Good Garage Scheme - Beware

colino

So did you look up rotors to spice up your little tale?

dispossessed

colino wrote: »

So did you look up rotors to spice up your little tale?

Given your love of words might I suggest you read, and put into colloquial English, the instruction given in Genesis 9:7.

Read and inwardly digest.

colino

Is that something to do with Phil Collins setting up his hi-hat?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

rotors? discs here? abs reluctors? never heard of the term, ABS rings and sensors commonly known here.

dispossessed

colino wrote: »

Is that something to do with Phil Collins setting up his hi-hat?

I suspect that you know far more about rythmic hand and arm movements than I do.

colino

I'll call a halt there, someone relying on the "Good Book" and calling themselves dispossessed, clearly has too many issues to deal with rather than having their BS easily detected.

BeenThroughItAll

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

rotors? discs here? abs reluctors? never heard of the term, ABS rings and sensors commonly known here.

Whilst I do hate the term 'rotor' as they are clearly discs, I have to stick up for 'reluctor' rings. It is the correct engineering term for the toothed ring acting with a Hall-effect magnetic sensor.

BeenThroughItAll

dispossessed wrote: »

I suspect that you know far more about rythmic hand and arm movements than I do.

Aye, the Book's pretty clear about that too. Could get you smitten by the Lord, being a w**ker.

money08

I know this is an old thread but one well worth reviving especially as I am currently in need fo a good garage. Its a shame it had to descend into abuse and nonsense which helps no one. How on earth can The Good Garage scheme get away with such blatant deception in not posting honest reviews, or rather anything of a negative nature. perhaps we should compain to someone but to whom? The BOSCH good garage scheme is also a con as is the ATA industry standard which you get just for showing up!!

I have a Ford that needs a clutch and was quoted £960 by a local independent who have a pretty good rep. I decided to check out Fords prices. I contacted 14 main dealers in four different counties around here and not one answered the phone after being put through to service. Two machines actually hung up after three rings. I emailed five of the dealers and only one replied three days later. So if the main dealers treat us like that then what chance have we got!! However the one who did respond eventually quoted £757 all in, which is £200 less than the indie!! How on earth does that work. Crazy or what. After my ordeal I am happy to thoroughly recommend RATES FORD of Grays Essex and service manager Danielle who provided excellent professional and efficient help and good old fashioned service like it used to be. And cheaper then the independents too.

WHICH magazine did a review of all the scams and BOSCH came out best but was also pretty abysmal. My personal experience of a BOSCH approved garage TEARS RECOVERY GARAGE SERVICES in Long Sutton, whom I used after the which report was just as pathetic as dealing with the other garage scam jerks. They failed to even show up to do any work, No apology nothing. I count myself lucky I never got to experience their awful service on my vehicle in the end. BOSCH garage scam themselves had no interest in my case and never even had the courtesy to reply.

I think the moral of the story is dont trust anyone at face value when it comes to looking after your car.

skybluesaver

I took my previous vehicle to 2 different good garage scheme garages and received horrendous service from both. First one didn't carry out the required work even though they had the vehicle the whole day. The second garage did some MOT work for me, brakes changed. When i picked the vehicle up, i had brake fluid on the side of car and door and they had tightened the alloy wheel nuts so tight they had sheared the bolts off. When i asked them if they had ever heard of a torque wrench, they looked gone out at me.
I would personally never use a garage just because it was in the good garage scheme unless it had been recommended by friends or family.