- Tried to tell me the brakes pads needed changing all round - the back set do, but the front have only been on for 7k miles. there is at least 6mm left on the front.
- They washed the car and the inside of it was dripping wet - water and detergent on the seats - they must have been pointing a pressure washer at the windows as my car is good at not leaking with the hard top on. It wasn't very well done either as there are straks all over it, but they did it while i was waiting to pick the car up. I always hand wash the car and never use detergent.
Have to say a bit dissapointed - i should have gone back to Bayliss, Haines and Strange, but it is too far away. 
And they didn't do the service book, which i had asked them if they had done when i collected the car and they assrued me they had done!
I was just a bit dissapointed
I shall have to try some one else next time. I feel like ringing them up for a bit of a moan to be honest, but i know it wont do any good! 
Jim
Edited by jimgraham, 08 November 2004 - 05:39 PM.
and he looks after VX owners.
He picked my car up from my house, took it away and kept me well informed as to progress. The issues were the AMM and noises from both the baffle and somewhere further back. The car came back last night completely valleted and more to the point.....fixed! 
and £10 for fuel additive.
The previous bill for the last service was £125, reasonable enough.
Following general consultation with members on this forum I manage to get them to knock off £10+ vat for the engine treatment (that I didn't approve).
Got talked at like I was a simpleton by the service department despite the fact I clearly knew a hell of a lot more about the car (or vxs in general) than them.
Second bill came back with a "Does your cambelt need changing?" comment on it, clearly it doesn't as it's a 2.2 with a camCHAIN! Though I'm sure that would freak out most owners of a vauxhall. Needless to say I won't be using them again and will return to my previous garage who really CARE about cars (one of the guys there has bought and is restoring my Pug 205 GTi!)
Hope this helps.
P.S. As I drove into work I was called to be asked if I knew where the key was to the bloody awful corsa I was lent last yesterday, I called back and was told it was ok, they'd found it, I don't know if I'll get called later if one of the members of staff there needs help wiping, cos I don't think they can do it themselves! 
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Even said that my discs and pads needed doing on the front, quoted their rate £418 then said , "if you go on the VX220 website there is a section which explains how to do it yourself, and this will be much cheaper".
Cheers Vauxhall, now they are giving good advice out for VX owners.
Dan
iii) as i was driving off i noticed that the rev counter they'd fitted still had the old-style 'litres' in petrol gauge as opposed to nice new-version bar graph. "funny" i thought' "wonder how they managed to get one of those". answer quickly became obvious as i drove off down the road and the familiar buzzing started again - they hadn't bloody well fitted a new one at all!!!! 
