Re: Car Thread II
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:28 pm
My favourite colour for the Scirocco was the viper green which was very similar. Bright green with metal flakes.
£465 for discs and pads for all 4 wheels sounds fair.Lagamorph wrote:My car just had its major service today and it's come back that "Discs front are excessively grooved causing a very poor and inefficient braking surface, when on road test caused brake vibration and judder through the pedals, requires new pads and discs ASAP"
I can't say I've ever felt vibration or judder personally, but they sent me a video showing the discs. I'll see if I can figure out how to download/re-upload here. The video shows front and back discs on one side, so I'm assuming they're saying all 4 wheels need new pads and discs rather than just the front.
This is after the car has covered 37,000 miles, mostly motorway driving.
They've also quoted me £465 to replace them. Does that sound about right? This was from an Audi dealer so sure I could get it cheaper mind.
Edit -
Here's the video they sent me,
Death's Head wrote:£465 for discs and pads for all 4 wheels sounds fair.Lagamorph wrote:My car just had its major service today and it's come back that "Discs front are excessively grooved causing a very poor and inefficient braking surface, when on road test caused brake vibration and judder through the pedals, requires new pads and discs ASAP"
I can't say I've ever felt vibration or judder personally, but they sent me a video showing the discs. I'll see if I can figure out how to download/re-upload here. The video shows front and back discs on one side, so I'm assuming they're saying all 4 wheels need new pads and discs rather than just the front.
This is after the car has covered 37,000 miles, mostly motorway driving.
They've also quoted me £465 to replace them. Does that sound about right? This was from an Audi dealer so sure I could get it cheaper mind.
Edit -
Here's the video they sent me,
I paid something like £229 for my son's front discs and pads at Halfords (although they have a lifetime guarantee) so I don't think the Audi price is extortionate. Why not take your car to Halfords or Kwikfit, they probably give a free brake check and will tell you if something needs to be changed.Lagamorph wrote:Death's Head wrote:£465 for discs and pads for all 4 wheels sounds fair.Lagamorph wrote:My car just had its major service today and it's come back that "Discs front are excessively grooved causing a very poor and inefficient braking surface, when on road test caused brake vibration and judder through the pedals, requires new pads and discs ASAP"
I can't say I've ever felt vibration or judder personally, but they sent me a video showing the discs. I'll see if I can figure out how to download/re-upload here. The video shows front and back discs on one side, so I'm assuming they're saying all 4 wheels need new pads and discs rather than just the front.
This is after the car has covered 37,000 miles, mostly motorway driving.
They've also quoted me £465 to replace them. Does that sound about right? This was from an Audi dealer so sure I could get it cheaper mind.
Edit -
Here's the video they sent me,
Yeah I figured for 4, including labour, it seemed reasonable but I wasn't sure if I was being ripped off or paying an Audi premium tax or something. I might see if a local garage or Audi specialist can do it cheaper, since Audi dealers do a price match. Just paid £375 for the service/oil change/pollen filter as well
Do those discs look really worn? I wouldn't know what the hell I was looking for.
Death's Head wrote:I paid something like £229 for my son's front discs and pads at Halfords (although they have a lifetime guarantee) so I don't think the Audi price is extortionate. Why not take your car to Halfords or Kwikfit, they probably give a free brake check and will tell you if something needs to be changed.Lagamorph wrote:Death's Head wrote:£465 for discs and pads for all 4 wheels sounds fair.Lagamorph wrote:My car just had its major service today and it's come back that "Discs front are excessively grooved causing a very poor and inefficient braking surface, when on road test caused brake vibration and judder through the pedals, requires new pads and discs ASAP"
I can't say I've ever felt vibration or judder personally, but they sent me a video showing the discs. I'll see if I can figure out how to download/re-upload here. The video shows front and back discs on one side, so I'm assuming they're saying all 4 wheels need new pads and discs rather than just the front.
This is after the car has covered 37,000 miles, mostly motorway driving.
They've also quoted me £465 to replace them. Does that sound about right? This was from an Audi dealer so sure I could get it cheaper mind.
Edit -
Here's the video they sent me,
Yeah I figured for 4, including labour, it seemed reasonable but I wasn't sure if I was being ripped off or paying an Audi premium tax or something. I might see if a local garage or Audi specialist can do it cheaper, since Audi dealers do a price match. Just paid £375 for the service/oil change/pollen filter as well
Do those discs look really worn? I wouldn't know what the hell I was looking for.
abcd wrote:We've just ordered a new car.
A Skoda Karoq. It's a big family car with every mod con thrown in. But the one feature that I'm most excited about is the ability to completely remove the rear seats. It's amazing.
abcd wrote:We've just ordered a new car.
A Skoda Karoq. It's a big family car with every mod con thrown in. But the one feature that I'm most excited about is the ability to completely remove the rear seats. It's amazing.
Dual wrote:abcd wrote:We've just ordered a new car.
A Skoda Karoq. It's a big family car with every mod con thrown in. But the one feature that I'm most excited about is the ability to completely remove the rear seats. It's amazing.
I like those. Are they same size as VW Tiguan?
rinks wrote:abcd wrote:We've just ordered a new car.
A Skoda Karoq. It's a big family car with every mod con thrown in. But the one feature that I'm most excited about is the ability to completely remove the rear seats. It's amazing.
Is there such a thing as glogging? (The dogging equivalent of glamping.)
The £445 did seem a bit cheap for a main dealer.Lagamorph wrote:Went into the Audi garage today to book my car in for the replacement Brake discs and Pads after I got some other quotes for £445, but Audi do a price match. I figured for the sake of £20 they wouldn't argue and that way I get the cheaper price and the work done by Audi themselves. After I finally spoke to someone (having waited 25 minutes just for that) they said that the price would actually be £865. Turns out that even though the Engineer wrote "Front and Rear" on the quote he had given, when doing the pricing he had missed out parts and labour for the rear wheels.
Fortunately a bit of polite persistence, combined with the fact I still had their website provided quote and a written quote from a place only charging £445 meant that they decided to give me the cheaper price.
If they hadn't I'd have just gone elsewhere. Even I know £865 for new discs and pads is an absolute rip off even if it is for all 4 wheels.
Death's Head wrote:The £445 did seem a bit cheap for a main dealer.Lagamorph wrote:Went into the Audi garage today to book my car in for the replacement Brake discs and Pads after I got some other quotes for £445, but Audi do a price match. I figured for the sake of £20 they wouldn't argue and that way I get the cheaper price and the work done by Audi themselves. After I finally spoke to someone (having waited 25 minutes just for that) they said that the price would actually be £865. Turns out that even though the Engineer wrote "Front and Rear" on the quote he had given, when doing the pricing he had missed out parts and labour for the rear wheels.
Fortunately a bit of polite persistence, combined with the fact I still had their website provided quote and a written quote from a place only charging £445 meant that they decided to give me the cheaper price.
If they hadn't I'd have just gone elsewhere. Even I know £865 for new discs and pads is an absolute rip off even if it is for all 4 wheels.