Car Service

[KILLER1]

Hi just phoned my local Garage that I normally use but he is getting dear. he wants £47 a hour to change my timing belt. He reckons 3 - 4 hours to change. £141 inc vat or £ 188 inc vat with my self supplying the belt. All books stamped and a service receipt.

There is another garage that alot of my friends use and is highly recomened but never used by self he wants £ 80 with no vat.with no receipt or books stamped .

Belt and tensioners £85

What do you think. I would save nearly 60 - 80

thanks

I spoke To the cheaper garage today and he has agreed to stamp my service book. And give my self a sevice receipt to show prove of change over sounds okay to me.

[sparkystav]

Its the garage YOU trust at the end of the day.

Stav

[VVProtocolVV]

Mines due and im going to pay top bucks as im not going to risk anything with the timming belt (hell i usually pay full amount as i've had one too many incidents with trying to cut corners by saving and end up shooting my own foot lol, i learnt the hard way, so never again!)...imagine if you went down the road after its done and a valve flies out of ya engine block...saving of 60-80 quid, but lose out in £2000+ and the hassel of trying to get garage to payout, insurance, no car etc etc. But without knowing the garage i can't say for sure, but you really do need a receipt for the work thats been carried out. You may even lose out in insurance if they find out you just had a new belt installed etc but can't prove it with anything, and isn't it by law that a garage should always provide receipt for any work carried out, so it protects both the garage and yourself? Pay the £188+£85!

[spikes]

Hi just phoned my local Garage that I normally use but he is getting dear. he wants £47 a hour to change my timing belt. He reckons 3 - 4 hours to change. £141 inc vat or £ 188 inc vat with my self supplying the belt. All books stamped and a service receipt.

There is another garage that alot of my friends use and is highly recomened but never used by self he wants £ 80 with no vat.with no receipt or books stamped .

Belt and tensioners £85

What do you think. I would save nearly 60 - 80

thanks

theres a good chance the water pump will need doing aswell !!!

[DJ Wozza]

theres a good chance the water pump will need doing aswell !!!

that is good advice (ask Jason_l :o) as is replacing the tensioner and idler pulley too

[Rory]

I went to a BMW specialist when I had my belts done, they charged £35+vat per hour, (think thats £42ish)

[swfcdan]

my local trusted garage charges £45 per hour including VAT

[Andy-R]

£45 :o an hour is about right most places will charge that and like a few have said with a job like that it's worth paying the extra for peace of mind and knowing it's done right ;)

[Steve ( West Mids )]

You must get a receipt for a job like that for your piece of mind and for new owner if you were to sell it on. I always think no receipt, no vat then no warranty :(

[LennyLexus]

2.5 hours is the book time.

I had mine done by a mate Lexus/Toyota techie of many years, he is now a trainer.