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    Poxy useless rip off garages. Get home and the wife tells me the MOT was passed.....but they replaced the coil pack due to a misfire. £150. At least she got the old part back. One corroded contact. Bit of a clean up and a £10 rebuild kit and it will be fine. £50 buys a good used item. Next time...I am going to take care of it. And them.

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    2. Geeze

      Geeze

      Devils advocate but having friends who run garages...

      Most of them won't fit secondhand parts unless supplied by customer. Just not worth the grief if it turns out bad or packs up after a couple of months. And rebuild kits are cheap as a DIY option but often don't save anything for the customer once you add in the hourly labour rate at a garage.

      But mostly this is the fitters vs fixers debate, sadly fixers are a dying breed :( 

       

       

    3. Nitroholic

      Nitroholic

      Wouldn't mind if they actually gave you options. The car was driving fine 99% of the time, and only hiccupped occasionally under load.

       

      Swapping a coil pack is not exactly ...hard. 2 bolts and one connector.....

       

      I'm a fixer. Always have been.

    4. Geeze

      Geeze

      Sadly most are now trained as fitters, find borked part, replace it, signoff job sheet and done.

      They should make them all run RCs, teaches fixing :D

       

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