I'm not sure why I would want to spend £1000 and then be charged £50 per hour labour + whatever the parts cost to fix my car when I could go to my local garage and pay £50 per labour + whatever the parts cost....
not sure what benefits it would bring.... i'd be £1000 worse off.
Also, what if the garage couldnt do the repair (ie many jobs are sent to specialist gearbox guys, head skims etc etc) - i'd then be spending normal labour rates (if any different)...
i cant see it working for the member, or as a business.
I still reckon a "member fee" to have cheaper labour rates from an established garage would be a better twist to the idea, but still doubt i would venture on that route personally
If you are happy with your local garage then you don’t need to join, you don’t have a problem, however some of us don’t have a descent local garage and the only alternative is the main dealer, now a lot of people aren’t too happy with them, I would be one of those and see many posts of the same opinion, hence the original post.
If the members garage couldn’t do the repair then the same would apply, if it needs the services of a specialist then that would be the case, but that’s the case in any case, if you know what I mean.
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