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Yes, I'd use it. Being able to attempt something knowing that all the tools I need are there; having the car on a lift to get at the underneath, and a warm, dry, and clean environment is well worth £20/hour.
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There is a place just outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands offering this service to motorcyclists. There's also a professional motorcycle mechanic on site whose services / advice can be purchased by the half hour. It was covered in one of the bike mags a year or so ago, and is apparently doing a roaring trade.
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There was one in Derby some years ago,on the old Burton Road, don't know if it's still there.
Basically a small motor factors which had a covered bay with a pit in it. Can't remember what tools or facilities were available but ISTR it was usually busy, though always had old engine oil everywhere.
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ISTR there was one in Hull (clough road) many, many years ago.
I have a feeling it was a Halfords (as it is now) but 'elf & safety' shut it down.
I'd use one, if only for the lift.
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ISTR there was one in Hull (clough road) many many years ago. I have a feeling it was a Halfords (as it is now) but 'elf & safety' shut it down. I'd use one if only for the lift.
yeah, i've got this vague memory Halfords in Basingstoke were going to offer this service in the mid 90s; not sure it ever happened, the space allocated became a Daewoo showroom, think it's a branch of Maplin now.
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............. well worth £20/hour.
I'd sooner pay the extra £7 per hour that my local franchised Ford dealer charges. With them working quicker their total charge could well be less despite their higher hourly rate.
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>> ............. well worth £20/hour. I'd sooner pay the extra £7 per hour that my local franchised Ford dealer charges. With them working quicker their total charge could well be less despite their higher hourly rate.
Are you being paid to advertise your Ford dealer? How many hours did it take you to drain out your oil after they screwed it up?
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I can't see how l'escargot's franchised dealer stays in business charging a labour rate of £27 per hour.
Is that the figure on the invoice or a computation based on something else?
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I can't see how l'escargot's franchised dealer stays in business charging a labour rate of £27 per hour. Is that the figure on the invoice or a computation based on something else?
My mistake, that was the MOT cost. The labour cost for the service was £43.480 per hour, plus VAT.
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Are you being paid to advertise your Ford dealer? How many hours did it take you to drain out your oil after they screwed it up?
Don't be so dramatic. They didn't "screw it up", they merely put in a 1/4 litre too much oil. I can fully appreciate how impracticable it would be for a garage to put in a basic amount and then top up to the required level in the time allowed for a service. The exact amount needed will depend on the individual engine and how much of the original oil drains out. Incidentally, it took no more than 5 minutes of my time to remove the excess. After I'd set the siphoning action in motion in my garage I left it to it's own devices and did other things until it was time to remove the siphoning tube. The point of my post was to say how easy it was to remove excess oil for merely the cost of a piece of PVC tube.
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>>I can fully appreciate how impracticable it would be for a garage to put in a basic amount and then top up to the required level in the time allowed for a service
Now you're making excuses for them.
I thought you said you were a picky customer?
The mechanic should be able to set the oil level during a service. The way I used to do it was to put in an amount to get the oil well onto the dipstick, run the engine to fill the filter, and then get on with something else for a short while, and then finally come back, read the dipstick, and put in the remainder. For the price you're paying, you should expect this aspect of servicing to be done correctly - it's one of the very few service items where a mechanic has to use some degree of skill.
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The mechanic should be able to set the oil level during a service. The way I used to do it was to put in an amount to get the oil well onto the dipstick run the engine to fill the filter and then get on with something else for a short while and then finally come back read the dipstick and put in the remainder.
When did you change from being a garage mechanic to crunching numbers?
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>>When did you change from being a garage mechanic to crunching numbers?
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1993
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