The gear linkage broke on my car, a local garage said they could repair it.

Anyway after a few days he said, it was foo big a job and after spending 2 hours trying to remove the old one he gave up. Does it sound normal to be forced to pay for a failed attempt to repair my car, it was basically beyond the local back street garage.

They now want me to pay £220 for a repair he couldn't even do? They suggest I get the car towed to hyundai to replace who have quoted £360 + the part to repair.