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Originally posted by Chas C Chas C wrote:

Incidentally Dunk, do all quotes include VAT?


100% sure about the dealer and Stirling quotes including VAT. Got to assume the Ibrox one doesn't.
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

100% sure about the dealer and Stirling quotes including VAT. Got to assume the Ibrox one doesn't.

If that assumption is correct it would make a bit more sense.  If not then the Ibrox quote is definitely "awfy cheap"

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Insp I on M3 includes valve clearance check and new spark plugs as well as the usual checking gubbins. Estimated at 5hours.

That will explain why they replace the rocker cover gasket

 
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mind you, looking at this pic from another thread..


you may want to try here for something cheaper 
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Originally posted by Rossi Rossi wrote:

you may want to try here for something cheaper 


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from personal exp the Ibrox Indy doesn't include VAT on his quotes and he charges 45 per hour labour although he does offer you the chance to pay cash and wave the VAT but then that's without invoice.

I'm no mathematician but 45 @ 5hrs = 225 and that's before parts, so something definitely doesn't add up.

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He's not including valve clearances in that price. Worth a call to clarify?
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:


Parks Glasgow 602.56 (I checked they had heard Insp I not II and that we were talking about an E36 and not anything more modern...)

Not remember your incident with the clutch?

And the slight mishap with my first E60?

Granted I know why you want to take it there.

Made your mind up yet where you are going to take it?

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Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

Not remember your incident with the clutch?


I do indeed but I like to get prices anyway so I get a feel for what's on offer.

Have booked the Stirling garage as I was pleased with them on a previous job, they're local so i can work from home, they can sort my MoT too and they take plastic.
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

Not remember your incident with the clutch?




Have booked the Stirling garage as I was pleased with them on a previous job, they're local so i can work from home, they can sort my MoT too and they take plastic.

 

That`s 2 of the best reasons mate

1.Happy with previous work

2.They take plastic

 

Sort out a Club discount while your there
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bit of a slap in the face to a car club promoter/ sponsor tho...ah well, your choice..
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Originally posted by Rossi Rossi wrote:

bit of a slap in the face to a car club promoter/ sponsor tho...ah well, your choice..

could be the incentive he requires to drop his prices to compete.... ?

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Originally posted by Rossi Rossi wrote:

you may want to try here for something cheaper 
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Originally posted by Rossi Rossi wrote:

bit of a slap in the face to a car club promoter/ sponsor tho...ah well, your choice..


That's got to be one of your most abrasive / downright irritating posts yet

I like Davy and respect his business and work. The club in Scotland is very grateful for all his support and we hope he gets the business to reward him for his investment in us. However his total service proposition simply does not suit me in this instance. "Slap in the face"? I think not. Please don't pass comment on a decision you know very little about.
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I get my M6 serviced and MOT for 200 at (ex main dealer trained) RTS Motors in Huddersfield. A bit far for the lads in Scotland, but a great job at a great price. Main Dealer cost is around 650 for the same work.
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Davy is brillant.  I had trailing arm bushes and a ball joint done to my E36 the other week, and i was there the whole time while he carried out the work chatting to him.  He told me he charges 35/hour and 30/hour to club members which is excellent.
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

Originally posted by Rossi Rossi wrote:

bit of a slap in the face to a car club promoter/ sponsor tho...ah well, your choice..


That's got to be one of your most abrasive / downright irritating posts yet


thank you for your kind words, but Davy is a fair distance from me too and it entails me taking a day off work to visit him to fix and maintain my car also..As you have only just said, the circumstances don't suite you during the week or a saturday, which is fair enough.

Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

Davy means a day off work for me...

The suggestions of a saturday visit weren't replied to so, I am only going by the aforementioned posts in the thread, which made me see red  prior to your kind words.
I've already taken 3 days off this year to get work done on the car at Davy's and I am an entirely satisfied customer who thinks he should get nothing but praise for his work.(top bloke too)

A failure to reply to suggestions doesn't help matters either as it has only clouded the issue in my view.

Originally posted by webdunk webdunk wrote:

Please don't pass comment on a decision you know very little about

so everyone knew you couldn't make it on a saturday without actually posting a reply to the question of a saturday visit in the thread



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