Recent content by Poundy

Nice to get the elephant out the room but was always happy with the service when over there. Guess it will start getting more costly with age @ 2012 and at a guesstimate of 180,000k. Sad they are no longer made and the reason my son wants me to keep it. Hope my pockets are deep enough lol!

Ok, so received the bill today after transfering the $670 into my sons bank account over there. Happy with the pricing as it was $6 shims $111 pad set $260 rotors $155 labour The quote had increased by $140 because of additional $60 GST plus $78 for 2 wiper blades. Thermo leak, front brakes...

Thanks Shane and Losh, guess I am out of touch with with Australian prices, having been in uk for a while, was comparing to a Lexus Ct200h I had done over here recently by main agents at $ equivalent to rear pads $80, rotors $160 and Labour $160 about an hour. Also been told the VE has a leak on...

Hi guy's I am overseas at present and my son is looking after the VE11 Berlina 2012 3.0. it's been serviced by the same garage in Lindisfarne Tasmania since I bought it in 2014 and just went in for new rear pads and rotors to be fitted by them. It came in at AUD $670. is this a fair, ball park...

True, this is all stuff I would have done myself up until about 5 years ago, having done major work on my previous cars and bikes. I can appreciate the benefits of a proper injector and throttle body clean, and at 116k will probably get it all done. It was just the cost that made me gulp a bit lol!

Thanks for the Comments, It appears that $470 isn't deemed over the top for Plugs, Gasket and Air filter then. The other $180 which is for an on board injector clean and throttle body clean is probably debatable but seeing as the car's done 116k and the prices are ball park I will most likely...

Hi Guy's I am currently overseas for a couple of years or so and my son is in Tas using the VE11 2012 Commodore 3.0 Berlina I left behind with him. We usually have a general service once a year by an independent Cooper garage who have served us well over many years, even with changing staff. My...