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What's wrong with Kwik Fit?

Same question

Seriously?

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They're PC World, but for cars.

Back before I knew better, I took my Civic Sport there for an MOT. They insisted I needed new brakes AND discs. The car wasn't two years old and had done under 10,000 miles. Of course being an idiot I paid up.

Last time I used them was because I was in a bind and my MOT had run out on the Clio and I hadn't noticed. I took it to the Kwik Fit over the road from my house and they said again I needed new brakes and discs. I had had the discs replaced only a month previously. I told them this and they looked at the discs again and said "ah yeah, actually the discs are ok". Fucking shysters.

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They're PC World, but for cars.

The car wasn't two years old and had done under 10,000 miles. Of course being an idiot I paid up.

Considering you don't need to MOT a car until it's three years old you really were an idiot!

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Lonewolves wrote:
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What's wrong with Kwik Fit?

Same question

Seriously?

I've never had any dealings with them myself, but MrsPaz had a service done there recently. Didn't get a scummy vibe from them.


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Last time I used Kwik Fit I needed a battery in a hurry (I thought that even they wouldn't be able to fuck that up), they fitted one that was too small and then didn't secure it so unbeknownst to me it was sliding around and damaged the wiring loom. I don't know how they get away with it really, being so big and so shit I'm surprised they've not a had a few deaths on their hands by now.


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Grim... wrote:
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They're PC World, but for cars.

The car wasn't two years old and had done under 10,000 miles. Of course being an idiot I paid up.

Considering you don't need to MOT a car until it's three years old you really were an idiot!

Ah yeah, I was misremembering. It was its first MOT so must have been 3 years old. Still had only done about 15k miles though.

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Not all Kwik Fits are shysters, the one nearest to me when I lived in Shrewsbury was awesome and was run by a bloke who really knew his stuff and made sure that his staff were not doing any of this upselling stuff, even when Head Office were pressuring them.


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I don't know how they get away with it really, being so big and so shit I'm surprised they've not a had a few deaths on their hands by now.

I had a "free brake check" done by National back before I knew better. They did the whole "you need new discs and pads" thing, and as it was a relatively old car for the time and I had no idea of it's history, I let them do it.

Paid up, drove off, and about 250 yards down the road there was a loud bump, the car jerked downwards and then I saw my front-left wheel go careening off down the road in front of me.

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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DavPaz wrote:
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What's wrong with Kwik Fit?

Same question

Seriously?

I've never had any dealings with them myself, but MrsPaz had a service done there recently. Didn't get a scummy vibe from them.

You won't. They're a very slick operation. But they will sell you things you absolutely don't need.

Like Grim... says, imagine you went into PC World and they tried to sell you McAfee Antivirus for £100 or whatever - you'd laugh at them. This is what people who know about cars say about Kwik Fit.

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Not all Kwik Fits are shysters, the one nearest to me when I lived in Shrewsbury was awesome and was run by a bloke who really knew his stuff and made sure that his staff were not doing any of this upselling stuff, even when Head Office were pressuring them.

I am not criticising the individual mechanics, but the company itself. By the fact their business model is based on upselling how can you trust them to tell you the truth about your car?

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So if I've been to Kwik Fit each time I had my MOT and it all passes each time and everything's fine then nothing to worry about.

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So if I've been to Kwik Fit each time I had my MOT and it all passes each time and everything's fine then nothing to worry about.

No, it will be safe to drive. But they may be telling you to replace parts unnecessarily. I would recommend a good local garage instead.

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Finding one of those is not always easy either, though.


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Finding one of those is not always easy either, though.

Absolutely not. It took me 12 years to find one I was happy with in Nottingham that wasn't a specialist miles away!

But it's much easier these days with internet rating sites etc.

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I'm lucky in that my local garage owner is friends with the family.

My dad helped him out with some official paperwork when the garage sacked one of their workers. They didn't exactly follow protocol on that one until my dad stepped in.


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At garage. The discs have really nice gouges in them. Full new set of front pads and discs needed. Ah well. They've done at least 20,000 miles while I've had the car, so it was a matter of time.


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Absolutely not. It took me 12 years to find one I was happy with in Nottingham that wasn't a specialist miles away!
I've been burned so many times with the Celica that I absolutely only trust it with my friendly "local" specialist (98 miles away)


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Absolutely not. It took me 12 years to find one I was happy with in Nottingham that wasn't a specialist miles away!
I've been burned so many times with the Celica that I absolutely only trust it with my friendly "local" specialist (98 miles away)

Mine is at the end of my road. :attitude:

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My beemer hasn't had new pads or discs in 30k miles/4 years. Dragging 2 tonnes to a standstill at all is no mean feat, never mind what I (*) make it do.

In fact it's only had rear pads in all that time. Could be less front-biased than I'd expect, I suppose. They're certainly big discs back there.

* Also people who cut me up. Three times yesterday, and the first was a bit of a clencher as they were doing about 40 to my 70-ish, downhill, when they did so without indicating or warning, with maybe two car lengths distance.


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I've traded a car in at 80k miles still on original brakes all round.
I'm up to 43k so far and they aren't particularly worn.


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If your discs are gouged at an early stage it's usually because you've ignored the screeching sound of metal against metal for too long where your pads have worn out. Or something has become lodged in between the pad and the disc.

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If you can get a mate over who knows what he is doing, then that would be perfect.


