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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tunnie on 14 May 2014, 09:43:20
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So the 3.2's climate is on the blink again, last year had it gassed back near my parents. It still had gas in the system at the time (I was told) - pressure was good? Worked well for the summer.
Now it's warm again, no super cold air :(
Rang around a few places, prices ranged from KwikKrap's £49.99 to some independents asking £89 :o
Vauxhall Camberley, £59 :y
Could not be more helpful too about sorting a time to come in, I can drop if off Friday evening, for it to be done some time Saturday morning.
Bet it's a while since they have seen an Omega ;D
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Bet one of the valves is leaking, either be the lp or hp. Might be worth having new fitted as both only cost £9.00 the pair :)
gets ready to be proved wrong..Compressor,condensor, pressure valve..
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Bet one of the valves is leaking, either be the lp or hp. Might be worth having new fitted as both only cost £9.00 the pair :)
gets ready to be proved wrong..Compressor,condensor, pressure valve..
Good to know, will see what they say :)
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I'd be very surprised if you drive out of Vx with a working Air Con for £59. :-\
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I'd be very surprised if you drive out of Vx with a working Air Con for £59. :-\
I was surprised at the quote, but that is their air-con re-gas cost :o
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Had mine done last year at VX regas,both valves (i supplied),full valet all part of the masterfit experience sir. With my £40 masterfit voucher £30.00 to pay. :y
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I'd be very surprised if you drive out of Vx with a working Air Con for £59. :-\
I was surprised at the quote, but that is their air-con re-gas cost :o
If it's died inside a year, though, something's not right. :(
That's the price to hook it up to the machine and press the button, presumably. ;)
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I'd be very surprised if you drive out of Vx with a working Air Con for £59. :-\
I was surprised at the quote, but that is their air-con re-gas cost :o
If it's died inside a year, though, something's not right. :(
That's the price to hook it up to the machine and press the button, presumably. ;)
At £80 an hour... I would imagine so :-\
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At £80 an hour... I would imagine so :-\
which is about 40mins at MB ???
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A good job the parts prices are reasonable then :y
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A good job the parts prices are reasonable then :y
I've always thought so. :y
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
Have it tunnie , you only live once :) :P
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Quick buy the VXR and trade in before they find the real air con problem..... ;D ;D ;D
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Probably costs less ;D
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
You need them with the BHP they have ;D ;D ;D
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
You need them with the BHP they have ;D ;D ;D
Tunnie doesn't.
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Did you get your AC sorted though? ::) :-\
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Yup, so all gassed up and nice super cold air now. 8)
They diagnosed a faulty valve, one on order for £3.something.
They also left me this, for cleaning the system. But did not put it in, as when they replace the valve it needs to be gassed again, so will put it in then.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Omega/Misc/2014-05-17%2011.18.10.jpg)
This was the VXR8, there were elements of cheapness to it I thought. The glasses holder thing did not rotate around right, the glove box was very cheap feeling and thin plastic. General cabin in places not great, but then it is a cheap car.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Omega/Misc/2014-05-17%2011.12.28.jpg)
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Yup, so all gassed up and nice super cold air now. 8)
They diagnosed a faulty valve, one on order for £3.something.
They also left me this, for cleaning the system. But did not put it in, as when they replace the valve it needs to be gassed again, so will put it in then.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Omega/Misc/2014-05-17%2011.18.10.jpg)
This was the VXR8, there were elements of cheapness to it I thought. The glasses holder thing did not rotate around right, the glove box was very cheap feeling and thin plastic. General cabin in places not great, but then it is a cheap car.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Omega/Misc/2014-05-17%2011.12.28.jpg)
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Are they going to charge another £59 after fitting the valve?
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Are they going to charge another £59 after fitting the valve?
Around £45, half hours labour for fitting :(
But no cost for new/replacement gas.
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Are they going to charge another £59 after fitting the valve?
Around £45, half hours labour for fitting :(
But no cost for new/replacement gas.
Around 30s to change the valve. Bastids.
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Are they going to charge another £59 after fitting the valve?
Around £45, half hours labour for fitting :(
But no cost for new/replacement gas.
Around 30s to change the valve. Bastids.
When I had that. I paid for the 1st gas. Everything else was free
The ordered a wrong valve - 1 more regas
I ordered and paid for the right one. They fitted and regassed for no further charge.
