Kwik fit oil change but not for an Merc C Class

[fnkhan68]

i guess kwik fit have been named and shamed. AVOID.

 

[Tiff]

Looks like I've got my work cut out here....(.We can get Merc filters within 15mins....)

 

[grober]

Some good some bad.

Tiff, I'm sure that all the posters on this topic are not getting at you personally, but they are pretty hard on MB main dealers too. Some are good some are bad I guess. I often think the people in an organisation are as good as the company they work for allows them to be.

 

[blassberg]

I found Kwikfit Coventry on Foleshill Road to be good, honest and reliable a few times. I've heard them explaining the battery tests to cutomers that would do some of our other threads proud, they made up a great exhaust bracket on her Sportage which was eating standard welds and brackets, they've advised on future cat replacements when they could have gone for a quick sale, held prices to estimates when more expensive eg sorry it needed the more expensive one.

True I don't take the mercs there. Both are covered for maintenance. But I would for some things.

 

[Flash]

Looks like I've got my work cut out here....(.We can get Merc filters within 15mins....)

...BUT unfortunately tehy will not change the filter (s) because the engine is not listed in the KwikFit book/guidelines but other engines of the same model are...

Tiff: Stealers are crap too BUT I personally would never go anywhere near Kwik Fit for anything. When I was 18 I had no choice but to go to a Kwik Fit branch to repair a puncture on my Dad's former W140 as it was nearby. I walked in to the Reception area and was standing around for 5 minutes and none of the 2 employees (standing behien the counter) even acknowledged me and were talking "rubbish "amongst themselves and I was by now beginning to get annoyed. I politely interupted saying "Excuse me when you have finished is someone going to serve me..." - The short fat bloke with "black grease" on his face (transpires he was Branch Manager) turned around and pointed his finger right in my face and shouted at me “don’t your dare ever talk to me like that you get me….” in a very threatening manner. I managed to stay calm and refrained myself from doing anything silly (which would later regret) and told him to “wipe the black grease of his cheek first….” and reported the incident to Head Office in Scotland and Disciplinary Action was taken.

 

[Vips]

Nice one Flash

 

[Dieselman]

Car goes into the local F1 AutoCentre on Friday for new exhaust. They couldn't have been more helpful.

Check what brand of exaust they are going to fit before you let them do it. Examples of good brands are Walker and Bosal.

You may find the pattern part to be no cheaper than a geniune MB part from the dealer.

 

[big x]

Check what brand of exaust they are going to fit before you let them do it. Examples of good brands are Walker and Bosal.

Bosal have a poor reputation on the BMW forums.The one I had on an E34 touring was noisey and rusted quickly.To be blunt ,Italian made junk made from recycled Fiats! Boysen are good.

adam

 

[Dieselman]

Bosal have a poor reputation on the BMW forums.The one I had on an E34 touring was noisey and rusted quickly.To be blunt ,Italian made junk.

adam

Are you sure you mean Bosal? They are generally well respected and are actually a Dutch company who don't have a plant in Italy.

http://www.bosal.com/

 

[big x]

Are you sure you mean Bosal? They are generally well respected and are actually a Dutch company who don't have a plant in Italy.

http://www.bosal.com/

Are you sure you don't mean Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co.!

The BMW forums are US based so I can only go on what I read there.The centre and rear box on my old E32 touring said made in Italy(I believe they supply Alfa) on them and where dated 2004 and on their site they say they have 32 plants,they can't all be in Holland !
The welds where rusting and as I said the performance in terms of refinement was poor as was the fit.I had to use exhaust putty on the joints after the car failed the MOT for blowing and the Lambda was too high due to a leak !
On my C-class the original 1997 exhuast and on my 1992 BMW 740i there is no corrosion anywhere.The MB exhuast comes apart like a swiss watch.
The former E32 keeper used a fast fit outlet and paid a fair whack for the bosel, for only a few pounds more he could of got OE.
On later BMW E39 5-series the exhausts have harmonic balancers and complex designs so I would imagine anything from a fast fit place is going to wreck the refinement.

adam

 

[Dieselman]

Are you sure you don't mean Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co.!

Yes I'm sure.

The BMW forums are US based so I can only go on what I read there.The centre and rear box on my old E32 touring said made in Italy(I believe they supply Alfa) on them and dated 2004 and on their site they say they have 32 plants,they can't all be in Holland !

Theyr'e not, but there are none in Italy. Look on the website.

The welds where rusting and as I said the performance in terms of refinement was poor as was the fit.I had to use exhaust putty on the joints after the car failed the MOT for blowing and the Lambda was too high due to a leak !

This sounds like a poor fitting issue rather than the pipe.

On my C-class the original 1997 exhuast and on my 1992 BMW 740i there is no corrosion anywhere.The MB exhuast comes apart like a swiss watch.
The former E32 keeper used a fast fit outlet and paid a fair whack for the bosel, for only a few pounds more he could of got OE.
On later BMW E39 5-series the exhausts have harmonic balancers and complex designs so I would imagine anything from a fast fit place is going to wreck the refinement.

adam

Bosal (not Bosel) are OE manufacturers for a number of manufacturers.

BMW exhausts do seem to be amazingly resilliant, whereas MB ones are not so good, they do corrode at the welds.
Bosal claim to ensure similar noise, flow and back pressure readings to OE systems.
I'm not sure whether OE MB systems are worth the extra over a decent aftermarket part.
My preferred choice would probably be Walker then Bosal but would fit either.

 

[big x]

http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e24/3088145-1.html

http://www.nmia.com/~dgnrg/page_6.htm

There's no question that Bosal rear boxes are louder than stock when correctly installed and newish.
I get the feeling Dieselman may have a Bosal franchise

adam