Originally posted by VectraMan
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
I am in the wrong business, and so are you lot
Collapse
X
-
-
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI am shocked. My VW Touran broke down with a hooky alternator.
Bill for repair
£690.00
£100.00 per hour for labour!
£100.00 for diagnostics which "they had to do" as the battery was flat as it would be.
£100 for a new battery.
"never mind" said the service rep, "you get a 2 year warranty on it"
Yeah great, it goes back to the leasing company tomorrow!Comment
-
Originally posted by Charles Foster Kane View PostRecruitment consultant being shafted.... I think that's called karma.
Comment
-
Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWas the original price for new parts?
I had the gearbox go on my S2000 (don't tell me S2000s never break). It was going to be £4000 from Honda (I didn't even ask if that was inc VAT or not), but I also used that partsgateway place and got a nearly new one for £450, plus about the same for an independent to fit.
Most people won't go the extra mile, and also get all obsessed about dealer stamps. If it costs you a couple of thousand pounds more to get the dealer stamp, do you really gain enough in resale to make it worth it?
To answer your first question, no, mine was a 2nd hand box, from another Saab with much the same miles as my existing one, but you never can tell. The grease monkey made some shrieking noises about the box looking "very, very old", but then many Saabs go 200K miles without anything going wrong, so it's a chance I'm willing to take for the saving I made.Comment
-
Originally posted by oracleslave View PostWhat do Swindon millionaire tycoons drive these days if not a porsche or an Audi?
BMW M Roadster (S54 Engine)
BMW 320d (6 months old)
Ford Galaxy
All spare cash is sitting in my war fund waiting for the bottom of the property decline.Comment
-
Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostMy triple garage contains:
BMW M Roadster (S54 Engine)
BMW 320d (6 months old)
Ford Galaxy
All spare cash is sitting in my war fund waiting for the bottom of the property decline.Comment
-
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostThis is why I stopped buying VWs. They aren't appreciably more reliable, but they are expensive to repair. People claim that British cars were shoddy and unreliable, but everywhere there seem to be stories like this about the supposedly well engineered German ones.
VW are still trading on an image from years ago of bulletproof reliability.
I get all my work done from a VW qualified grease monkey who does the work at home at weekends at half my VW dealers price.Comment
-
I am told that these days the Japanese are most reliable. Is this correct?
We have a Toyoya garage near us - I might take a look sometime.Comment
-
Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostMy triple garage contains:
BMW M Roadster (S54 Engine)
BMW 320d (6 months old)
Ford Galaxy
All spare cash is sitting in my war fund waiting for the bottom of the property decline.
BMW Z4 3.0 (wife)
BMW E46 M3 (cos I just can't grow up!)
Vauxhall Astra (borrowed off daughter when we are on shopping expeditions)I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying...Comment
-
Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.Comment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Streamline Your Retirement with iSIPP: A Solution for Contractor Pensions Sep 1 09:13
- Making the most of pension lump sums: overview for contractors Sep 1 08:36
- Umbrella company tribunal cases are opening up; are your wages subject to unlawful deductions, too? Aug 31 08:38
- Contractors, relabelling 'labour' as 'services' to appear 'fully contracted out' won't dupe IR35 inspectors Aug 31 08:30
- How often does HMRC check tax returns? Aug 30 08:27
- Work-life balance as an IT contractor: 5 top tips from a tech recruiter Aug 30 08:20
- Autumn Statement 2023 tipped to prioritise mental health, in a boost for UK workplaces Aug 29 08:33
- Final reminder for contractors to respond to the umbrella consultation (closing today) Aug 29 08:09
- Top 5 most in demand cyber security contract roles Aug 25 08:38
- Changes to the right to request flexible working are incoming, but how will contractors be affected? Aug 24 08:25
Comment