Thanks thos. They offer a pre-NCT. It was part of the service. This small garage got mostly-good reviews—and a few bad ones—so I thought I'd give them a go. My Honda dealer was asking ridiculous money for the same work.
You can't blame the small garage so if they were willing to take you on in the hope of getting your car through the test but without the outlay the main dealer was charging. The €28 retest fee is small beer in the circumstances.
Could the CV joint not have broken after the original service and before the NCT? I'm astounded at €800 for a service - I've never paid anything remotely close to that for a service!
Of course they do, but you don't get an NCT pass guarantee unless you specifically pay extra for one.Just to clarify, the €800 was mostly for parts. Honda charge far more for parts e.g. €148 for a new battery but I got one from another garage for €75. Surely, any decent garage can do a pre-NCT service.
Of course they do, but you don't get an NCT pass guarantee unless you specifically pay extra for one.
My own mechanic has sometimes postponed doing expensive corrective work in the hope that a car will get through an NCT without it and his opinion is usually very sound so he's saved me a lot of money over the years, but he'd run a mile if I demanded a guarantee from him.
... as potentially dangerous as this.
... and have never had an NCT failure before. I've never gone for the cheap option.
Thanks thos. They offer a pre-NCT. It was part of the service. This small garage got mostly-good reviews—and a few bad ones—so I thought I'd give them a go. My Honda dealer was asking ridiculous money for the same work.
I would agree with you there DirectDevil.I would argue that the level of workmanship fell well below what was reasonably expected of a competent motor trader in rendering the service for which you paid.
Put another way, they did not render what was agreed under contract.
My inclination would be to simply walk away from them and never deal there again.
You could argue breach of contract. However, they are still entitled to be paid for what was done properly- quantum meruit.
I'm not a bit worried about having failed the test, it just the fact that a mechanic may have neglected something important in servicing the car. Everything is dangerous but a faulty steering is much more dangerous than a faulty switch on the radio!Everything in a car is potentially dangerous. It's actual dangers you need to be concerned about.
Everyone experiences an NCT failure sooner or later. Don't take it personally, as it's not exactly a badge of shame nor dishonour.
Look at what you say in that post,
You took a gamble, and it didn't pay off for you.
Its a bit like saying that suit in Louis Copeland is over priced comparing it to a discount store price..
With a main dealer, you may pay more, and that can reflect in the after care.
Ive given this advise many times before when asked for advice, if the car needs a lot of money to bring it up to nct standard, run it through the test and then only pay for what is needed above the service costs.
For the price of a re-test, your only forking out for what is actually needed, instead of what the mechanic thinks it may fail on. And, main dealers are very quick to over kill on replacing parts "just in case" it fails.
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