just booked rrs in for suspension knock fixing under warranty & its 30000 service even though its only done 28000,they are doing the service for £280 + ive got a new set of front pads which they said they would fit for a extra £30,i dont think ive done bad there seeing as other deallers are askin in the region of £500 for same service.  Gone,,TDV8 arctic frost,black leather,colour coded handles,rear entertainment,sunroof.
1980 Rolls Royce,shadow 2 in white.
Gone 07/57 TDV8 santorino,black leather.chrome handle's/mirror's.
Gone 02/52 FFRR vogue.

sounds like a good deal, well done purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

do we ever ask for a price and haggle when booking a service, or just sit back to get shaf ed? Its a competetive market out there for our custom, £500 for the Times and a crappy coffee machine whilst we wait for the car that they told us was ready when we phoned! purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

Bloody good deal there - which dealers? FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

stratstones pickering & with a bit of luck their letting me have a my10 rrs v8 in white for 2 days while they sort mine  Gone,,TDV8 arctic frost,black leather,colour coded handles,rear entertainment,sunroof.
1980 Rolls Royce,shadow 2 in white.
Gone 07/57 TDV8 santorino,black leather.chrome handle's/mirror's.
Gone 02/52 FFRR vogue.

Had an interesting quote from my local dealer for pads.

The normal well they need doing, so i asked how much £400 for the front then he said the backs were on 4mm but they could do those for another £220

I spilt mu coffee all over the office, and said no thank you - then bought some genuine pads from

http://www.rjlandrovers.co.uk/ who were very helpful and charged me £50 for these - so wheels off fitted them and saved myself well over £500

buster11 wrote:

Had an interesting quote from my local dealer for pads.

The normal well they need doing, so i asked how much £400 for the front then he said the backs were on 4mm but they could do those for another £220

I spilt mu coffee all over the office, and said no thank you - then bought some genuine pads from

http://www.rjlandrovers.co.uk/ who were very helpful and charged me £50 for these - so wheels off fitted them and saved myself well over £500

im supplying my own pads, was going to fit em myself but for the sake of £30 its not worth getting the jack out  Gone,,TDV8 arctic frost,black leather,colour coded handles,rear entertainment,sunroof.
1980 Rolls Royce,shadow 2 in white.
Gone 07/57 TDV8 santorino,black leather.chrome handle's/mirror's.
Gone 02/52 FFRR vogue.

Yep completely agree - if they had quoted me a reasonable price - say parts plus £50 labour - then they could have had the job, but tbh at that price it was taking the veritable