My lovely little car has been waiting for a good service for a couple of months now and as I have got a couple of days off work decided to be productive and book it in for a right old seeing to.
So off I went to Southampton, got to the garage and handed over the keys. Was told by the very spotty boy behind the desk it would be 2 hours including the cleaning so headed off to West Quay and Ikea for some time wasting.
Went to Costa and had a coffee then to Ikea, Alan asked me to look for a wardrobe and mum wanted me to price up some chest of drawers so with mission in hand I very slowly wondered around Ikea taking photos and noting costs of relevant items. After about an hour I wondered over to Next Home ware store. I wasn't even half way round when I received a phone call from the garage. I was advised that my front break pads were almost completely worn and my break discs were in need of replacing and this work would cost me £209.98. I very politely told them I couldn't afford it right now and would get it sorted as soon as I was paid.
As soon as I had finished that call I rang Auto Tyre Centre in Gosport to see if Jo (the god of all mechanics) could check over the service sheet and the brakes as I had a feeling the garage were trying to mug me off being as the car is no longer under warranty.
So I picked the car up from the garage and headed straight to Jo's. He took one look at the brakes and said if they did need doing it wouldn't cost anywhere near what Renault wanted plus there is nothing wrong with the discs and the pads are barely half worn. Renault lied!!!!! I am not surprised as soon as they know the car isn't in warranty, and the fact it was a girl who bought it in they clearly thought well we've got one here lets rip her off!! Sorry lads you aren't getting one over on me. No one does anything to my car until I have checked with Jo.
Moral of the story, never trust a corporate garage not to rip you off and always seek mechanical advise from trusted source.
Rant over!!
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