nevillen

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We live most of the time in London and unfortunately I cannot work under the vehicle due my 'tumored' spine for which I receive chemo and immuno therapy once every three weeks, therefore I can only do basic stuff like servicing.
The RR went in to have new cv boots all round that had made it fail it's MOT. I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but in the end the cost was off the scale! Admitedly the front drive shaft cv end was knackered and had to be replaced, as did the N/S front ball joint. But the overall cost of changing all 8 cv boots and replacing the outer CV end and ball joint came in at an eye watering £1,300!
This was from a garage I have known for years and have always trusted. The labour alone was £900 and the parts £400!
I feel as if I have been fleeced but know the so called Land Rover specialists near me would have charged even more and the main agent would have charged triple the figure.
Has anyone else had to fork out so much for similar work? Would just like to know if I have really been shafted or that what I paid was the going rate. In defence of the garage EVERYTHING was either spilt or corroded underneath due to the RR previously being used for towing boats in and out of the water.
I suppose I should add that they had it for three days and as space is a premium there they don't keep vehicles hanging around, of course they could have just parked it up, but there were only five additional miles on the clock which were form the test drive.
 
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Does not sound to sad to me, especially for three days labour.
Local garage to me is 90 quid an hr.
 
A friend of a mate (JLR) mechanic quoted me £800 (mates rates) to do the ns front swivel ball joints on my drive. Sounds reasonable.
 
Before I got diagnosed with the cancer I suffered terrible back pain, but I would definitely have done the job myself! My Father was an aircraft engineer and we had a garage with a working pit and more tools than you could imagine. In the end it was a case of needs must, you can't expect to run a vehicle that cost over £70,000 twenty years ago without forking out a few quid. I do all the 'little' jobs myself like brakes and servicing bits but that's the most I am able to do now. What I CAN do is enjoy driving the old girl around having as much fun as possible in it. When I purchased initially I wasn't even sure if I was going to be around for the next MOT!
Fortunately for the time being, things seem to be quite promising health wise, so i look forward to as many expensive MOT's that I can be here for...It's good to be alive!
 
Before I got diagnosed with the cancer I suffered terrible back pain, but I would definitely have done the job myself! My Father was an aircraft engineer and we had a garage with a working pit and more tools than you could imagine. In the end it was a case of needs must, you can't expect to run a vehicle that cost over £70,000 twenty years ago without forking out a few quid. I do all the 'little' jobs myself like brakes and servicing bits but that's the most I am able to do now. What I CAN do is enjoy driving the old girl around having as much fun as possible in it. When I purchased initially I wasn't even sure if I was going to be around for the next MOT!
Fortunately for the time being, things seem to be quite promising health wise, so i look forward to as many expensive MOT's that I can be here for...It's good to be alive!
As a cancer sufferer myself I whole heartedly agree with everything you have said. Carry on trucking as the saying goes 👍 👍 :D:D
 
As a cancer sufferer myself I whole heartedly agree with everything you have said. Carry on trucking as the saying goes 👍 👍 :D:D
Thanks for that, owning the Rangey has given me and my boys enormous fun and satisfaction....much better than sitting at home watching day time TV and taking the Morphine thrust at you! I hope things work out well for you, the "more you believe, the more you can achieve" has become my motto. I have already exceeded the life span I was given from my original prognosis and know that you have to be a 'street fighter' to survive. I will keep 'swinging' till I drop and hope you do the same. All the best
 
Thanks for that, owning the Rangey has given me and my boys enormous fun and satisfaction....much better than sitting at home watching day time TV and taking the Morphine thrust at you! I hope things work out well for you, the "more you believe, the more you can achieve" has become my motto. I have already exceeded the life span I was given from my original prognosis and know that you have to be a 'street fighter' to survive. I will keep 'swinging' till I drop and hope you do the same. All the best
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 :)
 
We live most of the time in London and unfortunately I cannot work under the vehicle due my 'tumored' spine for which I receive chemo and immuno therapy once every three weeks, therefore I can only do basic stuff like servicing.
The RR went in to have new cv boots all round that had made it fail it's MOT. I knew it wasn't going to be cheap, but in the end the cost was off the scale! Admitedly the front drive shaft cv end was knackered and had to be replaced, as did the N/S front ball joint. But the overall cost of changing all 8 cv boots and replacing the outer CV end and ball joint came in at an eye watering £1,300!
This was from a garage I have known for years and have always trusted. The labour alone was £900 and the parts £400!
I feel as if I have been fleeced but know the so called Land Rover specialists near me would have charged even more and the main agent would have charged triple the figure.
Has anyone else had to fork out so much for similar work? Would just like to know if I have really been shafted or that what I paid was the going rate. In defence of the garage EVERYTHING was either spilt or corroded underneath due to the RR previously being used for towing boats in and out of the water.
I suppose I should add that they had it for three days and as space is a premium there they don't keep vehicles hanging around, of course they could have just parked it up, but there were only five additional miles on the clock which were form the test drive.
That's a lot of work so sounds like a fair price to me.
 
With hindsight I would have bought a newer one with full service history etc...but despite it's exhorbitant running costs I am very fond of the old girl we ended up with. I have also had the added benefit of working on it with my 18 year old son giving us quality time we might not have had if the vehicle had been prisitine.
Ditto, our whole family absolutely love our RR and tell me never to part with it. Now my two boys have passed their driving tests, it’s dad when can I drive it. No chance is the response, at least not until I can’t drive myself. Enjoy driving secure in the knowledge that you’ve got 12 months MoT for just £1,300, what a bargain.
Tricky :cool:
 
I dont think that was too bad, what a hassle stuck cvs joints can cause especially the rears iv just has a mercedes e class with nackered abs ring, shaft was seized in the splines rear wheel bearing snapped one of the torx heads off and left the washer side,
A not too bad unbolt job turned into stripping the handbrake down removing the backing plate enough to get a big grinder to cut into the threaded end of the bearing,
Then leaving it say overnight with a bottle jubileed too the hub full of corrosive stuff overnight then replace the bearing ect rust can soon be pest
 
I agree with you about thestuck on joints, our Range was used to pull boats in and out of the water and soome of the 'fittings;' are ridiculously difficult to remove. We were given an advisory about the rear suspension bushes and told what a pig of a job it is to remove them becuae they are invariably stuck solid. Thet advised 'drowning' the area in penrtrating fluid for a couple of weeks befre even attempting to losen them off. They also suggested we try this part at home in order to avoid what would be a massive garage bill for labour it they had to do it at their place.
 

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