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G1enn
Member Since: 24 Jun 2013
Location: West mids
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| Bargain today at kwik fit. I think |
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Had 4 new Pirelli scorpion tyres for my disco 3. All balanced and fitted.
Also front and rear wheel alignment. £580 all in. Is that good?
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 26th Jul 2013 1:45 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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Yes, I was ripped off to the tune of over £250 for one by Lookers. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 26th Jul 2013 1:45 pm |
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MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
  
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£250  they seen you coming there. Why so much?
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| 26th Jul 2013 4:04 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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It failed its MOT with a huge hole gashed the side of the tyre. I guess SWBMO must have been parking in Waitrose again.
They were quite happy for me to remove the wheel, take it away, acquire and have fitted a new tyre, refit to the car myself, and then they would retest it for a fee. Or, I could swallow the usurious cost, and let them do it, and the retest was free.
The lesson here is to get the MOT done at my local tried and trusted tyre specialist, Treadfirst in Saffron Walden, who I recommend wholeheartedly, rather than the seemingly attractive option of having it done at the main agent at same time as the car gets its annual service. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 26th Jul 2013 4:31 pm |
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Steve D
Member Since: 04 Nov 2012
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 377
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A1GSS wrote:
They were quite happy for me to remove the wheel, take it away, acquire and have fitted a new tyre, refit to the car myself, and then they would retest it for a fee. Or, I could swallow the usurious cost, and let them do it, and the retest was free.
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You were conned.
Speaking as an MOT tester, you are allowed a free retest for tyres if returned for retest before the end of the next working day following the initial test. Plenty of other items too qualify for a free retest if retested before the end of the next working day:
access panels
battery
bonnet
bootlid
brake pedal antislip
doors (including hinges, catches and pillars)
dropsides
electrical wiring
fuel filler cap
headlamp cleaning or levelling devices (that doesn’t need a headlamp aim check)
horn
lamps (excluding headlamp aim)
loading door
main beam ‘tell-tale’
mirrors
rear reflectors
registration plates
seatbelts (but not anchorages)
seatbelt load limiter
seatbelt pre-tensioner
seats
sharp edges or projections
steering wheel
tailboard
tailgate
trailer electrical sockets
towbars (excluding body around anchorage points)
tyre pressure monitoring system
vehicle identification number (VIN)
windscreen and glass
windscreen wipers
windscreen washers
wheels and tyres
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| 26th Jul 2013 5:09 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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Oh, OK. Thanks. That's useful to know. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 26th Jul 2013 6:04 pm |
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MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
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That's it, go get them Graham now you are armed with your new info. 
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| 26th Jul 2013 6:07 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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Der. Bit late....  But I won't do the MOT there again. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 26th Jul 2013 7:49 pm |
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