Colin's Q Coupe sprained a fetlock two weeks ago and we found it was
one of the rear brake cylinders leaking past the seal into the drum.
Cylinders £11 each and axel set of shoes for £20, plus brake fluid.
So the axel set renewed for around £47. How much in a garage? £300
maybe?
Thought that was good so got some extra cylinders for the rear of the
2+2 come service time for a bit of preventative maintenance - mine
have been on the car for over 10 years so far. :-)
Checking the figures and he has been using the Qoupe for his only
transport for four years now and it has cost just over £2000,
including purchase, for all mechanical running costs. (i.e. Plus the
usual petrol, tax and insurance) Very good, as he saved more than
that on the four years club insurance at £353 per year for 21+ year
olds. Now he qualifies for the £175 and is still very pleased with
it. The plan is to start the major renovation late this year.
Derek
On 28 Oct 2010, at 20:55, Hamish Freeman wrote:
Relatively speaking, this sounds quite reasonable against the quote
that my son had from Toyota for the replacement of all disks and
pads at a cost of £720, after having a standard service on his
relatively new MPV to keep up the service record !!!! We did the
job in less than 2 hours including changing the brake fluid for a
parts cost of ~£170. Heavens knows what a head gasket would have
cost at these rates. A friend down the road paid a similar sum to
have their Peugeot 207 brakes serviced. Talk about daylight robbery
- there must be a very stringent insurance payment to cover each job
to warrant such high costs as the fitters do not get that rate.
Hamish
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Craig
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Naughty Q
£800 is a lot of money for a head gasket. I did mine last year and
the parts were £20 (head set and set of bolts), Plus antifreeze, oil
and filter. Labour wise I spent about 8 hours which included valve
lapping and head decoking. A garage should be able to do it in a lot
less time as I'm well out of practise.
Bob Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] Naughty Q
Just got it back from the garage.
All fixed, so I’m now £800 lighter.
Lovely
Chris G
-----Original Message-----
From: chris.quantum e-mail [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 18 October 2010 15:47
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Naughty Q
Confirmed by the bloke at the garage this morning, it's the head
gasket.
Joy
Chris G
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