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[tunnie]

I'm not justifying the cost, but these prices will include labour and VaT

No trade, or any other discount on the quoted work either, and the tyre prices are daft, like you said you could probably get Michelin ones for that

If nothing else, you now know what's potentially up with it

Yeah, I had no idea a spring had broken 

Not long passed an MOT either!

[TheBoy]

Budget tyres in stock £113.40 Each

What? For a ditchfinder, no doubt?

I know, 16's too, I paid less than that for mid range 17's!

That 225/55/16 is generally more expensive than 235/45/17 as not so common.

[TheBoy]

Even DIY quite a few jobs need doing 

Not kept up with preventative mtce, thus all these have come together .

Springs often arent picked up on MOT.

[feeutfo]

An interesting exercise in rape and pillage from vx by the looks.

[jonathanh]

To be fair to the dealers here, they've got to make money somewhere and there are enough people out there that would pay those prices because they know no different, paricularly on a newer vehicle.  Vx dealers have to pay for the steel and glass and free coffee somehow..

And for what its worth there is no way i'd pay any of that!

[tunnie]

Even DIY quite a few jobs need doing 

Not kept up with preventative mtce, thus all these have come together .

Springs often arent picked up on MOT.

Springs, can't really do those on preventive maintenance, cambelt, well thats just time for it. As are tyres really as well, aircon again, not a lot you can do there until it breaks.

[TheBoy]

Even DIY quite a few jobs need doing 

Not kept up with preventative mtce, thus all these have come together .

Springs often arent picked up on MOT.

Springs, can't really do those on preventive maintenance, cambelt, well thats just time for it. As are tyres really as well, aircon again, not a lot you can do there until it breaks.

Think you misunderstood my point, which wasn't a critism at you, it was a 'public notice' for everyone.

This bits didn't all just go wrong together, must have happened over a period of time, but by not spending a few mins going around the car regularly, weren't picked up until an inspection.

Many people think the annual MOT inspection is enough. IMHO, its not, because its not regular enough, and its not thorough enough.

No critism intended

[tunnie]

Sadly I don't get chance to go over the cars as often any more, talking a few months here 

[TheBoy]

Sadly I don't get chance to go over the cars as often any more, talking a few months here 

Thats my point .  For whatever reason - laziness/xbox/family/living away/whatever - if the preventative maintenence isn't carried out, costs can creep up.  Unlike a lot of members who have passed through, I've always said Omegas are cheap to run (ignoring go-go juice) if you keep on top of preventative maintenence, rather than break-fix.

[Shackeng]

Sadly I don't get chance to go over the cars as often any more, talking a few months here 

Thats my point .  For whatever reason - laziness/xbox/family/living away/whatever - if the preventative maintenence isn't carried out, costs can creep up.  Unlike a lot of members who have passed through, I've always said Omegas are cheap to run (ignoring go-go juice) if you keep on top of preventative maintenence, rather than break-fix.

Who said that?

[tunnie]

Sadly I don't get chance to go over the cars as often any more, talking a few months here 

Thats my point .  For whatever reason - laziness/xbox/family/living away/whatever - if the preventative maintenence isn't carried out, costs can creep up.  Unlike a lot of members who have passed through, I've always said Omegas are cheap to run (ignoring go-go juice) if you keep on top of preventative maintenence, rather than break-fix.

Only cambelt could have been done earlier, other failures could have happened at any time, particularly aircon/springs.

[omega3000]

To be fair to the dealers here, they've got to make money somewhere and there are enough people out there that would pay those prices because they know no different, paricularly on a newer vehicle.  Vx dealers have to pay for the steel and glass and free coffee somehow..

And for what its worth there is no way i'd pay any of that!

VX must use common sense by looking at the registered omegas on the road and price the parts accordingly ,
there is no other way they would shift the parts they stock or get hold of at over inflated prices esp to folks who dont know any better , they realise yes you can get aftermarket parts but some parts you have to buy from them and pay through the nose for them . Alarming prices they are but a lot of people will pay that ..i for one wont either 

[Nick W]

VX must use common sense by looking at the registered omegas on the road and price the parts accordingly ,
there is no other way they would shift the parts they stock or get hold of at over inflated prices esp to folks who dont know any better , they realise yes you can get aftermarket parts but some parts you have to buy from them and pay through the nose for them . Alarming prices they are but a lot of people will pay that ..i for one wont either 

Manufacturers have no qualms about looking at stock that hasn't moved for years, and simply disposing of it. Many of the specialist old parts suppliers get much of their stock by saving the storemen the hassle of dumping it all in a skip. This is true of any type of stores. I've done it myself; we needed the space and so over £8k of old spares went in the bin. There had been no movement on any of it in 8 years. I suspect the previous stores manager used to sneak in when everybody else had gone home and admire it all!

Considering that the youngest Omega is 8 years old, do really think that Vauxhall have even the slightest interest in them?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

To be fair to the dealers here, they've got to make money somewhere and there are enough people out there that would pay those prices because they know no different, paricularly on a newer vehicle.  Vx dealers have to pay for the steel and glass and free coffee somehow..

And for what its worth there is no way i'd pay any of that!

Coffee machine at my Vauxhall dealer........and it's not free.

[paul.lovejoy]

Budget tyres in stock £113.40 Each

What? For a ditchfinder, no doubt?

I know, 16's too, I paid less than that for mid range 17's!

That 225/55/16 is generally more expensive than 235/45/17 as not so common.

paid £240 set of 4 only budgets dont do any miles false economy i know but all we could afford at the time

when i had my ducato serviced intim £200 asked if i wanted it washed thought result yes please sitting having a coffee whilst waiting spotted a price list car washing£20 vans £40 after spraying bthe contents of my coffee over the table i asked them not to worry about the washing as i did not have time