mmaddock
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You can speak to the bank, but writing a cheque out in France is very different from writing a cheque out in the UK. Hence why I was able to write out a substantial 5-figure cheque for our motorhome and drive off in it the same day!! I couldn't possibly imagine doing that in the UK.
That's the one I was confused about. As far as my French goes, I understand it as "repairing the starter motor" but I thought they said it wasn't the starter motor?? So how can they repair something that wasn't broken? Jason is probably the best person to ask to make sure the translation into English is correct.
Aside from that, the rest of the bill seems fair enough - aside from their incompetence in actually being able to track down the fault, and charging you for unnecessary work - that is the same in garages anywhere. In the UK you'd still pay for work on a car even if it didn't actually fix the fault, so you can't expect it to be any different here.
Like you say, find out what the real fault is and then go back to the garage and argue your case, I wouldn't get your hopes up though!
Matt
That's the one I was confused about. As far as my French goes, I understand it as "repairing the starter motor" but I thought they said it wasn't the starter motor?? So how can they repair something that wasn't broken? Jason is probably the best person to ask to make sure the translation into English is correct.
Aside from that, the rest of the bill seems fair enough - aside from their incompetence in actually being able to track down the fault, and charging you for unnecessary work - that is the same in garages anywhere. In the UK you'd still pay for work on a car even if it didn't actually fix the fault, so you can't expect it to be any different here.
Like you say, find out what the real fault is and then go back to the garage and argue your case, I wouldn't get your hopes up though!
Matt