Help with car costs please

nic678

I've just had my car in the garage to get checked before it's MOT. They came up with £550 worth of work on top of a £150 service. The quoted prices seem quite high but I don't know if I'm being ripped off or not....advice please

Prices quited are
Fuel treatment £20
Headlight alignment £20
Clean brake pipes £25
Front brake pads £55
Rear brake pads and disks £235
3 x tyres £195

Its a renault megane 1.6 petrol 2003

Thanks

TangledMemories_2

Just asked OH who is a mechanic and MOT tester:

Fuel treatment £20 - about average
Headlight alignment £20 - probably a little higher than average of £10 dependant on where you live
Clean brake pipes £25 - a little expensive
Front brake pads £55 - about average
Rear brake pads and disks £235 - correct - discs and wheel bearings are one unit and are therefore expensive
3 x tyres £195 - about average for a "budget" tyre to fit your vehicle's spec.

Hintza

It mounts up quickly doesn't it.

harveybobbles

nic678 wrote: »

I've just had my car in the garage to get checked before it's MOT. They came up with £550 worth of work on top of a £150 service. The quoted prices seem quite high but I don't know if I'm being ripped off or not....advice please

Prices quited are
Fuel treatment £20
Headlight alignment £20
Clean brake pipes £25
Front brake pads £55
Rear brake pads and disks £235
3 x tyres £195

Its a renault megane 1.6 petrol 2003

Thanks

Take it to a council run MOT centre for its MOT and see what it fails on.

Since when has fuel treatment been part of the MOT lol

TangledMemories_2

The fuel treatment may have been done due to emission problems which would prevent the vehicle from passing the MOT

TRADESIZE

harveybobbles wrote: »

Take it to a council run MOT centre for its MOT and see what it fails on.

Since when has fuel treatment been part of the MOT lol

yeah man do this, they dont do work, so wont have a commercial interest in failing it!
they hardly ever do public mot's, but to be able to have an mot licence they have to do public ones if a member of the public asks

harveybobbles

As for the tyres - put some good quality pressure tested part worns on for 30 quid a corner.

nomoneytoday

harveybobbles wrote: »

As for the tyres - put some good quality pressure tested part worns on for 30 quid a corner.

I wouldn't - they could be from a crashed car, and are the only thing holding you to the road. Instead look at mytyres and Blackcircles and get something reasonable for less than the £65 quoted by the dealer

rzramon

Hi Friends,
I find the cost to be fine enough. If others are commenting on the low cost then quality might matter. If you have done your servicing in a reputed service center then definitely quality won't be the issue.

Regards,
Razor