I'm back!!!!!
Just had my mot and this is the third time Iv had to pay like £400 to get her fixed!! I paid £500 for it! If she breaks again I'm thinking about just losing it, iv banged it about a bit so I'm losing my love for her, Poor thing.
If anyone sees any more pink pugs for sale can you let me know! Not ugly ones that look granny. Lol.
I'm actually gutted, you guys seem to be good at spotting things that I'd miss!
Thank you!!! Xsamx
what she need doing this MOT? i'm surprised you can't get a 06 fwend to do bits needed cheaper than a garage . .
surely after £1200 worth of work its all fixed by now? cant be much more to go wrong with it! The thing is unless you look after it yourself its always going to cost money to repair. Youd have to buy a car for probably over a grand for one that isnt going to require work... you wont be able to just buy another car for 400 and then never maintain it.
I'd just keep that if I were you. I was in the same position with my 318i a while back and I'm glad I stuck with it cause I'm 10,000 miles down the road since then and she still hasn't blown up lol. Better off with a car that you know then one you don't know
I'm going to keep it, but if it breaks again I don't think I can! It looks crap now compared to when I first got i. It's really sad!
Something's wrong with My exhaust, 3 tires, number plate, window wipers, starter motor and my battery isn't secure x
What was actually wrong for the MOT?
I bet you've done no maintenance on her all year and so half the stuff you could have sorted yourself for half the price (stuff like bulbs and wipers)
"my battery isnt secure" i think thats all we need to know really sam.... its 2 bolts. Something you could easily do yourself.
THe exhaust is probably blowing so £20 to seal it up.
3 tyres... yes we all have to replace tyres... they dont magically ever stop wearing
window wipers... yes these also dont ever magically not wear out
starter motor... im sure someone can help you... yes these do break...
thats a very easy list to fix. a new car isnt going to solve anything and could have many more problems.
Surely she meant that lot was changed for the MOT?
Not much you can do about the exterior though, except maybe stop driving into things?
yeh if that was all fixed for the MOT you could have done it all yourself for probably well under half what they charged you!
You're from Portsmouth! I'm from Fareham, hello local-ish fellow 306 owner!
That list no where near sounds like £400 worth of stuff to fix, not even close. Perhaps go to a different garage and/or maintain & fix some of the things yourself?
Its always good to have a look over your own car a few weeks/months before its MOT, going by the MOT testing guide online. Check everything as per the testers guide (Google for it, its available from DVLA website I think). Make yourself a list & fix/replace anything you find suspect. It'll be a lot less shocking when it comes to MOT that way, not to mention cheaper.
Tbf, you should notice tyres, wipers and plates without having to purposely check them for MOT.
You guys crack me up
i bet if half your cars were mot'd right this second they would fail!
£400 is easy to rack up if you buy bosch aero wipers, 3 good quality tyres & 2 number plates inc fitting of all of it.
Sam i would recommend finding a local member on here that could help you keep costs down
Parts for these cars are easily available and cheap to buy, probably better to stick with the car if you have already spent that much on it and you like it.
I didn't realise you still had this!
Pay for my ferry and I'll fix it! Most of the stuff listed is pretty easy. Bar the tyres, but buy them from cams kill and it'll be fine their cheap as!
Id say keep it and fix, would cost a fortune to get another sprayed pink, and be near enough impossible to find another in pink, especially the way you want it!
Think this has all already been fixed as its cost another £400! Shes saying if it happens again she will get rid and buy another pink 306... which of course doesnt exist! D:
(13-04-2016, 01:15 PM)Matt Wrote: [ -> ]I didn't realise you still had this!
Pay for my ferry and I'll fix it! Most of the stuff listed is pretty easy. Bar the tyres, but buy them from cams kill and it'll be fine their cheap as!
Changing tyres is pretty easy with a bead breaker (post basher), air compressor and two lever bars. Who needs 'em balanced right?
(13-04-2016, 12:01 PM)Matt-Rallye Wrote: [ -> ]You guys crack me up i bet if half your cars were mot'd right this second they would fail!
I reckon bar possibly headlight aim mine would pass. Certainly nothing I've spotted from giving it a good going over in the last few days.
