Anyway spoke to insurance said i have to pay £250 will have a car while my car in the garge doesnt effect my no claims or my mums but my insurance next year will go up by £200.
I would def pursue the council for the costs, we pay a fortune for road tax and fuel tax the least we can expect is roads that are fit for purpose!
Hey Ash, hows it going??
How have you got on so far??
Keep us posted on the council issue, will be good to see you get something sorted from them!!
I'd bet my house on the fact your car could easily have been repaired to 100% safe condition using loads less parts, Benskin.
They sensed/knew it was an insurance claim and took advantage, both in parts and extra labour.
A new coil spring....honestly....
There's nothing to damage in a coil spring!
As long as one of the coils isn't snapped, it's fine!
As for all new bolts.
Something wrong with Audi ones that they can't be used more than once?
And the insurance industry has the cheek to have a go at Joe Public for dodgy claims?
They need to investigate garages.
You are probably right. I dont know much about cars but i know most of that never needed to be changed i would of just said the traction arm. Yeah because it was a insurance job probably though they say there loads of damaged parts etc and get as much as they want. My dad was on holiday so he wasnt here to sort it out. The coils springs were 100% not snapped i spent over 2hours checking it over.
What would you suggest bowfer? thanks for this aswell
Ashley
Without wanting to go over old ground, can I just clarify something - you had £2k work done by Audi Cardiff, then went to Audi Sinclair who said that the parts that Cardiff claimed they'd replaced haven't actually been replaced. Is that correct?
what would I suggest?
Blimey, that's a hard one.
If you want to 'twist the knife' into the dealer, you could phone your insurance company and tell them you don't believe some of the parts were required.
Or you could report them to trading standards.
They have tried to get to get my clutch done and then i found out it was because my gear linkage was out.
Ashley
WHAT THE F*CK are you being serious! Thats incredible...I cant get over that its really bad, but quite funny lol.
Thats terrible....Some garage must just not check car over properly at all
I think i will get in touch with my insurance and trading standards.
I think its a bit of Sheer stupidity and just another excuse to make more money.
What happened after with the golf and mudflaps?
What would have been really interesting would have been their reaction to the car still making the noise, even after a new gearbox had been fitted!
What blew my mind was the mechanic's train of thought.
It didn't do it if you went straight in reverse.
Only on full lock (edge of tread rubbing the mudflaps)
How on earth did he diagnose a gearbox???
If it was the gearbox, surely to christ it would do it all the time?
Idiot.