The good garage guide

[rustic]

Originally Posted by willow

Hello Rustic
I know most people do the little and some do the big jobs but its nice to know of garages that arn,t going to rip you off for doing a job :smile:
So when are you opening a garage down south then :?: :
There may not be many on the list but at least there are some and its good to find them. -welldone- -cheers-
Thanks which Nissan garage did you use and were they any good :?: :

The early problem was that Ford garages were not that good at servicing Mavericks, after all these were Nissans, a Ford garage managed to jack up the Mav by the cill and not the chassis and damaged the lower cill edge.
Another changed the rocker box gasket and forgot to replace an "o" ring on one of the bolts, it took them 3 visits to sort an oil leak when oil was pouring down the back of the engine.

The Nissan garage I used was 5 years ago and their last task was to sort out a leaking bearing on the rear axle. Their solution was to replace the seal, and a few weeks later it went again, because it was the bearing that had collapsed and not just the seal. After another service the garage managed to shear the head off one of the 6 allen headed screws that hold on the near side free-wheeling hub, I only found out when I replaced the front disk brakes.
Citroen dealers are as bad, on a service on the wife's Picasso they managed to forget to replace the air intake pipe, on inspection at home I phoned them and the part was still on their bench. They also managed to jack up the vehicle by the cill and damage that.
So I can not recommend any garage that I have used recently.
Am I expecting too much from a garage.... I think not, especially when you are paying £60 + per hour.
I certainly welcome a list of good garages, I guess that we will find some good independant garages outside of the main dealers.
Best regards, Rustic