waynep
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Registered: 20th Apr 02
Location: london
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vauxhall man - i cant fit these springs mate they will rub
Me- no they wont
vauxhall man - YES THEY WILL
me - mate , my arches are bonded on and screws removed and they 15 inch et 49 wheels THEY WONT RUB with a -60 gmax kit
vaux - we will have to see wont we/.
a few hours later ......
presto no rubbing HAH who wood of guessed it ?
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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not the vauxhall man
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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i have -60mm suspension kit and et49 wheels and they dont rub
and my arches are std
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Yes they are thick as pig shit some of them
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Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Bristol
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Vaux monkeys 
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waynep
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Registered: 20th Apr 02
Location: london
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there charging me 420 tho !!
fit springs etc
weld under the car or sumin
new redot disks and pads fitted
new bulb lol
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
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there all thick as fcuk at my local vaux
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-crazy
there charging me 420 tho !!
fit springs etc
weld under the car or sumin
new redot disks and pads fitted
new bulb lol
 fcuk me!
coulda fitted disks yourself with a haynes
springs would need a spring compressor, but not a difficult job for any mechanic
new bulb 
and what exactly were they welding!?
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waynep
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Registered: 20th Apr 02
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the whole underside of car im not too sure EXACTLY i will scan invoice wen its all ready tomoz. new number plate bulb lol mine was blue so failed mot
o yeah the price is for mot aswell
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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£420 is a LOT of money. I did my front springs myself with the haynes manual, first mechanical thing ive changed onmy car myself. Brakes sholdnt be too hard either, bulb is about 30p. Vaux are rip off merchants!
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Thoday
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Registered: 12th Jan 03
Location: Drove kitted corsa b now standard corcs c exclusiv
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vaux ppl are idiots and con merchants
charged a mate £160 to buy and fit a new mirror to a corsa c
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waynep
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Registered: 20th Apr 02
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420 is with a 10% discount aswell !!! o and there fitting new wiper arm mechanism
maybe a few other things ill have to scan invoice tomoz
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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i love going in and saying " Hi can u help me; i have a 2.5 V6 corsa"
there face's
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waynep
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
i love going in and saying " Hi can u help me; i have a 2.5 V6 corsa"
there face's
HAHAH pls come to london and do that and film it also !
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danregs
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Registered: 29th Jun 01
Location: Exeter, Devon
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i hate vauxhall garages
i'm sure vauxhall would be better off sacking all their staff and just droppin off a family of monkeys at each dealership with a set of spanners and a phillips screwdriver
they would get much less complaints from customers i reckon......and we would get a better service!!!
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waynep
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Registered: 20th Apr 02
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i went to loyds motor spares got a 10mm 12 and 13 mm spanner thing and it came to 40 quid !! so i went over the road and got a full set form wolworths for £1.99
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
i love going in and saying " Hi can u help me; i have a 2.5 V6 corsa"
there face's
yeah bet they look at you gone out..
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
i love going in and saying " Hi can u help me; i have a 2.5 V6 corsa"
there face's
Don't tell them about the engine. Just go in acting all dumb and say theres a problem, like with the battary. Get them to pop the bonnet, then check the look on thier faces!!!
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
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Originally posted by BeArDy
i love going in and saying " Hi can u help me; i have a 2.5 V6 corsa"
there face's
Don't tell them about the engine. Just go in acting all dumb and say theres a problem, like with the battary. Get them to pop the bonnet, then check the look on thier faces!!!
will have to try that one
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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vaux are pretty shit mate  One in bedford tried to sell me a new rubber boot and said that the split boot would fail the MOT, then i told them that i had the MOT the day before  fooking monkey then said, "oh, it must be dirt then"...yea ok, like you can mistake dirt for a split rubber boot
Bastard also tried to charge me 20 quid to fit a battery in key fob so the light goes on, as well as telling me that the key fob would have to be recoded to open the door, yet my car doesnt have remote locking
Vaux also charge waaayyy more for things than other people, infact the bedford (riverside) branch change 2 times more labour than the one in Flitwick (about the same distance from me than riverside)
Vaux are just a bunch of monkehs and most of them dont know there ass from their elbow either
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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quote:
Originally posted by VisibleMan
vaux are pretty shit mate One in bedford tried to sell me a new rubber boot and said that the split boot would fail the MOT, then i told them that i had the MOT the day before fooking monkey then said, "oh, it must be dirt then"...yea ok, like you can mistake dirt for a split rubber boot
Bastard also tried to charge me 20 quid to fit a battery in key fob so the light goes on, as well as telling me that the key fob would have to be recoded to open the door, yet my car doesnt have remote locking
Vaux also charge waaayyy more for things than other people, infact the bedford (riverside) branch change 2 times more labour than the one in Flitwick (about the same distance from me than riverside)
Vaux are just a bunch of monkehs and most of them dont know there ass from their elbow either
true yes but some of us do know what were doing?
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
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my sister took her car in for some work as she was worred about a noise as it was under warrenty she dident want me playing with it
so they rang me up (cos she couldent take calls at work) saying
" we have found the problems is was the exharst had come off the rubber, we have put it back on"
i was ok no problem i will pass the message on
then he said "can you also tell her it will be £20 for the work"
me- " can you take it off the rubber then and i will sort it when she gets it home"
"errr.....ok sir tell her its free"
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BeArDy
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quote:
Originally posted by bubblevaux
quote:
Originally posted by VisibleMan
vaux are pretty shit mate One in bedford tried to sell me a new rubber boot and said that the split boot would fail the MOT, then i told them that i had the MOT the day before fooking monkey then said, "oh, it must be dirt then"...yea ok, like you can mistake dirt for a split rubber boot
Bastard also tried to charge me 20 quid to fit a battery in key fob so the light goes on, as well as telling me that the key fob would have to be recoded to open the door, yet my car doesnt have remote locking
Vaux also charge waaayyy more for things than other people, infact the bedford (riverside) branch change 2 times more labour than the one in Flitwick (about the same distance from me than riverside)
Vaux are just a bunch of monkehs and most of them dont know there ass from their elbow either
true yes but some of us do know what were doing?
take it you work for vauxhall?
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
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yes.
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Dom
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lol
Well you MAY get people that know what there doing, but vaux shouldn’t be like that - have a few good branches dotted around
However, labour costs are stupid as well, even at the Flitwick branch near me, its still pricey. And their diagnostic system is shocking too. Halfords stated that the ecu gave a error 64 (something to do with the idle value) but they couldn’t tell us what it is because their diagnostic system said "Please send car to main dealer" And vaux charge 40 quid (well riverside do) just to have a look
Overall, I think vaux have gone down hill alot and I believe that the branches shouldn’t be ran independently from each other as franchises. They should be all controlled by Vaux HQ, so each branch has the same quality as the nest one, thus a customer can take their car into another branch and know that the car will be dealt with correctly and knowing that it is in good hands. But this isn’t the case, especially with riverside Bedford
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