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The other day while the wife was driving home some dick in a van barged his way into the lane she was in and took out her passenger side mirror.
She didn't get the reg number and lost the van in traffic so we where left to foot the bill.
The car is a 2016 ford B max so I told her to nip into Perry's Ford just up the road and get a price for a new one.
£340 she was quoted

I told her to tell them to shove it and I would have a look at it myself when I got in from work.
Luckily the only things that need replacing are the heated lense and rear mirror cover.
I had search on fleabay and got a pattern rear cover in primer and heated lense and backplate for just over £20.
Got the paint matched at a local refinishing place and mixed for a tenner.
So in all its cost £33 and twenty minutes of my time to sort.
Just don't know how main dealers can justify what they charge

She didn't get the reg number and lost the van in traffic so we where left to foot the bill.
The car is a 2016 ford B max so I told her to nip into Perry's Ford just up the road and get a price for a new one.
£340 she was quoted
I told her to tell them to shove it and I would have a look at it myself when I got in from work.
Luckily the only things that need replacing are the heated lense and rear mirror cover.
I had search on fleabay and got a pattern rear cover in primer and heated lense and backplate for just over £20.
Got the paint matched at a local refinishing place and mixed for a tenner.
So in all its cost £33 and twenty minutes of my time to sort.
Just don't know how main dealers can justify what they charge