Suffered several weeks ago when a drunken t**t drove on the wrong side of the road into the front of my much loved S3......
got my car back from the accident repair centre last week and have not been happy with the work... I have returned it so many times, they've told me they've had enough and that I have to take it elsewhere!
Your thoughts on any of this would be appreciated...
1. Replaced turbo inter-cooler. Now it makes a huge amount of induction noise and a loud 'dump valve' noise when I dip the clutch.
2. New lower arm and bushes on the passenger side (I paid for the same on the driver's side as they weren't damaged in the accident) Now, the front passenger wheel sticks out about a centimetre more than the wheel arch (compared to the driver's side which sits comfortably inside the arch!)
3. The engine runs like a sack of s**t. Took it to a specialist today at a cost of £60 to read the fault codes and begin eliminating possibilities - he claims allowing the battery to run flat might've confused the throttle control. He's reset throttle control and has told me to drive it for a week to see which fault codes come back and I should expect the throttle to settle back to normal.
Moral of the story - if you have an accident and you get a choice of repairer.... don't send it to a Vauxhall garage!
got my car back from the accident repair centre last week and have not been happy with the work... I have returned it so many times, they've told me they've had enough and that I have to take it elsewhere!
Your thoughts on any of this would be appreciated...
1. Replaced turbo inter-cooler. Now it makes a huge amount of induction noise and a loud 'dump valve' noise when I dip the clutch.
2. New lower arm and bushes on the passenger side (I paid for the same on the driver's side as they weren't damaged in the accident) Now, the front passenger wheel sticks out about a centimetre more than the wheel arch (compared to the driver's side which sits comfortably inside the arch!)
3. The engine runs like a sack of s**t. Took it to a specialist today at a cost of £60 to read the fault codes and begin eliminating possibilities - he claims allowing the battery to run flat might've confused the throttle control. He's reset throttle control and has told me to drive it for a week to see which fault codes come back and I should expect the throttle to settle back to normal.
Moral of the story - if you have an accident and you get a choice of repairer.... don't send it to a Vauxhall garage!