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Vauxhall Repair Center vs Local Mechanic
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movp
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Feb 20, 2013, 6:30 AM
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Vauxhall Repair Center vs Local Mechanic
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I'm in a point that I have to decide between:
Vauxhall Service Center - that I have never used before
Local mechanic - which I have done MOT and service checks before and sounds reasonably professional.
Local mechanic has diagnosed that the head gasket is gone (it's very obvious that it has) and has quoted me £1100 for that. (including changing timing chain and all parts inc VAT)
Vauxhall Service Center has quoted the same job £1000.
Other local mechanics more or less come to the same price range, but I have trust problem with them as this is a critical task and if not done properly can cause more costs in the future.
What would you recommend? What do you think?
My car is Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Petrol and is 7 years old.
Thanks.
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Hammer Time
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Feb 20, 2013, 6:33 AM
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Normally the downside to going to a dealer is the price. In this case the price is actually less so I would expect the quality of the work to be better at the dealer, being that they are factory trained and using OEM parts.
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movp
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Feb 20, 2013, 6:40 AM
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Thanks for the quick reply!
In fact the the local mechanic, gave me very accurate itemized quote (it took them a day to come up with the quote)
but the dealer was just 5 minute phone call.
Do you think there is a danger that dealer comes up with higher when the work is done?
they basically said (this much labor, roughly this much part).
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Hammer Time
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Feb 20, 2013, 6:59 AM
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I'm not a mind reader. I have no idea what kind of people you are dealing with,
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Feb 20, 2013, 6:59 AM)
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Feb 20, 2013, 1:37 PM
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I work in a buick dealer and agree with HT that the dealership is usually priced higher, but thay also should equal if not in most cases better quality then the independant shop,. It sounds to me tho you talked to a service writer that gave a rough general cost at the absolute minimum price and service advisors cab be wrong since they didn't give you a list like the other shop did id guess that dealer will end up charging more.
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