Author's product rating: 
| Advantages: |
Cheapish |
| Disadvantages: |
Bad advice and trying to do work that isn't needed |
| Recommend to potential buyers: |
no |
No as you may know if you've read any of my other reviews I know a bit about
cars.
This particular day I was doing work needed for my mothers Cavalier to get through it's MOT. It came to the rear
shock absorbers that needed replacing. Oh by the way this car was 10 years old and worth £300 tops! Anyway as I said I thought I would take it to
Kwikfit to get the work done as they were "cheap". I got there and explained what I wanted them to do. I waited in the "waiting and veiwing area" for twenty minutes whilst the fitter faffed about. He then came into me and said "yes sir the shocks do need replacing ........(well done Sherlock!) and the fitted price would be .......wait for it.......£200!. I said I wanted some shock asborbers not the rear suspension gold leafed!. He then said that the shocks on the car were of the air adjustable type and therefore could not be replaced by normal shocks. I asked why? He said because
Vauhall fitted weaker springs with them to accomodate them. I said...... well I can't tell you what I said! I argue the point with everyone from the teaboy to the depot manager!. I then gave up and took the car away. My next step was to phone Vauxhalls to aks if what they said was true even though I knew they were taking rubbish I had to have it confirmed. It was and I went to the local
motor factors and bought a pair of standard ones for ......£18! and it took all of
30 mins to fit them.
The moral of this story is that what may seem like good service to the uninitiated could well be them charging you far over the top for goods or service by their own lack of knowledge . I never take anything that is told to me about car as read but thats because I know a bit.
Many of us do not so we are fair game for them.
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