamW wrote:sadly feel some manuacturers have the friday afternoon effect all week.
Toyota, Honda and Skoda can do it (according to the surveys), so why cant others?
Quite simply the quality control that is in place isn't up to scratch because all the mangers can see is it'll cost more to do a proper job.
jont wrote:As for Skoda - I think it's something of an expectations thing. Why do Audi/VW/Seat do so much worse comparitively than Skoda when fundamentally they are the same cars? Or is it that Skoda drivers are more mechanically sympathetic private buyers who look after their cars rather than sales reps thrashing Audi's to death? (sorry to all those people who don't comform to my stereotypes )
Angus wrote:wiper blades are only currently available through the dealership - £57 for the front pair
MiniClubmanEstate wrote:very safe as this is a modern Mini with Servo assisted disk brakes
Angus wrote:I'd dispute the cheap third party spares though - wiper blades are only currently available through the dealership - £57 for the front pair
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