For a long time I've been dreading taking our Clio to the local Renault dealer for its 18000 mile service being put off by their arrogant and
offhand attitude as well as their inflated labour rates. Instead, I booked the car into a Renault dealer in France. It really was a pleasure. It was
booked in for a certain time and ready on time and their labour rate, 35 Euros an hour. Okay, we spent the £100 we saved but on good food and nice
wine. Can't wait for when the next service is due!
John
fantastic idea.
Nice 1 
if more people did the same maybe our garages would try a bit harder to provide better service 
Unfortunately I'm at the wrong end of the country to make use of french garages, I envy you the food and drink more than the good servicing
though 
Cheers
Alex
At the prices my Alfa garage charges I bet I could get to Italy on the savings
Great idea
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I envy you the food and drink more than the good servicing though
If I were honest I'd have to admit that the service was just the excuse to get over there.
You can use any garage you like for servicing as long as they use approved Renault or whatever parts can't you?
At our end of the country ecosse, we get the opportunity to have our cars serviced in Amsterdam - roll on roll off from newcastle!
Oh the possibilities........
I saved £100+vat at the weekend.
My vw tdi blew it's intercooler hose (again)! Last time I wasn't sure what it was and vw charged me 1 hours inspection to fix it 
.
I have now removed the dodgy sprung hose clip and fitted a jubilee clip that i found in the garage still attached to a mk2 astra gte airbox
jobs a good-un
Well done mate. As an aside a workmate asked me today to recommend a local garage to service his wifes toyota. Biggest problem was really that I couldn't???????????? .
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Originally posted by mookaloid
At the prices my Alfa garage charges I bet I could get to Italy on the savings
Great idea
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Originally posted by jambojeef
At our end of the country ecosse, we get the opportunity to have our cars serviced in Amsterdam - roll on roll off from newcastle!
Oh the possibilities........
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At the prices my BMW dealer charges i could probs go to the moon for a fortnight!!!!
Quite a few years ago I had a Citroen BX that needed the suspension spheres replaced. My local place quoted some outrageous price, so I drove all the
way to Sawtry (~200 mile round trip from where I live) to a Citroen specialist who charged me a quarter of the price. Even including the petrol, I
reckon I saved well over £100.
There are some serious rip-off merchants around...
David
[Edited on 28/2/07 by David Jenkins]