Car garage

[Goaters]

Now I have a Ford Focus which I was told were the most reliable cars around, anyway everytime I go to the garage for something which I think is minor it always seems to cost a good few hundred quid/

Would people recommend a certain garage or is it best to go to the Ford one? As I know nothing about cars it is hard for me to ever question what is wrong.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Whereabouts are you based mate ? If you`re anywhere near Stockport the one I use is top notch, cracking lads and sound as.

 

[rickmcfc]

Where are you based?

 

[Joycee Banercheck]

You can take it to any garage. Ford parts are usually cheap and available from other manufacturers rather than just through Ford (I think where I used to work we used to source spurious parts for most cars from Andrew Page and Part-Co. So if you can get the parts cheap, then the garage must be charging you for authentic parts and at a hefty charge for labour.

Not sure how Ford work out their prices as I was working for Peugeot, but if they are similar methods of working then a mechanic refers to a book that tells them how long a job should take. So if the book states it takes 4 hours to do a job, the mechanic would put down 4 hours worked, even if it took them 2 hours.

Use a local garage that is recommended by others. Only go to a main dealer when you need some really good drugs.

 

[Goaters]

I am around Stockport but would really go anywhere that has a good reputation.

Thanks for the tip Joycee.

 

[rickmcfc]

If you need any parts for your car then let me know. I will be able to get you them cheaper than any dealer etc. I have a mondeo and i never ever use ford. They are crap.