Recent content by Pottermus

Front are the same, but rears are different

I'm not ****sexual but my boyfriend is. why is g a y obscured by the swear filter???

If DPF's worry you, you need to steer well clear of anything Awful German car! This swear filter about VW is silly

Give a motor factors a call, they should be able to give you the information for free even if you have no intention of buying from them.

Well this independent is doing a bundle for your faith isn't it lol.

To clatify, it was a Honda dealer that did the work?

Something just doesn't ring true with this for me. Brand new Honda parts don't just fail like this and combined with a vague diagnosis method I'm thinking there may be more than meets the eye. Perhaps I'm just being paranoid.

I know it's only 3 weeks away but that is awful. I'd be inclined to push them a bit on that otherwise consequential damage could be through the roof.

I think they have just been made an example of to discourage similar behavior.

Unfortunately I think this will end up being a classic case of only half a job was done last time.

Unfortunately it's not all champagne and skittles

I hear that if a dealership makes a 2% profit throughout a year it is considered to be a successful one. I wonder how many independents work towards them figures? Who really is the "stealer"

Operating costs. Like the example I gave. EDIT: Here's another quite amusing one. Say for instance that you have a franchised dealership and within the showroom you are selling official merchandise for the manufacturer and they say that you have to display that merchandise in a particular...

Which is fine, but people can't expect a business/professional to work for the same lack of profit. They are providing a service and it's their livelihood and how they feed their kids and pay their mortgage.

Seems a reasonable figure to me. Take £50 out for the oil and filter and £60 to first open the doors, pay the bills, pay peoples wages and then try and make a profit afterwards it doesn't seem that bad. I don't know what sort of margins you think garages work at but when you have to pay...