first time visit to the garage

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 24 Feb 2006, 20:14

hi everyone

i have a t reg xantia 1.8i facelift it is going into the garage on monday to fix the rear suspension(it raises and lowers but is very hard,feel every bump in the road),what i was wondering ,so i dont get ripped off is any ideas what this could be, at least that way the garage might think i know what am speaking about the car has done 50000 miles and apart from this problem its a great car.

citroen driver for life(maybe).

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 24 Feb 2006, 20:25

the first thing to check and replace is the rear spheres,where abouts in the country are you
regards malcolm

Post by **Peter.N.** » 24 Feb 2006, 20:27

The spheres are about £20.00 each from GSF, allowing for their profit and time I would think £50 - 60. certainly no more than £100.

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 24 Feb 2006, 21:08

hi citronut
i live in angus scotland,am just worried that the garage will be one of these that says citroen(big money),my old garage closed down so i will have to try this new one

meexi · Post by **meexi** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:07

where about in angus are you and which garage are you going to

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:31

hi
am in forfar and i was going to try motech

meexi · Post by **meexi** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:40

motech are a good garage with reasonable rates and are very competant i have used them my self they can get spheres from the local factors

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:44

cheers meexi i will go down to see jimmy on monday and get it booked in are oyu from this neck of the woods too?

meexi · Post by **meexi** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:50

yes i am from letham

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 24 Feb 2006, 22:54

ha ha worked at the heathers there for a while

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 25 Feb 2006, 06:56

I bought a Ford Escort from that area once that came with a load of receipts for work done. Every single thing I had a receipt for gave trouble and had to be done again.

The guy must have had a nose for the worst garages in the area, if I still had the car I could tell you which ones to avoid. I can't remember if Motech was one of them though.

Homer · Post by **Homer** » 25 Feb 2006, 08:16

reblack68 wrote:I bought a Ford Escort from that area once that came with a load of receipts for work done. Every single thing I had a receipt for gave trouble and had to be done again.

Funny you should say that.

My wife had an Escort and everything which broke on it broke three or four times, usually just as the warranty on the last replacement ran out.

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 25 Feb 2006, 12:10

i suppose every area have there dodgy garages,i will let you all know how i get on with motech just have to keep my fingers crossed that its only the spheres that need replaced.

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 25 Feb 2006, 18:09

I didn't mean to suggest that Forfar was particularly bad for dodgy garages, just that the previous owner of my Escort had a talent for finding the bad ones. Homer makes a good point though, that's why it was my last Ford

baffsfishing · Post by **baffsfishing** » 25 Feb 2006, 19:39

never driving a ford and never will,but i remember my late father who was a mechanic would never go near a ford he hated them