Good morning all, good morning Bob. One day at a time Bob, you’ll get through okay. Jeff, stunning photos! Good morning Ian, good morning Richard
On Monday, I cancelled an order at a local garage for brake parts and the manager said he would send them back. I would call into his garage again, as I needed to replace the 2 front tyres. I visited the garage yesterday and a customer in front of me was just paying for 2 new tyres, alignment £384! He had a Merc.
I asked for 205/55 R15 H or V. I was at the desk when he put the order in. Interestingly, 2 suppliers he tried, said none were in stock. The 3rd supplier said they only had Falkens in the size. Garage man said they are £199 for the 2, the size was old fashioned and difficult to get hold of, but they would be delivered yesterday pm and he’d send me a text when they had arrived, but I never heard from him.
I checked online what the Falkens were costing locally and the most expensive in the size I needed, came to £160. There is something not right. I suspect, the garage man was a bit peeved when I cancelled the order for the brake parts and the labour. I was looking at paying at least £300 for the parts and on top of that he said it’s a minimum of 3 hours labour for diagnostics and fitting.
A mechanic I know well has ordered the parts for £78. He will do the job on Saturday and won’t draw it out.