Rover75 banned!

[MSS]

[QUOTE=donc;2910578]Unusually and only because of time restraints I asked a we'll known chain whose fitters can't get better to replace a corroded front brake pipe. I was told " Rover 75? We don't do those!"[/QUOTE

Originally Posted by xsport

you know what the song says : " you cant get thicker than a thick thick fitter" ! ...

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Maybe----You can't get thicker than a Quick-fit fitter.---????????

Gents, I know not everyone is born as clever and handsome as ourselves, but do you really think it's fitting for Rover drivers to call certain workers thick?

I deal with some very clever youngsters and others who probably will end up working in fast-fit places. I am not sure I would feel right labeling any of them thick, even if some were not born with the gift to start designing space rockets.

In any case, I think the decision maker in this case was very diligent considering the state of so many cars.

[Southern Star]

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

I did a bit today but working outside so in between the showers. Have stripped the battery box out, removed the nearside brake pipe and flexi hose and fitted the new hose. Will fit the new pipe tomorrow and then do the offside. Spent two hours on it today and will probably do another couple of hours to complete it tomorrow - I'm in no rush.


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I do quite a few jobs on the 75 myself. Last weekend I re-wired the number plate lights, a couple of weeks ago I made up a new heater hose to replace the one beneath the header tank after I discovered Rimmers wanted £45+ VAT for an OEM one. Mine is better than OEM too as it has a proper bleed cap on it, as sold for Westfield kit cars. That was a fiver and it was all it cost me, like anyone who lives on a boat I have almost infinite amounts of rubber hose, jubliee clips, elbows and connectors in the spares box.

But anything likely to involve the underside I generally prefer to leave to a man with a hydraulic ramp, plus also I live in the middle of nowhere, my nearest car spares shop is 7 miles away, the car is needed as a daily driver and so many times I've set out on a supposedly simple task scheduled to take an hour which has turned into an all day marathon because something broke while I was dis-assembling it, a part I had bought was wrong, I needed a tool I don't have etc etc etc.

I can earn £50 for a couple of hours work on a Saturday morning just driving an articulated lorry from Rugby to Coventry and back so I'd sooner do that a couple of times and use the money to pay someone who works on cars for a living to sort some jobs out.

[Mike Noc]

Well after today I think you've got the right idea!

Needed to get the job finished and the car back down off the ramps or Mrs Noc will have nothing to drive while I'm working away for a couple of days, and we can't have that.

Nearside hose to pipe union was completely seized so ended up cutting it off, and got soaked in the process. Fitting the pipe across the back of the engine bay took a lot longer than the one on my car too, but all done now.

Just given it a quick blast up the road and it stops better than ever.

[COLVERT]

[QUOTE=MSS;2911305]

Originally Posted by donc

Unusually and only because of time restraints I asked a we'll known chain whose fitters can't get better to replace a corroded front brake pipe. I was told " Rover 75? We don't do those!"[/QUOTE





Gents, I know not everyone is born as clever and handsome as ourselves, but do you really think it's fitting for Rover drivers to call certain workers thick?

I deal with some very clever youngsters and others who probably will end up working in fast-fit places. I am not sure I would feel right labeling any of them thick, even if some were not born with the gift to start designing space rockets.

In any case, I think the decision maker in this case was very diligent considering the state of so many cars.

Duck!!!---Incoming.---

[Southern Star]

Originally Posted by MSS

Gents, I know not everyone is born as clever and handsome as ourselves, but do you really think it's fitting for Rover drivers to call certain workers thick?

I deal with some very clever youngsters and others who probably will end up working in fast-fit places. I am not sure I would feel right labeling any of them thick, even if some were not born with the gift to start designing space rockets.

It's just humour based on a play on words with the slogan Kwik-Fit use in TV advertising. I doubt anyone who works there gets upset about it.

I drive an articulated lorry and on another forum I visit (and in certain parts of the media) it is regularly suggested that I eat Yorkies and murder prostitutes. I don't take this seriously. It just goes with the territory.

[sworks]

Originally Posted by genpk

Plus the garage cant put any markup on any parts you supply!!

Nothing to do with mark up on parts, would you go to a restaurant and take your own food for the chef to cook?

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by sworks

Nothing to do with mark up on parts, would you go to a restaurant and take your own food for the chef to cook?

I've enquired at a couple of garages and they say you take away part of their profit if you self-supply the parts.

That, I am told, is why they say NO.--Plus they won't give a guarantee.

[FLYING BANANA]

Thought I would take the V8 to another garage as they had been so up front on the faults on the SMART Car.
Well, I shall not be going back to them. Took the car in for 3 jobs, they done 2 of them.

Job 1. To find out why the water was being ejected via the catch tank cap.
I even supplied the thermostat along with the O rings as they didn't know where to get them from.
They replaced the thermostat and O rings and it has cured the problem, hopefully. They did road test the car on the A38 which has a few steep hills local to me.

Job 2. The Bear is due her 5k oil and filter change. They carried out this task, eventually.

Jo 3. To replace the windscreen washer pump. Job not done. No explanation given.

For some obscure reason they took photo's of the underside of the car and emailed them to me. I never asked for this and I have no idea why it was done. I will find out tomorrow as I will be speaking to the garage owner. He was not available on Friday when I collected the car.

When I booked the car in I gave them a written list of the jobs I needed doing. And when I took the car in I explained I had brought the thermostat plus O rings and the windscreen washer pump with me. Oh! you want us to replace the windscreen pump plus do the oil change.
The receptionist had not written all the jobs down on the work sheet.

I also said there was no rush to get the car done as I had Banana to fall back on. Well they took me literally at my word. took her in on the 31st November and collected her on 10th December.

[sworks]

Originally Posted by COLVERT

I've enquired at a couple of garages and they say you take away part of their profit if you self-supply the parts.

That, I am told, is why they say NO.--Plus they won't give a guarantee.

There is profit in parts, the garage will buy at trade and sell at retail but it’s not a huge amount, it’s all about managing warranty and fitting parts they are happy to fit.