C8 🆚 Heatwave, Heatwave winning/won...

[Rp0thejester]

I just called Chevronics as nobody contacted me and I'm feeling tearful, apparently she is in bits.... It was indeed a blown turbo pipe but know they're worried because I asked for a price for cambelt, water pump and Aux belt to be done as well. There worried it might turn into a money pit, which is rather reassuring as most garages wouldn't mention anything and just carry on. So apart from not contacting me since having the car booked in for Tuesday 9am it feels like they are concerned about the customer rather than just money grabbing.

[the-termin8r]

The lack of communication is a little odd, they're usually pretty good about it. Regarding their advice, they've also stopped me from spending unnecessary money. I'll also say, they're perfectly fine with me sourcing my own parts so I've actually saved a lot of money that way too. Their suppliers wanted something like £800 per front strut for OEM parts for my X7. I managed to source an OEM pair for just under half the price of a single one of theirs. When they give you the price, have a hunt for the more expensive parts yourself and see if you can find them cheaper. If you do, then ask if they'd be willing to let you source them yourself (the answer for me so far has always been "yes").

Here's to hoping it's not a money pit.