daveuk wrote:Well... I went there and that's their cost.
I got the quote with detail but the item thst cost more is 5 hours man work at 70 pound per hr plus VAT.
Is it usual to pay that price?
I also.found something weird when I get there for 10k service, the gentleman showed me a pristine list but when I get there to collect the car he asked me 50 pounds more for no reason, only saying that the price list and website are old... what?
I don't this that's fair, I usually pay what expected or get called if something is different.
The Surrey centre is a top independant jaguar workshop and 70 ph is about right , the local main dealer is around a 100 quid , to be honest the way forward if you want to get someone to do the work but not pay through the nose is to source the parts you need yourself and approach any garage off the main road and ask how much to fit , this helps as some don't want the hassle of sourcing parts that may not be readily available , this is how i got the difficult jobs done on my cars , you don't need a jaguar specialist for most jobs and any garage will be able to do the work , save places like the surrey centre for the more technical problems , lighter routine jobs such as servicing you should do yourself as most of us do , there really is nothing difficult about it and you don't need ramps and lots of fancy tools , although i'm not averse to spending money on fancy tools , bit like women and shoes really , you can never have enough good tools and they'll save you money in the long run , well that's what you tell the missus
Derek..