Ripped off?

[jpholroyd]

Just found out this place used to to free diagnotic checks, how ever did they stay in business

[Crasher]

“USED” to do free checks, means they saw sense and was to survive. Anyway, do a diagnostic code read an diagnosing a problem are two separate tasks, a fault code is not concrete evidence of a fault..

[blackpool1974]

Pass through, nothing to see here

[Crasher]

That’s not very nice…I tried to help in a very short sapce of time you had available.

[Crasher]

You know what, I am really bloody insulted by that, it was totally unnecessary to make me look a piloc when I spend countless hours of my free time helping people on here for NOTHING AND PAY to support this bloody forum and all I get is ****** comments like that, sod you!!!

[blackpool1974]

Sorry, I was only making an obviously ill advised comment

Please don't take offence, it was not my intention to embarrass you or insult you, just to highlight fault codes are misleading sometimes

I completely understand I was out of order and have corrected my unintentional slur upon your good character

[sooty]

Guys chill out... Everyone's help is appreciated.
Come on we are like a family here!

[Sam]

You know what, I am really bloody insulted by that, it was totally unnecessary to make me look a piloc when I spend countless hours of my free time helping people on here for NOTHING AND PAY to support this bloody forum and all I get is ****** comments like that, sod you!!!

This may not be your bag (don't think they play this music on Radio Two but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJgyAsIED0

Diamonds and fast cars
Money to burn
I got my head in the clouds
I got these thoughts to churn
Got my feet in the sand
I got a house on the hill
I got a headache like a mother
Twice the price of my thrills
An it's a cold day, it's a continental drift
I said this traffic is hell
Can you give me a lift
An I'll try to paint a story
Got your pictures to tell
Yeah you got to make a living
With what you bring yourself to sell


[...]
When the <swear word> hit the fan
It was all I could stand
Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer
My body's breathing while it can
But what I don't understand is that
My world ain't gettin' no brighter
If I could touch the sky
Well I would float on by
While everybody's talkin'
Hell I'm just another guy
If it were up to me
I'd say just leave me be
Why let one bad apple
Spoil the whole damn bunch

Even if they don't, I still love you Crasher

[Zedrider]

Guys. Lets be honest, dealers and garages use this diagnosis nonsense as a way of driving up revenue.

If a diagnostics machine is used it is simply plugged in by the junior muppet who then tells the mechanic a fault code, 5 mins tops for 90% of monitored faults.

Of course some faults can be a nightmare to resolve such as intermittant faults or electrical issues at which point serious time and effort may be needed to get to the heart of the matter and then I would naturally expect to have to pay for the expertise used to find it. However, charging an hours labour to diagnose a straight forward failure is taking the proverbial!

[Eshrules]

Guys. Lets be honest, dealers and garages use this diagnosis nonsense as a way of driving up revenue.

If a diagnostics machine is used it is simply plugged in by the junior muppet who then tells the mechanic a fault code, 5 mins tops for 90% of monitored faults.

Of course some faults can be a nightmare to resolve such as intermittant faults or electrical issues at which point serious time and effort may be needed to get to the heart of the matter and then I would naturally expect to have to pay for the expertise used to find it. However, charging an hours labour to diagnose a straight forward failure is taking the proverbial!

junior muppets?

5 mins tops?

Not sure if you're a troll or out to fan flames?

I've seen these diagnostics machines being used and I've seen the hard work, the investment and the training that goes on to ensure that people like you and the other moaning git on this thread get their moneys worth.

Despite all of this, you still assume the person using the machine is out to rip you off.

perhaps if any 'junior muppet' can use them, one would suggest those people making such infantile comments, tried diagnosing the ruddy faults themselves.

Throwing insults around on this forum isn't how we do things, so I'd advise you to keep them under wraps