'Cheap' Skoda spares?

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Wed 9 Jun 2004 13:59
'Cheap' Skoda spares? - graham sherlock
With the appearance of a squeak from the underside of my Octavia 2.0, I popped in to the local dealership (Marshalls)to see what it may be. After a brief encounter with a technician, he pronounced that an exhaust bracket was broken. OK says I, let me know how much for the parts & I will bring it back. A round figure of £190 was produced. Not entirely happy with this, I went round to our local VW/Merc specialist for a second opinion. A bill of under £20 for re-welding had it sorted. Guess where I'm going for servicing gin the future. Support your local mechanics, they may not have a coffee machine and palm trees but are they worth £170 extra even with extra overheads?
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Wed 9 Jun 2004 20:40
'Cheap' Skoda spares? - machika
Any idea how much a new exhaust system would cost?

That is an extortionate amount of money for a bracket. That was just for the bracket and not fitting as well?
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Wed 9 Jun 2004 21:39
'Cheap' Skoda spares? - Aprilia
I would assume that what was broken was a hanger hook on the exhaust. The dealer quoted for a new box/pipe section, whereas the independent just welded the hook back on to the exhaust.
That's my guess anyway.
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Wed 9 Jun 2004 23:47
'Cheap' Skoda spares? - malteser
Here's the place for Skoda fans!

www.briskoda.net Roger in Spain

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Thu 10 Jun 2004 10:50
'Cheap' Skoda spares? - machika
It would surely not be beyond a dealer to come up with an alternative to replacing a section of the exhaust, or am I expecting too much?
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