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Old 11th January 2019, 16:48   #6
MSS
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Originally Posted by Dawn View Post
I don't think I would get away with £30 from any main dealer - Jon used to work for Vauxhall, that's where I met him back in about 1990 with my GLS that I still have! A few years back now he set his own independent Vauxhall place up and he's always fair on pricing. Everyone seems to go with the fact our cars need specialist care so I hadn't asked him to do work on them before, but as no one else would it looks like Jon will get my little jobs and MOT from now on as he is local and the loan car is a bonus.

I don't believe that 80% of the maintenance jobs on our cars need specialist care - just care like any other relatively modern car.

It will be worth your while giving other jobs on the Rover to this garage in order to build up a working relationship and their comfort level with the car.
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