companys ripping off women,

My wife took her car up to BEAUREPAIRES to have a simple puncture repair. They tried to sell her 2 new tyres, 4 balances and a wheel alignment.

Fortunately, she had the good sense to say "My husband organises all the services on my car. You'll need to discuss it with him".

Of course, the tyres were fine, and there was no unusual steering characteristics or wear patterns on the front tyres, hence no need for a wheel alignment.

They never did ring me :-)

Mate ! I"ve heard this story that many times, Its sad but true ,Theirs operators that just go for the quickest buck and thats it. Long term reputation does not enter the equation until its to late. Go at them with a full head of steam and good luck.

Reguards Axle.

To get the scale back a bit........ my woman takes her car to Bob Jane near Grand Plaza and gets the best service ever. Not all are that bad and some make money by simply hard and honest work. Thats Grand Plaza in Browns Plains Qld.
Nothing in it for me to say that but I am impressed how good they are over there.

cheers
Reiner

Yep, all too common,

But to balance the scales my mate has two women who drive from Sydney to Newcastle to have their cars serviced.
Why? Because he doesn't bullchit them. Good honest job at a fair price!
My sister and mother love him for the same reason.

If your in Newcastle and need a good mechanic, actually chit hot mechanic go to Darby St Automotive, ask for Manny.

Geoff.

Years ago I sent the 98 Jackaroo to KMart auto around the corner for a grease and oil change.

I felt it needed the high pressure grease to fill up the numerous joints I couldn't fill properly with the hand gun.

I had just finished fitting new brake pads front and back a couple of days before it went in for the grease & oil.

Got a phone call from them stressing how bad my brake shoes were (the car was 4 wheel discs) and it would be unsafe to drive the car home unless they were fixed. Obviously they thought they could show me how they had fitted new shoes/pads because it had new ones in it!

I told them I would risk my life driving home and just to do the grease & oil. When I got home I found they had not had a grease gun near any grease nipple, so I went back and insisted they put it on the hoist and grease it. They tried to get cute saying it had been greased (it had, 20,000ks earlier.....) so I asked them to show me the dangerous brakes and suggested I might call a current affairs program with my story. I pointed to the new pads and asked them had they put them in for nothing or was I just as stupid as they thought all their customers were.

The years go by but the shysters will always be around - buyer beware.

Everyone tries the "do want fries with that" scam lately. I've found recently that when I drop the Prado in for a service with Toyota there is the list of "meal deals".
ranging from tyre rotations to EFI service, etc.

What seems strange is a lot of these fall under the regular service schedule, yet they offer them as "extras".

Mind you I haven't had tyre dealer try it on...

I went to my tyre guy the other day to have 4 new tyres and suspension done before my trip and when I picked up the vehicle he had a littel box for me with spare valves, valve removers etc no charge. It's that extra bit of service that makes me go back to them whenever I have tyre problems.

I bet most if not all are city stores/dealers that try this style of selling
cheers
Charlie

keepkampen,
Who are the "other #$%&" ?
No good warning or telling us all about it if we don't know who they are.

Avagoodn
Pezza