There are a couple recommended in Leicester area on HJs list
www.honestjohn.co.uk/directories/good_garages/DirG...m
and I have had excellent service from
Eurocars,
Unit N,
Little Moor Lane,
Loughborough
LE11 1SF
01509 264271
Give them a ring (Jack or Dilip) Very reasonable labour rates (£30/hour?) and very helpful and friendly. Also work all day Saturday!
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Or of course, you could nip over to France, go to main dealers, get charged £35/hour and stock up on booze at the same time??!
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Or go to French independent and be charged ?30 an hour for routine work and have even more money to spend on booze!
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pmh (was peter)
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I remember reading about the labour rates in France, it gets you thinking though, especialy if you had a major service or repair to do!
Thanks for all of your help thus far
John
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I was interested in this thread, since I've just had a head gasket repair on my car, done under extended warranty - a 7 hour job. Turns out that the policy only covered labour charges of £40, which is ridiculous given the answers on here (and no, it doesn't specify that anywhere in the small print). The garage I used charges £65. As it happens the insurers quibbled over just about everything else too, so I came out of the experience a wiser (but bitter) woman.
Carole
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You might even get stuck in Calais due to the strikes, you won't save so much then, but you could have a nice holiday.
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Is it worth paying these rates in the first place? My experience with VAG, MB and BMW dealers is they charge a lot and provide a poor service. A trusted independent mut be the best deal.
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Agree
my nearest BMW dealer - in Bristol - charges about £100 hour including the VAT ! so I now use an independent. Have to travel 30 miles to find a good one though but he gives a free loan car so its not too bad
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I have just been in discussion with an independent garage in Lincolnshire, who specialises in braking systems, and his labour rate is £25/hour; I don'tknow if this is with ir without VAT but it sounds low compared with main dealer rates quoted above.
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When I lived in Derby and ran a couple of Volvos, I used Volsaa for second hand parts. They also do servicing. No association, just remember using them.
They are at:
2-4 Fox Street,
Derby Derbyshire,
DE1 2BW
01332291320
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I drive a 2003 V70, and use Volvo Independent garage HLM in Bromsgrove for routine servicing. Visit their web site www.volvotuning.co.uk
£65 per hour is par for the course for a Volvo dealer. In fact, I recall reading that Volvo dealers have the highest labour rates of any brand sold in the UK. The one occasion that I used them, mine charged £75 per hour, plus VAT.
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Sorry, I forgot to add: a routine standard service at HLM is about £180 all in compared to £250+ at my local Volvo dealer.
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