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Shaheenk
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:15 pm

Seem in their rush to complete my car , they nicely decided that instead of jacking up the car a corner at a time to remove the tressels they used a single jacking point.

These being my spare wheel well which now is dented up and my sump which now sports some windscreen sealent and a crack under.

ARRRRGGGHHHHH !!!!!!! :x :x :x
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:20 pm

Well they have some more work to do now :D
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:27 pm

WTF?!!!

If they are retarded enough to do that then i would be VERY concerned about the standard of the work they did!
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:50 pm

I think like a lot businesses, its all about getting the jobs in and out quick, to get a faster, more cash effective turnaround. Someone in the office crunching numbers gets more emphasise than the craft of the job itself for the customer.

A shame but the way things are a lot of the time.. all at the detriment at the quality of the trade..
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:08 pm

tards.
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:48 pm

Name and shame!!!!
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:52 pm

pics? 8O
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:03 pm

Trading standards mate, that's terrible!
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:43 pm

they jacked the car up using the sump? the sump is fairly strong, i used a piece of wood on top of a jack to lift the engine off the mounts, but the whole frigging car?!

theres a diff and a front subframe a few more inches in, what a bunch of dumbasses!
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Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:27 pm

ross_jsy wrote:Trading standards mate, that's terrible!
This, no messing, without doubt :evil:
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Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:00 am

South Africa, trading standards ,LOL
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Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:22 am

Well, in that case I bet you paid peanuts....
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Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:37 am

DanThe wrote:Well, in that case I bet you paid peanuts....
:snigger:
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Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:05 pm

They are a breed of their own, ended up doing all my own repairs as i got fed up dealing with them!
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Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:21 pm

pacerpete wrote:
DanThe wrote:Well, in that case I bet you paid peanuts....
:snigger:
Quote of the year already Dan.
I said:

Can anyone suggest how to test if the boot lights are staying on with the boot shut?

e30topless said:

lock the wife in there
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