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Yeah very good point Byron, I recently heard about another forum currently in trouble for similar circumstances at the moment.
What I would hope to create by doing this is not a black list of workshops just a reccommended Fast Lane approved list of Qu
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Hi all,
Like everyone here I would love bag the bums out there. However we cant.
Why not take a different approach. Maybe have a "best deal and good repairer" list. The good guys get the raps and the business, the bums will hopefully just wither fro
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Maybe even just a feedback site like you find on the trader sites. Positive, negative and neutral with right of reply for the trader if they so desire. Anyone can put up a trader with their rating and a description of the experience. The trader can the |
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I dont wont to get shot down for this but I,ve got broard sholders. Not every tradie is a bad one ( and I'm sure that it wont apply to Bruce's case ) but you have to look from the other persons point of view. I ran a small company that would do odd jobs f Edited by user Friday, 29 July 2005 3:59:30 AM(UTC)
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Sorry to drag this old thread back up guys.... About 3 weeks ago, I put my VY SS ute into a Holden Dealer in Melbourne for its 50 thou service. When I booked it in, I asked them to replace the wiper blades with genuine ones (they were REALLY surprised Edited by user Wednesday, 28 September 2005 4:38:37 AM(UTC)
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All jokes aside...I would only ever trust my HQs to the local Pedder guy ! He knows his sh*t on Q's.
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that really sucks qute...we get customers who don't realising what they are buying (cheap flat pack veneered fibreboard furniture made to look a million bucks, bit like a daewoo LOL) and occasionally they end up dissatisfied when they don't get solid oak/
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Thanks Elton.
The ONLY good thing about this is that I'm not paying for any of it...
What worries me is what would have happened if I had been leaving to go back to Perth the next day? Having your front suspension fall out ½ way across the Nullabor
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yup scary, i once had a test drive of a recently imported s20 silvia, went for a run on the freeway etc then took it to my mechanic to have a look...can't remember exactly which ones, but some of the suspension/steering bolts had completely dissapeared :O
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Forgetting to do up bolts is unforgivable.
It's one of the basic rules that applies to anyone who is a mechanic....if you install/attach (bolt up a part), you don't move on to another part until you have tightened the part you are working on.
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When I was an apprentice mechanic Holden's current models included VH, JB & WB. The Commodore's invariably left the factory with the front cross member bolts loose & the Camira's often had the wheel bolts that loose that they weren't even touching the tap |
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I think they get around that by resetting the main odometer these days. Apparently, it can be reset to 0 K's if it hasn't gone over 100 K's...
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Well, I dropped the ute off to the dealer for the third time in 3 weeks this morning and gave them a bit of a spray....
They rang me at about 3 pm to say the ute had come back from the tyre mob and it still wasn't quite right! They asked if it was OK f
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Oh boy, it must be Australia wide!
And don't get me started on alarm & stere
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oh yeah..a car audio or alarm installer does not need a trade, just a security licence for alarms.
i reckon a full auto elec certificate is a minimum to keep the customer confident of the workmanship
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I'm not sure if it has changed recently, but a couple of years ago in WA, you didn't even need a Mechanic's Trade Certificate to work as a mechanic...
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Jeez there's some beaut ones here, havent had time to read them all but I completely agree with you fatboyvn in reguards to our very broad tradestitles!
Apparantly I'm a qualified fitter and turner (or engineering tradesperson as another cert says), but
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Just thought i'd put my two bob in here.
About 3 weeks ago I took the m22 in to a major gearbox mob in Brisbane because it was making some noises, didn't muck around just told them to rebuild it, $600 later i got it back fitted it into the ute and it kep |
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Mate, you should get some advice from consumer affairs or department of fair trading ASAP as you do have rights with regards to this.
I would make sure you get a 1100% refund from these dodgey repairers
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