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Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:56 pm

OK so heres the deal

you go to a garage, you pay people money as a sign you're trusting them to do a better job on sorting your car out than you otherwise would, and here's a small consideration for their time and effort.

so pray tell why the new tyres I have on (pretty good, granted) were not only overinflated to the tune of 4 and 6 psi, so much so that the handling was badly affected, but the balancing is not worth a crock of crap?

all the rest of the stuff could be done by a untrained monkey, with the machines i saw them using.... is it possible to balance your own wheels?

bloody hell.

it's worse than before, i asked specifically for the wheels to be properly balanced because i was having a slight judder through the steering at 70 or so. Now it begins at 50 or less, and by the time you're up to 80 your wrists are aching and it can be felt through the seat, the pedal, the stereo is about to fall out..... not good for parts, not good for safety!

i wonder if the bolts are even on at a decent torque?

for Â£108, of which only Â£62 was tyre, i would expect far better than that!

formula 1 auto centres you are the weakest link, goodbye.

problem is i now have to deal with those scrotes to get the problem fixed unless i want to pay for it elsewhere. if only i could have found out the trouble a little sooner before closing time.

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:31 pm

Escrotos

(That's Portugese/Brazillian for Scrotes by the way haha)

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:01 pm

Garages really can be buggers. I avoid the hassle by doing everything that I have the tools / expertise for myself, but there comes a time when things go pear shaped, I take the car to a garage, and things start to go slightly squashed banana shaped instead..

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:26 pm

worst still i didnt go my usual trustworthy place simply because i knew they would be a tenner a tyre more expensive... though the one they changed before (and now taking pride of place on the spare) seemed perfectly fine

get what you pay for i guess

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:13 pm

never heard anything good about formula 1 autocentres...

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:01 pm

never heard anything bad neither

steve_1990clmk2 · Post by **steve_1990clmk2** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:19 pm

you should try my kwikfit. the weights had fallen off by the time i got home, so i went to a garage i used to work at and did it myself.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:21 pm

plus they're a tenner a tyre more expensive!