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JackButler wrote: | I have this fantasy that I'm out walking the dogs & there's this car obviously having some difficulty. I wander over to offer my assistance, only to discover that its jam packed full of the managing directors of all those companies we love to hate . . .
The driver is the MD of a big car parking chain, "you leaving that there mate? That'll be £7.49 per hour or £21 for the day".
The boss of Halfrauds has the bonnet up & needs just 1x 5amp fuse to fix it, so I says "I got a pack of 5 here mate, that'll be £14.95. Ta".
Costa(lot) Coffee is on the back seat with Mr. Starbucks & if he doesn't hand over £4.95 for a thimble of Espresso then I'm going to politely ask him to leave.
I could go on . . . .
But most of all, I want the bastard son of a whore that runs Barclays to get on his knee's & beg me to lend him the taxi fare home. |
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The cost of running a Jaguar.
A 'B' Service. Oil, air, pollen and fuel filters replaced. Oil change. Full diagnostic and the usual checks.
3 new wheel nuts (they swell or something!!!!)
2 new banana? bushes. (I'm sure he said banana) and tracking afterwards.
1 new tyre because of side wall cut.
MOT.
The price Sir, £690.
They did valet it mind and it is an indie Jag specialist so I suppose I should be glad I don't have to take it to the main dealer. That would probably require a kidney. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: | The cost of running a Jaguar.
A 'B' Service. Oil, air, pollen and fuel filters replaced. Oil change. Full diagnostic and the usual checks.
3 new wheel nuts (they swell or something!!!!)
2 new banana? bushes. (I'm sure he said banana) and tracking afterwards.
1 new tyre because of side wall cut.
MOT.
The price Sir, £690.
They did valet it mind and it is an indie Jag specialist so I suppose I should be glad I don't have to take it to the main dealer. That would probably require a kidney. |
I'm going to guess about 200 on parts the rest labour. close? ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Polarbear wrote: | The cost of running a Jaguar.
A 'B' Service. Oil, air, pollen and fuel filters replaced. Oil change. Full diagnostic and the usual checks.
3 new wheel nuts (they swell or something!!!!)
2 new banana? bushes. (I'm sure he said banana) and tracking afterwards.
1 new tyre because of side wall cut.
MOT.
The price Sir, £690.
They did valet it mind and it is an indie Jag specialist so I suppose I should be glad I don't have to take it to the main dealer. That would probably require a kidney. |
Jag wheel nuts are shit, we look after a fleet of Jag limos and have learnt to keep nuts in stock (they're about 12 quid a pop) they either seize on or strip threads, they absolutely must be torqued on, not done up with a windy gun.
The banana bit is the front control arms - they are banana shaped (no surprise there) and they have a bush at both ends, which wear quite heavily.
Jaguar retail price is farking stupid (about £300 a side off the top of my head) but Euros do pattern parts which are perfectly usable and make replacing the bushes uneconomic and I would question why you would need to have it tracked after replacing one, they play little or no part in the suspension geometry - that sounds like "I'm a specialist and I'm doing you a favour by being a bit cheaper, but I'm still going to charge you near Jag price for parts and do unnecessary shit".
I wouldn't bother with a Jag specialist for your car, there's nothing special about modern Jags (no offence meant) most of them are Ford derived under the skin and any decent indy workshop can deal with them - going to a 'specialist' means you only get slightly less ripped off. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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A100man wrote: | Polarbear wrote: | The cost of running a Jaguar.
A 'B' Service. Oil, air, pollen and fuel filters replaced. Oil change. Full diagnostic and the usual checks.
3 new wheel nuts (they swell or something!!!!)
2 new banana? bushes. (I'm sure he said banana) and tracking afterwards.
1 new tyre because of side wall cut.
MOT.
The price Sir, £690.
They did valet it mind and it is an indie Jag specialist so I suppose I should be glad I don't have to take it to the main dealer. That would probably require a kidney. |
I'm going to guess about 200 on parts the rest labour. close? |
Ooh, a guessing game. Should be in "What oils my gears".
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£ 85 Tyre/fitting.
£ 40 tracking.
£ 50 oil.
£ 30 fuel filter.
£ 15 pollen filter.
£ 4 Wheel nuts.
£ 20 Silentbloc bushes.
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£234
Plus VAT
Labour £60/hr. |
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Posted: 01:47 - 09 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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Actual figures from the invoice.
Parts £255.69
Labour £315.00
VAT £104.54
Parts
Oil filter £7.25
Pollen filter £15.79
Air Filter £19.19
Fuel filter £31.19
oil £46.41
2 x banana arm bushes £60
3 x wheel nuts £10.86
Economy tyre £65
Labour
B Service cost £117.00
Replace bushes £75.00
Wheel alignment and tyre fitting £75.00
MOT £48.00
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Could argue back and forth on the individual costs a little I'm sure but £75 to fit a tyre?! If that included tracking then fine but that's not the same as "wheel alignment" ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Spending 20 mins trying to snag the throttle cable in the carb slide all wrong like a total n00b. And then looking at it again (with brain engaged this time) and did it in 30 seconds ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Grinding my gears today?
(This only affects classic bikes I suspect.)
They all have "enter your reg details and we'll find your bike!" on insurance websites.
Nope, my bike doesn't exist despite it being on the DVLA database and holding the V5 in my hand
"Okay, so describe your bike..."
Nope, most of them don't have a listing for it. One insurance site did have the model and then condescendingly said that the model wasn't made until 1978
I thought they all had a standardised database they draw from? ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 155 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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