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[Rods2]

And if your Astra goes bang, you say it was just sneezing.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Let's do the sums. If you take it to a garage and they quote anything over £400, then you're paying more than the car is worth, so just drive it until it goes pop.
There........all sorted.

Granted.

But a decade from now my MV6 will be worth £2000.

Check out the prices for a rot-infested Senator.

[chrisgixer]

Let's do the sums. If you take it to a garage and they quote anything over £400, then you're paying more than the car is worth, so just drive it until it goes pop.
There........all sorted.

Then you need a new car. Yes the omegas is worth (more than Steve thinks) a pittance. But its value is that it saves buying a worse, slower, less comfortable, smaller and MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE alternative, in puke green . Although you do need an ounce of sense to fix the omega.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And if your Astra goes bang, you say it was just sneezing.

It's Steve's big day tomorrow, Mr Rods.

Right now he's like a kid at Christmas, eager to get his hands on the snot coloured Astra.  .

Very soon now the giant green bogey will be among us. 

[Terbs]

Brilliant Doctor  pmsl

[Terbs]

Slightly off our topic, but not much....do all cars have to have all the pulleys done when they have a belt change, because I notice you can gets the belts separate

[henryd]

Slightly off our topic, but not much....do all cars have to have all the pulleys done when they have a belt change, because I notice you can gets the belts separate

These days mostly yes,as change intervals have got longer there is less chance of guides/tensioner/water pump bearings lasting two terms

[05omegav6]

Slightly off our topic, but not much....do all cars have to have all the pulleys done when they have a belt change, because I notice you can gets the belts separate

That's probably why VX made such a big deal out of the interval... some garages will only fit the new belt as the tensioners 'looked ok'... a month later, the tensioners fail and the belt snaps

The crux is that when they price the job, it's based on the complete kit, but only changing the belt saves about half an hour in labour time, so profit there, and the belt alone probably saves a further £75 on the kit price... net result, garage is up £100 and you're none the wiser until the belt fails