Ordered and received all the parts to get my MOT advisories done:
• Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
• Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement trailing arm bushes [both] (5.3.4 (a) (i))
• surface corrosion to underside of vehicle
• Offside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
Got the corrosion sorted on Sunday. younger lad doing all the work for me - was only surface rust, so not too bad.
Dropped off the car at my local garage, to get the advisories done, having e-mailed them the above advisory notices last week. No free lift home from the garage, due to social distancing in place
Caught a taxi home.
Received a 'phone call from the garage, possible cost of the work £4-500! Apparently, taking off the suspension to get to the bushes is a major job. I said I didn't think it would take 10 or 12 hours of labour, but the garage owner said it's over 10 years old (actually -16), and who knows how tough it might be to get the suspension off...
He should've warned me of the likely cost beforehand, and saved me a journey plus taxi fare home! Personally, I can't believe it's a possible 10 or 12 hour job (I presume he charges labour at £40 per hour), and am thoroughly pi**ed off at the estimated cost. No wonder otherwise good cars get scrapped. I'm not going to scrap mine, now on the look out for a cheaper estimate. The least he could've done is oil up the nuts to be taken off...
