Well, its my dads landy that I restored for him in 2007 I did all the work Perkins prima engine conversion 3 outriggers Respray quarter chassis footwells chassis epoxy painted dad has not touched the mechanics since then so half my frustration was the fact that my dad had let it...

I agree that it was partly us, I did not take the landy in, my dad did. I always ask for a figure or as for a call if it is getting difficult on any job I take to the garage, he did'nt. They took the price for making the tool off the bill, reckon the tool is a piece of tube or bar machined to...

Think they did this verbally with my dad, think they took of the price of making a tool to do the job and that was it. Lessons learned

Right my dad in his late 60s who is not the best negotiator has got it down to £750, not the best. Putting this one down to experience. Thanks all

got some other quotes for the job at around £350 to £500 if the job was gold plated and was a total b*** to get out. Going to go with what one garage said today which was they should have phoned to get authorization when they hit a problem and the labour bill was going to spiral.

We have the vehicle back as they bill you a week later so no money has changed hands, I think the point that the additional work was not authorised is good. I just don't understand why they would do this seeing as all our vehicles 3 cars get mot tyres and service as well as repairs there for the...

anyone had any similar prices for the same job?

I have another garage who I explained the job to, they are going to run it through Autodata to see how much the job should cost. They said that they needed to make a tool up to do the job which when I took the vehicle in they said no problem they could do it as they had a press that would do...

Hi, just in shock I have a 2a and the shackle bushes needed to be replaced in the chassis, one was stuck. I had new parabolics to put on and 2 new braded flexis,new ubolts, new shackle plates and shackle pins. So I supplies all the parts. The flexis were wrong so garage put new ends on and they...