"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Brian Reay wrote:
On 02/01/2018 15:30, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:00:44 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 02/01/18 14:48, Jethro_uk wrote:
The bottom line is, generally, customers are none too bright.

And garages are none too honest

*Shrug*

30 years in business with a total advertising budget of £0. Total word
of
mouth.

I've *fixed* dishonest mistakes ... like the cylinder head gasket put
on
upside down which blocked the oil channel and wore the cam carrier to
paper.


There are good garages around, I've found a couple- which I use for jobs
I no longer want to/feel able to tackle.

I'm wary of main dealers- I prefer to use a small garage. The two
garages I prefer to use I've got the know the people over the years- one
was a neighbour. I've never had a bad experience or heard of anyone
having one at either place.

In the 60s. I did my own maaintenance, but I chickened out of the
universal
joints on the prop shaft. I asked at one local garage and was told - "we
can't do that we don't have the right tools." Other might have just bodged
it.

Yeah, when I had to replace a front wheel bearing in a VW beetle,
the book said to use a special tool. So I asked the local VW dealer
for a lend of one after I got the replacement bearing from them.
He told me they just bash it off. Worked quite adequately.