Hi guys,
Just thought I'd let you all know about this one...
I am P/X ing my Chili Red 51 Cooper for an 05 Hyper Blue Cooper S, and in order to do the cherished transfer I needed to get an MOT sorted PDQ. The BMW/Mini (Wood of Bournemouth) garage were stacked out, so I booked in to George Hartwells on Poole Quay at 08:30 Saturday morning. They failed it for excessive play in one of the front bush assemblies and were going to be quoting £350 to fit a £25 part.
Obviously not that happy
with the diagnosis, so I went up to see the Salesman (Seb) at Wood and explained what had happened and presented him with the failure certificate. He made one phone call to the Servcie dept and asked me to drive it up there immediately. Within seconds of walking through the door, they took the car into the workshop and got it on the ramps. After checking what the other garage had said they took me into the workshop and showed me what they were failing it on. Needless to say, even to the untrained eye the scrutinisation by the Peugeot technicians was a little over zealous to say the least. The Service manager then cleared the Mini technicians current workload and retested the car for MOT, without charge
there and then.
So the upshot is that WOOD BMW/MINI are fantastic, and George Hartwell Peugeot wont get any more business out of me, even in an emergency! Thanks to all @ Wood, especially Seb the Salesman.
