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BTT - anybody got any recommended garages please?

Came out of Krispy Kreme in Birstall (J27) last night to see a tasty black GTI on black alloys parked next to mine

Thanks for all the replies guys, wish I'd had time to go take it in for her. Lesson learned. They are part of the 'good garage' scheme - worth writing to them? Apart from all that, I've been reading around on here, and I suspect the pedal box needs doing on this lupo - anyone recommend a place in or around Leeds that would do a good job? Cheers

Marvellous. Sounds like she got robbed blind. Won't use them again then. Any recommendations for leeds based garages that are good?

Looks like they stereotyped the female customer and charged too much. Strange because theyre part of the good garage scheme. KNM Motors in Morley.

So, as described in my welcome thread, I've recently inherited our lasses car which is a 2002 lupo 1.0 manual. She recently broke down and was towed to a local garage where they carried out a fair bit of work and left her with a circa £600 bill which she paid. They advised that this is quite a common problem, but could end up being a money pit. I wasn't present when they explained the issue to her, so I'm after a bit of help in understanding what the problem was and what they've done to sort it. I've reproduced the receipt below so you can see what they did: Remove and refit EGR valve £152.95 part and 1.5hrs labour (£75) Spark plugs remove & renew £20.32 parts and 0.9hrs labour (£45) Remove and refit crank sensor £77.78 part and 1hr labour (£50) Carry out diagnostic checks £45 (plus a couple of other bits like door check strap & bulbs plus VAT) Any advice very welcome!! Rob

Spotted last night, dark grey/silver diesel looking pretty low

Well our lass recently paid £600 for something fixing (I wasn't present at the garage and she can't remember what the technical term was) but I'm going to read the receipt tonight. The car cut out completely and had to be towed, and the chap said that he'd read the forums and that it was a common problem, but that it might turn into a money pit, so I want to do my own research and form my own opinion really, hence joining the forum! I'll read the invoice but fairly sure it said 'crank' somewhere lol Oh, and she'd had the cambelt changed a few weeks before Lupo's only on 44k miles - not bad for a 10y/o car!!

I'd never consider a car an 'investment' unless we're talking about well established classics!

Aye vaguely - learned to ride the motorbike over that neck of the woods! Do you know of any recommended vw specialists / good garages around the leeds area?

Morley, or as us locals say 'Morleh'

Morning All Just a quick note to say hello from oop north! I've inherited my GF's black 1.0 Lupo as of today (she's bought a FIAT 500) which is a nice treat for me - it was either use the Lupo or face another winter on my motorbike!! Anyway, howdoo Rob