Cowboy Ripoff merchants!

I took my Van to Ebley Tyres knowing that the exhaust back box was damaged and that it was blowing a little at the front and after they looked at it I was told that unfortunately the whole system was gone from the engine manifold back and would all need replacing, this was unfortunately a lot of parts including 2 sensors and would set me back over £1000, partly because the manifold was only available direct from Suzuki and was £400! I then took the van to another garage who said they wouldn't be able to know if the manifold was damaged until they took it apart (interesting fact no. 1) so they would have to let me know and unfortunately it had to come direct from Suzuki and would cost just over £200! So if nothing else avoid this garage as suppliers seem to over charge them by almost double which is unfortunate, unless of course they make up the prices for parts in order to inflate their prices but I'm sure that wouldn't be true. Anyway long story short took the van elsewhere and what do you know once they take everything apart they find out it's actually not that bad and there is just a seal that needs replacing and the back box which all told came in at £169. So all I can say is avoid these guys like the plague they will over charge you for parts carry out unnecessary work and are absolute scam artists.

Alastair Winston - 10/07/2014 | report this review