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basil
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by basil » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:11 pm
Put my car into MMC for its C service and MOT last Wednesday evening and I am still currently without a car.
I had asked them to check my floor for corrosion and was told that a car the age of mine would have been checked already but agreed to have a look. Well I get a phone call the next day to say I need a new flexi for my exhaust and by the way your floor is foocked. So I gave them a call almost every day to see if my car was ready for collection to be told it should be tomorrow, well last night I phoned and was told it has just failed its MOT on emissions so I am currently waiting to find out why

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by Andy G » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:12 pm
Sorry to hear that mate.
You don't even want to hear mine........................
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by Rich H » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:14 pm
In the meets section, get it posted in the rants / complaints section
Power to the people!
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by Scottd » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:14 pm
Think you're pissed off now, wait till you see the bill!

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Rich H
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by Rich H » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:15 pm
Ouch, that will sting a bit....
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by ed » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:18 pm
indeed
Hope they get her sorted soon!

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by Gareth » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:38 pm
Scottd wrote:Think you're pissed off now, wait till you see the bill!

Ouch!
My car failed it's emissions there as well.
I rebooked it in Aberdeen. Passed.
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by mrbennybennett » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:54 pm
Same thing happened with my old SI last November - failed on emissions - they said I needed a full new exhaust and cat - cost a staggering £1,600 fitted
Managed to get a cat and flexi from Geary at Elise parts and all fitted for £500 - a mere saving of £1,100. The rear silencer was OK and idint need replaced
Get a quote before you let them do anything - i think they charge £600 for a Cat - £200 from Elise Parts
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by Victor Meldrew » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:57 pm
Said it elsewhere before...
bottle of injector cleaner into half a tank, run for 20mins and retest.....
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by GregR » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:09 pm
got my flexi & new manifold for £36.99 off fleabay

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by basil » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:28 pm
My cat is almost brand new as it sits in a garage drawer all year so hopefully they wont be stupid enought to tell me its shagged, plus the car has only covered 18K
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by basil » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:37 pm
Well just phoned again to be told its still not ready (failed emissions again) so try phoning back tomorrow, yet again

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by Andy G » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:41 pm
I suspect the number of SE'rs heading down the A1/A68 will continue to rise
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by Sanjøy » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:44 pm
Andy G wrote:I suspect the number of SE'rs heading down the A1/A68 will continue to rise
They will prob get the message if tehre was a std word doc posted up to send to MMC to let them know that due to bad service .....
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by ed » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:50 pm
s1 exige in yellow and looks

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