Very dodgy RWC on recent VT berlina purchase

[nickbedford]

worn generally means knackered. why call it worn when it is just 'used'? meh.

i bet anyone 5 grand that they can bring me a brand new car and i can find an un-rwc point on it. it is very much down to interpretation, however. the point at hand is that the original licenced RWC supplier overlooked a few critical things which would instantly fail a car and should have rectified their oversight. of course they would not have done it for free, but it would have been best to take it back to them.

pedders had no right to carry out work without consent. and the bill for peddars should not have been paid.

i like what someone else said "next time you buy a car, take your brother with you" the rear irs arm would have been very noticable on a test drive, and someone with you who could have identified that would have stopped this whole thread from starting.

My brother did go with me. And so did my step dad. My brother is a qualified mechanic and my step dad is a B-grade mechanic who's been doing stuff for many years most commonly commodore work. They both are passionate about commodores in general (and so am I, sorry Ford).

My brother didn't notice it when he drove it on the test drive, so he was none the wiser. When he took it in for an auto-service a week later he said he had noticedsomething, but I didn't actually notice anything.

Only a week ago did it actually REALLY start getting bad. In fact I would say that it was only over the course of a few drives that it went BAD and noticable. My guess is that the missing bolt fell out then which set off all the problems.

The car now feels better than it had ever been so I'm not complaining about the work done. The charge is probably excessive but honestly, its so much better (and so much safer) that trying to get Holden to pay for it now is probably going to end in tears *figuratively speaking*.

The only thing is, I need a wheel balance cause the steering shudders at 100km/h now which is a bit annoying but thats easy to get corrected.

[nickbedford]

Who else does wheel balances in Brissy? Ultra-Tune do 'em?

All the Pedder's around where I live are booked out tomorrow.

[HCVP]

i have an extremely good working relationship with pedders in hawthorn. they have always given me good prices and their service has been brilliant. i have found them to go really out of their way for business.

i dont think its fair to make claims like this about all peddars, especially when they are a franchise and run by very different managers.

sadly the branch you took it to had no right to carry out the work on your car without your consent and also no right to withold your car if you dont pay. we withheld a guys car when he refused to foot the bill for the work i had done. he reason for not paying was "i found someone who will do it cheaper" AFTER we had complied it. he then got the office of fair trade involved and we were forced to give him the car back. (i had to remove all parts etc that i had fitted)

as a consumer you are entitled to a shedload of rights that a lot of people dont know about. talking to a local ombudsman will help your cause greatly.

Um i'm not sure if you were responding to another post at the same time, i never gave them any money. And yes i guess it does vary from store to store, with regards to the sort of treatment you will get.. ANother example, panhard rubbers were worn, so Pedders said new panhard bar, thats $100. I said your kidding right, or you can have it for $50 they said, and fit it yourself. Cant i just replace the rubbers seperately i asked, nope, gotta buy the whole rod they said. Ok, so does this rod if i fit it myself include the rubbers then? Nope, you gotta buy them seperately. WFT!!!! is all i had to say to them!!

[acarmody]

Who else does wheel balances in Brissy? Ultra-Tune do 'em?

All the Pedder's around where I live are booked out tomorrow.

I take my tyres to Bob Jane, they only work on tyres so they have plenty of experience.

[nickbedford]

I'm just going to ultra tune tomorrow morning. Shudder is quite noticable at 100.