I don't know owt about brakes but I love this :luv:


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As mentioned above re doing your own brakes, you need a calliper tool to wind them back in. Luckily my sisters other half works for the council and can borrow quite a large selection of tools at weekend from the compound.

I'll be doing my own front brakes after watching him do the rears on mine last time. A set of Brembo pads and disks from Mr Auto weighs in at £80 delivered (with a voucher code).

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As mentioned above re doing your own brakes, you need a calliper tool to wind them back in. Luckily my sisters other half works for the council and can borrow quite a large selection of tools at weekend from the compound.

I'll be doing my own front brakes after watching him do the rears on mine last time. A set of Brembo pads and disks from Mr Auto weighs in at £80 delivered (with a voucher code).

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And if it's one car, you're using Mark's.

Kwik fit sold me me brakes after 5000 miles from new. I have always blamed the dealer for this. Until reading this page. It never occurred to me they would lie like that. Surely it is illegal?

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Three things to consider before someone else says you need new brakes.

Sound: Do they squeal / grind?
Performance: Are you taking longer to stop than you're used to?
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My dad changed the brakes, both pads and discs, on my Fiesta when I was a young teen and I helped.

It looked pretty straightforward - when everything was going smoothly on the first side.... But then, the disc on the other side was a real pain to get off. Luckily dad had a 'rotor puller' (I think it was called that, it was like a three pronged claw with a screw thread in the middle - it hooks round the back of the disc pulls evenly so it doesn't bend / snap / mess things up) and he knew what he was doing.

Then, we had to bleed the brake line or something. It was during this that I realised, while I am happy to have a go with basic things, the critical stuff is best left to someone that knows what they are doing and has the tools needed (both for doing it easy, and also for responding if something goes wrong or gets a bit tricky).

The feeling I hate is getting part way through and then getting stuck, with important things 'in bits' and not sure how to either proceed or return to the previous state.

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The fact that Grim... Reckons he's got mates? I know. Bless him.

My dad helped me :(

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The fact that Grim... Reckons he's got mates? I know. Bless him.

My dad helped me :(

Aw :luv:

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Car felt a little rough on the last couple of miles home last night. got in the car this morning, and there was a hell of a rumbling -got 100 yards down the road, stopped, checked, and it turns out I had a flat. Not just a flat, but the tyre was migrating its way off the rim, inwards. Must have been a bit more than a couple of miles on it last night. Got back onto the driveway, jacked the car up, then the jack fell over as I was on a slope (I'd thought it'd be fine. It's not that steep....). Drove car out onto flat road, tried again. Got tyre replaced at friendly tyre place in town.

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Got tyre replaced at friendly tyre place in townKwik Fit.

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Got tyre replaced at friendly tyre place in townKwik Fit.

:DD

Heh no - have never used Kwikfit for anything as they're a bunch of liars and thieves.

Grim - how would that help? The jack itself tipped over as the car was on too much of an incline (nose to tail)

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Oh, I misunderstood. Yeah, you'd have to level the jack base up then.

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the S4 needs 5W30/5W40 and it has to meet VW504/507 spec.

This should do you:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FUCHS-TITAN-5W ... ag=beex-21


It is time to order this oil!

The S4 is 'using' a litre every 1400-1500 miles, bloody thing.

Still £28.11p for five litres is a lot more palatable than £50 for four litres.

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Fucking hell. Is it meant to use that much?

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Fucking hell. Is it meant to use that much?

I recall long term test reports from various car mags reporting that some performance audis use lots of oil.

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The S4 is 'using' a litre every 1400-1500 miles, bloody thing.

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My civic type-r used that much.

Mine doesn't!

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Fucking hell. Is it meant to use that much?


Apparently the 'bad' ones can be a litre every 1000 miles :o

Many theories abound on the internetz as to the root cause, and Audi are total arseholes about it, officially designating that a litre every 1000 miles or less is within normal operating parameters, so you can't complain to them 'cause it says it in the manual.

It's not anything to worry about per se, once your car's 'loss rate' has been established it'll stay the same and not get any worse, and the engines are now routinely getting up to 100-150K without issues, just make sure you've got a steady supply of oil available.

It's not even just the performance ones either, a mate at work has a 1.8T A4 and his spunks through a litre every 1000 miles or so.

One theory here, for example:

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Some of our cars use negligible oil. Others more than that. The real problem is that Audi sets the standards for "EXCESSIVE" oil consumption so high(1 qt/1000 miles) that they will almost never have a warranty claim. Its pure Audi BS cop out. Most of those with cars that do consume appreciable amounts of oil have unfortunately followed Audi's "easy" break in technique. No one posting on AW, QW or AZ that has used more aggressive techniques have reported significant oil consumption issue so far. That cannot be said about those following the audi easy technique. What break in style did you use? If you did baby the car for the first 1000 miles and you have oil consumption issues, most likely, your piston rings have never completely seated. AND, it is not likely that they ever will. I hope I am wrong. Nevertheless, Audi doesn't care and most likely will never rectify the situation unless you are consuming more than 1 qt/1000 miles. IMHO, That's a lot of oil to burn and still be considered "within normal limits". You might find some of the posts by redrockeron this link interesting since they are based on actual oil analysis of his engine http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...-1k-Oil-change


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RIP, Owen. RIP, MrC.

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