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Hopchop
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Does anybody have experience of using this company, opinions please?
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Kos
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In Hayes ?
Used Jason many times, never a problem
Used him for coding and mapping
Used Jason many times, never a problem
Used him for coding and mapping
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Hopchop
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Yes in Hayes, I need to go soon to see is my setup correctKos wrote:In Hayes ?
Used Jason many times, never a problem
Used him for coding and mapping
M52 transplant
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Mitchen
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Yes used him a couple of times as well... not a bad bunch, but a pain in the ass if you have to leave your car for a few days, as Hayes is basically Emmerdale farm.
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pony
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I found them poor when giving a quote to finish the mechanicals on the E30
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Kos
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Most garages don't like finishing other peoples work.pony wrote:I found them poor when giving a quote to finish the mechanicals on the E30
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DanThe
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You mean you didnt like the quote....pony wrote:I found them poor when giving a quote to finish the mechanicals on the E30
Its not difficult to get an M52 running right, start with a check for fault codes, pretty much any garage can do this for under £40
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pony
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The quote was crazy
Wasn't finishing other ppl work
PacerPete done tonnes of work ages ago
The outstanding work
Just doing rear end
New rear axle
Rear bushes
LSD
Inspection II
FR strut
KDS
MOT
Their quotes were crazy and they wanted to see the car before hand
Wasn't finishing other ppl work
PacerPete done tonnes of work ages ago
The outstanding work
Just doing rear end
New rear axle
Rear bushes
LSD
Inspection II
FR strut
KDS
MOT
Their quotes were crazy and they wanted to see the car before hand
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Kos
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What was the quote ?
And I don't see the problem in them looking at the car before
And I don't see the problem in them looking at the car before
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pnd
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Any specialist would charge a lot for all that work
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pony
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Kos wrote:What was the quote ?
And I don't see the problem in them looking at the car before
Agreed with looking at the vehicle before
But flat battery, recovery truck would be only way to get it to there's
They quoted £1k I think for rear bushes, rear axle and FR strut
I think Insp 2 was like £400
And they were slow to get back to me but I think one of them was on annual leave or something
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LondonTom
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It's not like you've asked for a service on a run of the mill car.pony wrote:Kos wrote:What was the quote ?
And I don't see the problem in them looking at the car before
Agreed with looking at the vehicle before
But flat battery, recovery truck would be only way to get it to there's
They quoted £1k I think for rear bushes, rear axle and FR strut
I think Insp 2 was like £400
And they were slow to get back to me but I think one of them was on annual leave or something
Any trades such as a builder, plumber, electrician would inspect prior to quoting work for a customer so why should the motor trade be any different if required.
I would say, you probably chatted as much waft as you do on here and thought they'd give you a wide birth.
Ps I saw an m3 cs the other day for sale - it was 11k.
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pony
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I can understand then wanting to see the vehicle before hand
Fair enough
I gave them a specific list of things I wanted done
Thre prices were more expensive than others and for reasons they explained and they were terrible at getting back to me
I had someone with more experience and cheaper lined up anyway just wanted to see others prices
As for your talking "waft and wide birth" comment wind your neck in mate!
PS
I have seen E46 M3 CS selling for £20k several in fact
Fair enough
I gave them a specific list of things I wanted done
Thre prices were more expensive than others and for reasons they explained and they were terrible at getting back to me
I had someone with more experience and cheaper lined up anyway just wanted to see others prices
As for your talking "waft and wide birth" comment wind your neck in mate!
PS
I have seen E46 M3 CS selling for £20k several in fact
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TriggerFish
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I too found their communications slow when I was trying to get a remap.
Had to wait about 2 hours for him to arrive too on the day, despite having booked in advance.
Didn't make the power claimed either, although that could be the car's fault (remapped at around 200,000 miles - possibly original turbo). (And I still get EGR errors, despite asking to have it mapped out.)
Did prove helpful in pointing out a few issues with the car though that I hadn't spotted (where my coolant leak was, very slightly leaky rocker cover and a failing engine mount).
Had to wait about 2 hours for him to arrive too on the day, despite having booked in advance.
Didn't make the power claimed either, although that could be the car's fault (remapped at around 200,000 miles - possibly original turbo). (And I still get EGR errors, despite asking to have it mapped out.)
Did prove helpful in pointing out a few issues with the car though that I hadn't spotted (where my coolant leak was, very slightly leaky rocker cover and a failing engine mount).
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LondonTom
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A. "Crazy burnouts" waft in my book.pony wrote:I can understand then wanting to see the vehicle before hand
Fair enough
I gave them a specific list of things I wanted done
Thre prices were more expensive than others and for reasons they explained and they were terrible at getting back to me
I had someone with more experience and cheaper lined up anyway just wanted to see others prices
As for your talking "waft and wide birth" comment wind your neck in mate!
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I have seen E46 M3 CS selling for £20k several in fact
B. I'm not a tortoise.
C. When are going to get some pictures and videos up of drifting your 'sport classic 325i'?
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