halfords made me laugh!!!

[jaffacake]

right, i saw in the forum that someone got quoted £200+ for a set of HT leads for his 320i from BMW dealership, well, went to halfords the other week, and got a few quotes, one for a 80amp alternator (this is for a 325i cab auto 1987) and it was something like £160 and would have to give them my old alternator too, GSF???? 65 quid, bargin. also asked for a radiator and they said £700+, not a joke either, go ask them, GSF???? £127.50, halfords are a complete joke

[suchy]

Yeah and they charge double GSF/Euro for car batteries also!!

[Cook318IS]

Trade card ftw! But the stuff isnt half as cheap as it used to be.

Although i put in an offical complaint to head office against our local manager who wouldnt honour the lifetime guarantee on my tools essentially becuase they are too old!

[spook]

Just dont ask em for a hubcentric spacer

[sweep]

Or a water pump for a 1303 beetle

[suchy]

Or a water pump for a 1303 beetle

They would even try looking for one!!
or anything for air-cooled VW's (except an air fresshener!)

[Alex]

i would love to go to a halfrauds "training" center where they learn there stupid facts and bollocks that they no nothing about

[MattTheHat325]

i made the mistake of going there for a drive belt for my cossie. conversation went something like this:
spotty kid: what car is it mate?
me: Sierra Cosworth
spotty kid: Is it an RS Turbo?
me: No its a Cosworth
spotty kid: Yeah but is it an RS Turbo?
me: No. Its a Cosworth
spotty kid: (typing away) But it says here its an RS?
me: Forget it mate, Ta ra

[Alex]

i made the mistake of going there for a drive belt for my cossie. conversation went something like this:
spotty kid: what car is it mate?
me: Sierra Cosworth
spotty kid: Is it an RS Turbo?
me: No its a Cosworth
spotty kid: Yeah but is it an RS Turbo?
me: No. Its a Cosworth
spotty kid: (typing away) But it says here its an RS?
me: Forget it mate, Ta ra

when i was buying some headlight bulbs this clusless college student was saying you dont want them you WILL get 6 points for them 100w bulbs you want xeon Blue bulbs mate, i said i dont want blue i want these. he said these are better, made some shit up about why they are blue. i told him i'am buying these 100w bulbs end of, what ever you say wont change my mind. i didnt ask his fecking opinion

[MattTheHat325]

they don't have a clue. the amount of times if watched some young imbocile trying to force a pair of wiper blades onto the wipers of an unsuspecting customers astra or something. I wouldn't let these morons hang a magic tree on my mirror

[Alex]

i would love to fook the radio wiring loom up completely with live wires coming from the speakers etc and get them to fit a ripspeed stereo for me

[MattTheHat325]

haha would be worth 60 notes to stand there and watch them squirm! In their defense there is quite often an half-about bird on the counter when i go in

[Alex]

haha would be worth 60 notes to stand there and watch them squirm! In their defense there is quite often an half-about bird on the counter when i go in

if they ever actually fit it say you dont like it and want a refund

[jonny323i]

if halfords dont keep it as a common item then they quote you double the dealer price and just buy it from the dealer then sell it onto you!! ive caught them out a few times

[MattTheHat325]

my mate works at sextons, he could make there life a proper misery haha crikey we're getting a bit sadistic here

[jonny323i]

i went in the other day to buy some screen wash and noticed a little sign under the price label stating "we can fit this for 99p"
seriously i wouldnt have the bottle to ask for 99p to fill a washer bottle

[Brianmoooore]

i went in the other day to buy some screen wash and noticed a little sign under the price label stating "we can fit this for 99p"
seriously i wouldnt have the bottle to ask for 99p to fill a washer bottle

Far cheaper than having the braking system rebuilt as a result of screenwash fluid in the brake reservoir! I haven't actually come across this, but I've been faced will radiators topped up with engine oil, and engines literally filled with oil right up to the filler neck!

[beemerbird]

I once went in to buy an oil filter for one of my fellas motorbikes. Idiot at the counter asked if I wanted it to be fitted to my car

[BrianBimmerHead]

They are good for one thing though, walking around aimlessly, to past 10 minutes while the woman is in some clothes store next door. thats all though

[DanThe]

They are good for one thing though, walking around aimlessly, to past 10 minutes while the woman is in some clothes store next door. thats all though

What, better than lurking around the womens changing rooms?

[robbo86]

Similar experience with a job motor. Realise a brake light is out while on the road. Phone the boss, can he find brake light bulbs? No
Have I got time to take the motor back and swap it? No
If I buy some bulbs from Halfrauds, can I claim me cash back? Yes, no problem

Following a spirited drive to Halfrauds before they shut, the young lad tells me that "that vehicle is right on the border of a change and could be one of two sets of brake light bulbs, dont worry, we'll grab both and go out and try them"

Ahhh good lad, some great customer service there I think. The first set he tries are the right one. Job done. Go back in to pay...... the sod charges me £3 for fitting as well as the cost of the bulbs!!! Even though I told him I could fit the damn things myself.

I woulda refused to pay, but instead claimed it back off the firm! Cheeky sod. Now whenever I want bits from Halfrauds I only speak to one of my two mates who work there!

[Ajsingh]

Halfords qualified tech! That little qoute there always makes me laugh.. Because they know next to nothing yet act as if they know every car out there.. I bought some paint to spray the kidney grills on the e30 & bloke at the till starts lecturing me on how the paint im using wont stick and will crack & peel off.. I asked him how he knew all this & his reply was ' yes im a trained body sprayer'.. My exact reply was 'what the f**k u doing working here mate?' to which he had no reply! Twit!

By the way, a year later, the grills are still in perfect nick

[Kieran_n22]

they went to fit a lightbulb on my girlfriends sisters Puma and said "yeah it's quite easy" and he couldn't do it the idiot! You have to take the light out lol and that ain't worth £4.95 or whatever they charge lol

[e30mtec]

i gotta admit the local halfords by me are pretty good, its basically run by local modders so they fortunately do have some hands on knowledge and everyime i take a new e30 down they always come n have a mooch before asking what i need for it,then the sales pitch starts on a magic tree ha ha ...........some are good ...most are shit

[Alex]

its basically run by local modders

by this you mean chavs i assume

[e30mtec]

nah not really, theres one nob who works there, thats about it, the manager drives a 4.4 v8 x5 with hamman kit and 20 inch rims,in white,very nice, ..audio sales kid has a drift spec nissan 200sx,spares dept lad has a seirra cossie and an xr4x4 ,the other coupe of ppl have a tuned mazda demio thing and one has a mini 1275gt,they are pretty good lads, and will help u out the best they can,even with old tools that need replacing....

[andyp]

I once went in to buy an oil filter for one of my fellas motorbikes. Idiot at the counter asked if I wanted it to be fitted to my car

blimey how many fellas have you got ?

[oppositedrift]

dont know if anyone on here is into push bikes but there even worse at them

[jaffacake]

dont know if anyone on here is into push bikes but there even worse at them

yeah they are, i once had a Kona Stinky, expensive bike, and i took it in there to get them to tighten up the chain guard on the crank where the pedals are and they didnt have an allen key that fitted, a store that sells loads of tools and they still havent got the allen key. useless they are

[beemerbird]

I once went in to buy an oil filter for one of my fellas motorbikes. Idiot at the counter asked if I wanted it to be fitted to my car

blimey how many fellas have you got ?

Well, there's the moody one, the happy one, the nice one, the nasty one. Wierdly they all look the same