My mum had her car serviced yesterday

[Nic]

Which was all fine, general service with a few extra bits like wiper fluid an all that little crap for £150 so altogether reasonable i'd say. however they quoted her for some work that needs / some they advise to be done shortly, an one of the things they said needed changing was the rear silencer cuz it's corroded and they quoted her £221 for this to be done, now to me that seems pretty damn expensive, but then i don't know exactly what the job entails an what exactly needs replacing so can anyone shed some light on what needs doing/changing etc an whether that price is expensive or normal

Oh an i've never really checked this out properly but she has a daewoo kalos sport an i think the person that had it before her put a big bore back box on but i can't say whether it is exactly cuz i've never seen another kalos sport's exhaust but it looks bigger than a general standard one an is quite loud too (for a car for my mum atleast)

[Pugguy]

£221 is fairly pricey- especially just for a back box, but if they are using genuine dealer parts it is possible it could be correct. Best bet would be to go to ATS & get a quote from them first..

[Nic]

well as far as i can make out its got a big bore back box on, an i think i recall someone on here saying they knew who had it last an that they did put a different back box on, i'll have a quick look an confirm

An yeah she's gonna have a look round so thought i'd pop in an see Bab about it

[markGSI]

Genuine parts are stupidly expensive so yea that does sound right im afraid

i rememeber once getting a price of vauxhall for a headrest for a nova....

113 quid......EACH!!

[Nic]

So what exactly needs replacing? the back box?

[Pugguy]

So what exactly needs replacing? the back box?

That depends on the condition of the rest of the system & the type...some vehicles have a seperate backbox, but on some the backbox is one piece of the center section- or even right to the downpipe.

[Nic]

Oh piddlesticks, looks like i'll be taking her to see Bab, any other suggestions of places we could try that's cheap other than ATS or formula fast fit?
Don't want a cowboy botching it but i dont want her getting overcharged either

[markGSI]

this may sound quite sexist but....

over here anyway if a girl is on her own they normally get over charged cose they dont really know the score with cars

best to take a lad who knows cars with you

[DD]

very true mark! that annoys me to F**K how mechanics think they can get away with ripping women drivers off jus coz they think they know nothing about cars. I myself have just had an inncident in that respect but i am sorting it out now.

I think it's always best if ur a girl to either go with a mechanic or get ur car done by people u know and trust.

[Insane]

D's a man, why are you so concerned?