All at my little local garage though
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That's main dealers for you :(
Guess I should have pushed more for them to get the part first, before gasing it up :-\
But they only rang once it was all done. :(
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Around £45, half hours labour for fitting :(
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How much???????? :o :o :o :o No way would take 30 mins labour, even if you allowed for shearing the block that the valve was screwed into ........ ::)
I like the Monaro though ............ it's (nearly) got my name on it ;D ;D ;D
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Around £45, half hours labour for fitting :(
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How much???????? :o :o :o :o No way would take 30 mins labour, even if you allowed for shearing the block that the valve was screwed into ........ ::)
I like the Monaro though ............ it's (nearly) got my name on it ;D ;D ;D
Well that's what they quoted. Its the little valve on full display though?
Bet they will say there is a minimum charge. Wonder if I can fit it and get the free regas.
This is what puts me off new cars that I cannot diy, the parts lady while explaining their service plan. Proudly told me pads for Insignia are on offer just £99 + fitting :o
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... Wonder if I can fit it and get the free regas. .....
When I had a local mobile a/c 'expert' do my Omega's a/c, a fault was found. We were just about to go away, so he topped it up for our holiday, he came & de-gassed the system for me, I fixed the fault (can't remember exactly - might have been the condenser :-\) & he came back & re-gassed it all, all within the original re-gas price.
But, if you pay Vauxhall to do the job you can then return the car if need be under warranty ...... they have you by the short 'n' curlies :(
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.... Proudly told me pads for Insignia are on offer just £99 + fitting :o
I think I paid something like that for mine at the back of my Merc :-[ :-[ :-[
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.... Proudly told me pads for Insignia are on offer just £99 + fitting :o
I think I paid something like that for mine at the back of my Merc :-[ :-[ :-[
Makes it even worse for Vx, but again so far Merc service costs are only a tad more than Vx!
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Pads for mine are £57+vat each end... Discs are £37 each... Both regardless of disc size...
Which is nice 8)
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regas is free cos they know they will recover likely 99-100% of the gas :y
You do it, you will lose the lot, unless you have a mate with the kit.
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Pads for mine are £57+vat each end... Discs are £37 each... Both regardless of disc size...
Which is nice 8)
For the Merc?
regas is free cos they know they will recover likely 99-100% of the gas :y
You do it, you will lose the lot, unless you have a mate with the kit.
Back to the dealer then :(
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Aye :y
Mine currently has 300x10 unvented rear discs and 296x28 vented fronts, but 350cdi and sports pack cars have 300x20 vented rears and 322x32 fronts (either drilled or not)... so on the rummage for some calipers to upgrade mine :y
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Was that trade or retail price?
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Retail :y
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Blimey that's good :y
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Must confess, I misread the piece of paper, discs are £57 each, not £37 ::) but even so not unreasonable IMHO :y
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Must confess, I misread the piece of paper, discs are £57 each, not £37 ::) but even so not unreasonable IMHO :y
That is still not bad for Merc. Bet Ford are similar and BuMW more!
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There not very big discs though so about right I would say. :y
Remember that Merc dont make braking systems so its the brake manaufacturers price plus merc markup.
The mum bus has bigger front discs lol and they were about 40 quid each (Bosch).
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
You could buy a brace of '07' CLS 500's for the same money. ...which cost close to £70,000 when new. :y
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So dropped it off today, confirmed gas and service and diagnostic for £59.
What did I see in the forecourt? A red VXR8 :-* :-* :-* apparently the owner traded it in for a black one. I hear black ones are faster ::)
Asked to have a sit, I had a good nose over it. Not really had a chance to get up and close to one.
The size of the brake pads :o - Very meaty, looked dead easy to change, too.
So first impressions? It was a '07 so first generation, manual, cloth seats.
The seats were fantastic, really, really comfy, straight away felt comfy. Nice driving position, dash layout all very nice.
Good space in the back too, the boot was very good. Nice and big for a LPG tank ::) Looked a little shallow compared to Omega, but defo room for a tank.
£15k, '07, 49k Miles.
Next I wondered over to an Insignia Elite, lots of toys, memory seats ect. But no matter how much seat fiddling, still not getting comfy :(
You could buy a brace of '07' CLS 500's for the same money. ...which cost close to £70,000 when new. :y
I'm sure someone on here bought one of them for handy money ::) ::) :D