(13-04-2016, 03:36 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: [ -> ] (13-04-2016, 12:01 PM)Matt-Rallye Wrote: [ -> ]You guys crack me up i bet if half your cars were mot'd right this second they would fail!
I reckon bar possibly headlight aim mine would pass. Certainly nothing I've spotted from giving it a good going over in the last few days.
matt is very rude isnt he. Apart from Rust im confident in the rallye
(13-04-2016, 03:41 PM)Eeyore Wrote: [ -> ] (13-04-2016, 03:36 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: [ -> ] (13-04-2016, 12:01 PM)Matt-Rallye Wrote: [ -> ]You guys crack me up i bet if half your cars were mot'd right this second they would fail!
I reckon bar possibly headlight aim mine would pass. Certainly nothing I've spotted from giving it a good going over in the last few days.
matt is very rude isnt he. Apart from Rust im confident in the rallye
Probably why i won't get very far in life tbh
But still, i wouldn't wanna send any of my cars for an MOT right now!
I suppose the difference is while most of us might not be confident in passing an MOT we are at least confident that we won't be getting a ticket for some sort of vehicle defect if we get pulled over by the police unlike someone with 3 illegal tyres and illegal number plate.
(13-04-2016, 11:01 AM)Eeyore Wrote: [ -> ]"my battery isnt secure" i think thats all we need to know really sam.... its 2 bolts. Something you could easily do yourself.
THe exhaust is probably blowing so £20 to seal it up.
3 tyres... yes we all have to replace tyres... they dont magically ever stop wearing
window wipers... yes these also dont ever magically not wear out
starter motor... im sure someone can help you... yes these do break...
thats a very easy list to fix. a new car isnt going to solve anything and could have many more problems.
unless you have the autogrip ones i have on the rear of the car.. they dont seem to wear.. incidently they dont seem to like staying stuck to the road either when going round corners
My Honda passed an MOT a few days ago, pretty sure i'd be fine!
I do like the pink! Jealous I am!
Iv already paid it, I'm picking my car up tomorrow, I wouldn't have a clue what I was meant to look for. My battery is held in place with a pizza box folded up! Haha. Iv got dents and scratches everywhere, some car wash place threw something over my bonnet and now it's not shiney anymore, it's trashed. Of course I still love it! It's pink, just not very pretty anymore lol. The 3 tires are brand new, the garage don't sell the used ones. It's killing me! Had to have my clutch changed last year! New exhausted the year before.. Xx
Yeah Sam, I know I like a good bodge but a pizza box will not secure a battery, if the box slips off and you go over a bump that causes the unsecured battery to jump up and touch the bonnet the resulting explosion will cause quite a mess. Even a couple of big cable ties or a big jubilee clip would have been sufficient.
I did not know that! Seriously! I thought it would have been fine! Wish I took a picture of it now.. Looked quite funny but didn't realise it was that dangerous.. Oops! Well luckily that didn't happen.. I had no idea haha xx
I wouldn't want to daily drive a 306 or any 15-20 year old car if I was paying a garage's labour rate to do everything. It'd work out cheaper overall to just buy a newer, more reliable car for a larger initial spend.
But it's pink! I fell in love with it! Until I scraped it a few times x
(13-04-2016, 10:00 PM)smanfa Wrote: [ -> ]But it's pink! I fell in love with it! Until I scraped it a few times x
This is possibly the most female response too anything i have ever seen
But seriously if you love it, stick with it
After all its pretty damn unique! If you have car friends get them to check it over for you if your not confident checking it yourself
Have you ever considered being as you're already a member, maybe learning some basic maintenance for your car, no need to be a girly girl all your life, save you a small fortune?
x
I used to know a lot of people that could fix problems and stuff, then me and Phil went our own ways and made different friends so don't see him anymore, don't go to meets anymore or hang around in car parks haha lost contact with a lot of you so now it's hard to think of someone! Lol I broke down the other day and usually is have loads of people to call for help but actually struggled to think of anyone but Phil and Joe Towle lol I'm simple minded there's no way I could learn! To many little parts and stuff haha x