MOT FOR MY 306 D TURBO HAS JUST COST ME £333

Just had M.O.T done on my p reg 306 d turbo. Its cost a HUGE £333 (not
funny)

Work done included

2 new wishbones as the bushes were "worn to excess" the car was unstable and
steering was off, this was the cause it was said
2 new tyres - because the wishbones had knocked the tracking out, therefore
buggering the tyres up
Tracking sorted
2 new front brake pads
handbrake adjusted as it wasnt working on the back right wheel (think it was
just cleaned off or freed up, no parts used in other words)

Although the car handles like it should now and its "hairy steering moments
seem to be gone" am i not the only one to think that £333 is excessive. My
mate said it was.

Would like to hear thoughts of what these parts cost seperately and general
views about the price ive been charged and what is usually charged.

Im thinking tyres (not brilliant brand) must have cost £90 at most for 2(14
inch)

Wishbones my mate said are about £20

Brake pads about £15 for the pair

Tracking is just labour so no parts there

Working it out i wouldnt say parts have cost no more than £150. so that
leaves nearly £200 in labour charges!

Thanks

 

Not unreasonable for a main dealer I would if thought - especially if it
included the tyres. If it wasn't a main dealer perhaps a bit excessive.

Jim

 

It wasnt main dealer. local garage that my mate knows, thought he might of
got it me a bit cheaper as he knows the garage guy quite well. how wrong i
was!

Not unreasonable for a main dealer I would if thought - especially if it
included the tyres. If it wasn't a main dealer perhaps a bit excessive.

Jim

 

I still don't think it was too excessive from personal experience.

Jim

 

I think you'll find wisbones are much more than that. When I've got 205
ones in the past they've been about £50 each.

 

Agreed. Eurocarparts quote £45 + vat so there is £106 right away + tyres
at £90 + brakepads £15.00 = £211. Leaving £122 for labour - not in the
slightest bit excessive I would have thought.

Jim

 

Agreed. They're gonna be charging somewhere around £40 an hour, so three
hours for that lot sounds fine to me.

A bill for £333 is nothing in car-land. Remember, your P-plate car will be
ten years old soon ! Things do wear out, and things will need replacing -
you need to budget for this sort of thing.

 

Why change the wishbones if only the bushes needed changing?

Doesn't seem expensive for the work claimed. More importantly did you
think the work needed doing and did you monitor the tyre wear etc
before handing the car over? When was it last serviced?

 

I had a wishbone changed on the wife's 106 for the MOT. I suspect it's
quicker for the garage to change the whole wishbone rather than just
the bushes. If you think about it the wishbone is never going to wear
out so I suspect they come with bushed and then it's just a straight
swap. IIRC they charged about 2 hours labour which didn't seem
excessive to me.

On the whole I reckon £333 is about right for the work the OP had
done. 2-3 hours for the wishbones, 1 hour taking the car to the tyre
depot, 1 hour for the brakes at a minimum of £30 per hour gives £150.

 

That reminds me, watch out with replacement wishbones. I had 2 sent back
and replaced because the bushes failed. In the end I gave up and brought
some Superflex bushes (£40 for a set) and just replaced them. Eveverything
was fine after that, so you may want to look into getting that done if its
just the bushes that have play in them. And it will work out cheaper.

I had a wishbone changed on the wife's 106 for the MOT. I suspect it's
quicker for the garage to change the whole wishbone rather than just
the bushes. If you think about it the wishbone is never going to wear
out so I suspect they come with bushed and then it's just a straight
swap. IIRC they charged about 2 hours labour which didn't seem
excessive to me.

On the whole I reckon £333 is about right for the work the OP had
done. 2-3 hours for the wishbones, 1 hour taking the car to the tyre
depot, 1 hour for the brakes at a minimum of £30 per hour gives £150.

 

Hi, I dont know price of bits, but just looking at the jobs done on
the car gives me the impression that you were not keeping an eye on
the general things, like excessive tyre wear, poor roadholding. The
overall cost seems that you got quite a lot done for your money. The
cost of that repair is less than I pay sometimes for a full service +
a few extra bits. Cars do require attention sometimes, and if you are
going to wait until MOT time to sort them out, then that is the time
you are going to have to pay.
T.

 

Just had M.O.T done on my p reg 306 d turbo. Its cost a HUGE £333
(not

Am I the only one who is worried that you only had a single pair of
pads replaced? Both pairs should be replaced at the same time surely?
I’d have thought that was fairly reasonable for a car that is starting
to age, especially given the amount of work done. Put it this way,
I’ve been quoted a lot more for a lot less (check how much the
conveniance fitters charge for brakes).

Streltsky

 

But he both fron pairs replaced.

They were !

By "2 new front brake pads" he means front left and front right. The fact
that there are two pads per side, is neither here nor there. Nobody is going
to change one side and not the other !

 

AOL Tony. Personally if my car had hairy handling moments then it would
be in the garage quicker than a very quick thing on speed. It's more
than a trifle worrying that the OP was driving around in a car that
could easily kill others and doesn't seem bothered about it.

 

Hi,

Oh, come on, perhaps with some greasy monkeys or Kwik-Fit dream team, but it
seems as an evidence to me that pads (as discs or drum shoes) have to be
changed by pairs (ie both sides).

Damn so I'll post this a bit too late. TBH Nom has IMO pretty constructive
replies and like him I assume both pairs of pads were changed.

First of all that's my first post in this thread (and I also do think the
price seems correct, esp with two tyres), and regarding my replies they're
pretty pale if you compare them to the ones I gave some years ago. I guess
the only thing which hasn't changed is I'm still a proud Pug owner

Regards,
G.T

205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel : www.205d.com

 

He didn't need to - it's a given !

He specifically said "2 new front brake pads"

That means front left, and front right. So two pairs. So four individual
pads in total.

Learn that not everyone is full of mechanical knowledge. You can't expect
Joe Public to know that there are infact two pads per wheel.

No garage would do that. Imagine what would happen when there was a big
fatal accident, and the Police investigators found the brakes in that
state...

Apology accepted

Look harder.

That's what Usenet is for !

Too late

Cheerio.