I have a Good Car But Bad Garage and Mechanics

creamygem

Please Help!!!

I bought a Hyundai Coupe 1.6 over the xmas period and it really a nice car. I been doing long miles on the car as i travel alot. so i decided to have it service , as the last service was in june 2012. So i was introduced to a local garage, went there for full service and was charge 280£ . At first i didnt mind, but last weekend my inlaw toke the car out and then for some reason the clutch got burnt . so i toke the car to this same garage and i was charge 480£ to change the clutch in this car. I told my mates and they said the man is only using my car to save for his new wife. i decided i wont go there again and i told the garage man he is a rip off. so last week i went to kwitfit to get new tyres as i use 18dish chrome, and i was charge 200£ for each. i only bought 2 and so far i am spending more than i bargain for, to own a small and simple car. at the moment the engine sound has changed after i got back from liverpool last week, i was thinking maybe cos of the salts and snow on the road. but its still sounding funny but drives fine. I am wondering if someone can help me with a nice garage around greenwich, lewisham, surrounding . cos kwitfit is too expensive and i dont want to take the car back to my previous mechanic.

ianders

creamygem wrote: »

i use 18dish chrome, and i was charge 200£ for each

creamygem wrote: »

i am spending more than i bargain for, to own a small and simple car.

18" chrome wheels don't belong on a "small and simple car". £200 a tyre sounds about in the right ballpark to me from somewhere like KF. Perhaps switch to 14 or 15" wheels and you'll instantly quarter your tyre spend?

Lum

£200 a corner on 18s sounds about right, providing you got a decent make of tyre. It'd be a bit expensive for Linglongs or Barum or whatever bottom of the barrel brand Kwik Fit are pushing these days.

Also clutch replacements are a pain in the !!!! job, especially on FWD cars, and aren't cheap. I've not seen the engine bay in the Hyundai Coupe but I suspect it's probably a bit cramped and difficult to work on.

Crabman

Welcome to MSE, creamygem :hello:

I've moved the above posts into a new thread.

McCoy

ianders wrote: »

18" chrome wheels don't belong on a "small and simple car".

I don't think it's for you to decide what wheels do or don't belong on another person's car to be honest.

richard734

the Coupe, 1.6 Alpha engine is a sweet bit of kit.
As one of teh (now departed/grown up:)) founding members, may I recommend that you join the UKHCC?
www.hyundaicoupeclub.co.uk

thousands of like minded peeps who know a hell of a lot about your car!

Strider590

Not sure if serious......

Your in law burns out your clutch and you blame the garage?
Fastest car on earth is one you don't own.

arcon5

but last weekend my inlaw toke the car out and then for some reason the clutch got burnt . so i toke the car to this same garage and i was charge 480£ to change the clutch in this car. I told my mates and they said the man is only using my car to save for his new wife. i decided i wont go there again and i told the garage man he is a rip off.

I don't understand... your inlaw burnt out your clutch so the garage repaired it... how is he a rip off? :huh:

And if you thought the cost of the 2 tyres was high why didn't you shop around? Most places will do online or phone quotes on consumables like tyres, brakes etc.

Daz2009

So within a couple of weeks you've had to replace the clutch,2 tyres and now the engine's making an odd noise and yet you describe it as a good car

Splott

creamygem wrote: »

last weekend my inlaw toke the car out and then for some reason the clutch got burnt . so i toke the car to this same garage and i was charge 480£ to change the clutch in this car. I told my mates and they said the man is only using my car to save for his new wife.

Your mates are idiots. I'd be asking the in-law for a contribution to the clutch that burned out but I suspect that you're a bit of a boy racer and have killed it yourself along with the tyres doing burnouts to impress your mates.

I've got a similar friend who kills cars because he still thinks he's 18 and drives like a knob. He bought a car off me which was meticulously maintained, never let me down in 5 years and he killed it in a month.

red_eye

creamygem wrote: »

Please Help!!!

I bought a Hyundai Coupe 1.6 over the xmas period and it really a nice car. I been doing long miles on the car as i travel alot. so i decided to have it service , as the last service was in june 2012. So i was introduced to a local garage, went there for full service and was charge 280£ . At first i didnt mind, but last weekend my inlaw toke the car out and then for some reason the clutch got burnt . so i toke the car to this same garage and i was charge 480£ to change the clutch in this car. I told my mates and they said the man is only using my car to save for his new wife. i decided i wont go there again and i told the garage man he is a rip off. so last week i went to kwitfit to get new tyres as i use 18dish chrome, and i was charge 200£ for each. i only bought 2 and so far i am spending more than i bargain for, to own a small and simple car. at the moment the engine sound has changed after i got back from liverpool last week, i was thinking maybe cos of the salts and snow on the road. but its still sounding funny but drives fine. I am wondering if someone can help me with a nice garage around greenwich, lewisham, surrounding . cos kwitfit is too expensive and i dont want to take the car back to my previous mechanic.

sorry I keep getting lost in the sea of words,
describe the noise it is making
and if you are hving trouble finding a garage http://ata.theimi.org.uk/ata-technician-search