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Old 13-07-2022, 06:15 PM #26
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Don't give the cowboy garage a penny of your hard earned money Thomas
So pissed off with the bastards love tbh. More fecking money
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Out of curiosity are you getting your car MOT’d at a Kwik fit? I’ve never heard good things about them, always told they’re the worst garages going.
Well our one has good reviews so I didn't think they were too bad, but I'm pissed now
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Standard, there's always something! Honestly the number of times I've been driving my car absolutely fine yet come MOT there's suddenly some MAJOR issue which absolutely needs to be fixed now at great expense. You fix that and the car runs fine for a year then next MOT - bam. Another issue.

MOTs should only be every 2 years max
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Omg i read that like : my cat is going for an MOT. I think I've had too much sun
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one time, i had to get a new headlight and it cost me Ł480, i sold that car a month later, i wasn't having that repeated
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Having paid vehicle tax, insurance and MOT recently + Ł1.90 a litre petrol I concluded that the system is rigged against against car drivers.
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Guys I'm a bit peeved off really!! My car has failed.

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.

I have done some research and seems like you have to replace the whole thing even if it's just a Ł2 bit of rubber so it's going to cost me. Also both my lights are too low so it failed for that too.

Didn't even mention or put as advisory my wipers which I'm shocked about.

The guy at Kwik thick are going to ring me tomorrow to give me a quote
I just googled about this and a lot of people say you are just best of to replace the whole arm as replacing just the dust cover is hard itself. It’s annoying I reckon they’ll probably quote you about Ł300ish. I mainly hope tho that they’re not scamming you or anything cause I always hear that Kwik Fit look for issues with peoples cars when there’s actually nothing wrong just to get money out of people.

I dread MOT’s but I’m fortunate enough to have a good BMW Indy specialist near me and they’re always really helpful.
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Standard, there's always something! Honestly the number of times I've been driving my car absolutely fine yet come MOT there's suddenly some MAJOR issue which absolutely needs to be fixed now at great expense. You fix that and the car runs fine for a year then next MOT - bam. Another issue.

MOTs should only be every 2 years max
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one time, i had to get a new headlight and it cost me Ł480, i sold that car a month later, i wasn't having that repeated
Ouch. If mine did go I think it's thousands as they're LED, bending, shadow technology...but they're suppose to last the life of the car I think

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Having paid vehicle tax, insurance and MOT recently + Ł1.90 a litre petrol I concluded that the system is rigged against against car drivers.
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I just googled about this and a lot of people say you are just best of to replace the whole arm as replacing just the dust cover is hard itself. It’s annoying I reckon they’ll probably quote you about Ł300ish. I mainly hope tho that they’re not scamming you or anything cause I always hear that Kwik Fit look for issues with peoples cars when there’s actually nothing wrong just to get money out of people.

I dread MOT’s but I’m fortunate enough to have a good BMW Indy specialist near me and they’re always really helpful.
I'm getting conflicted prices, between Ł90 to Ł300. Yeah I've read about replacing the whole thing too which just is really annoying considering if there's nothing wrong with the ball joint then why you can't just pay for for a rubber dust cap.

If they quote me anymore than Ł150 then I'll tell them to sod off and I will look elsewhere.
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I've put a request in on fix my car then local garages send you quotes.

Will see what I'm quotes by garages and then what Kwik fit say
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Looks like you got carowner virus.
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ive had nothing but crap from those quote sites. They either don't reply or charge a fortune
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Guys I'm a bit peeved off really!! My car has failed.

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.

I have done some research and seems like you have to replace the whole thing even if it's just a Ł2 bit of rubber so it's going to cost me. Also both my lights are too low so it failed for that too.

Didn't even mention or put as advisory my wipers which I'm shocked about.

The guy at Kwik thick are going to ring me tomorrow to give me a quote
What Volvo do you have?
Should be no more than 150
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What Volvo do you have?
Should be no more than 150
S90.

She's beautiful. I hope not.

I'm still paying off Vegas
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That looks like some sort of clitty rub

But it's pointless me buying one because I wouldn't know what to do with it and i don't think Kwik fit would touch it.
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That looks like some sort of clitty rub

But it's pointless me buying one because I wouldn't know what to do with it and i don't think Kwik fit would touch it.
no you buy it and get your local Volvo specialist to fit it for you

search for your local volvo specialist
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