Advance Pitstop Horror Stories

Frank_Leach

mickdw wrote: »

I remember a thread ages ago relating to advance and a guy who turned up with a golf (I think) and the oil light on. He asks the advance 'mechanic' whether it would be safe to drive. They take car in, have a look and dip it for oil. Seeing that it was full of oil, the 'mechanic' then said it would be fine as it must be an electrical fualt becasue there was loads of oil in it. This may or may not be the story the OP is refering to but it is nothing short of criminal. The car in this case blew up shortly after obviously due to oiling problems.

Indeed Mick, this is an identical story, it just happened very recently. Simple enough story too, Onkle needs more facts....hey Onkle....this Golf was green!!

Bottom line, as reiterated by Mick, almost criminal carry-on. There is no other conclusion. And yes, shoddy work is not just confined to Advance, and yes, i am sure there is good work being done by them also(otherwise they would be closed down?)

But there are some howler stories linked to them. Hence the thread, nothing malicious intended Onkle...

P.s...dear Mr Avance...for Onkle's sterling defence of your operation, please give him a complimentary service...or at least decent coffee......:p

07Lapierre

Frank_Leach wrote: »

Indeed Mick, this is an identical story, it just happened very recently. Simple enough story too, Onkle needs more facts....hey Onkle....this Golf was green!!

Bottom line, as reiterated by Mick, almost criminal carry-on. There is no other conclusion. And yes, shoddy work is not just confined to Advance, and yes, i am sure there is good work being done by them also(otherwise they would be closed down?)

But there are some howler stories linked to them. Hence the thread, nothing malicious intended Onkle...

P.s...dear Mr Avance...for Onkle's sterling defence of your operation, please give him a complimentary service...or at least decent coffee......:p

Its not Identical!.. In your original post you said there was a light on, but you didn't know which one. Big Difference!

stevenmu

Without knowing what light was on or why the engine "blew up", I don't think it's very fair to blame advance.

biko

It seems to me OP is trying to gather "evidence" for some sort of "case" against Advanced.
No details given, hyperbole, hearsay, ...

If it turns out AdvPit did cause the engine damage I apologise, but I need proper details first.

Guy:Incognito

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

He reckons 150ish including one or two small parts, but unless I'd an NCT imminent there was no need.

Why are people only fixing stuff if an NCT is comign up?

Does no one want their cars to be in good working order all the time?

JJJJNR

Had a bad experience with Ad stoppit once and said I'd never go back, I asked them to fit a tyre off eiretyres and do an oil change for me. Shortly after went into a petrol station to refill the water bottle and it was full of yellow oil, I thought I got most of it out and went back to them about it, they had a look and couldn't identify what it was so I left it at that.

Driving on the way to work one morning that week, I had to use the wipers and when I sprayed water onto the glass all this yellow crap was going onto the screen smearing the glass and blinding my sight. This was at about 8:30am while doing 120kph on a very busy motorway.. Trucks and stuff behind me..

Could have been a serious accident.

Oh and they put semi synch in my car when I asked for fully, only noticed when looking at the invoice afterwards..

Twats.

JJJJNR

And while im at it, another place reversed my car into a wall, there was no damage thanks to the design of my rear bumper but it does make you wonder the type of people that are working in these places, nothing against them as the are professional acting but they just seem totally incompetent.

macroman

Got a new exhaust from Advance from the Cat back put onto my car...a month later it fell off! Turned out they didn't do up the clamp which held the center piece up with the back box. Fast Fix sorted it for free :rolleyes:

kazul

Bonito wrote: »

My sisters at the time boyf. got a new set of alloys with low profiles. Went to advance pit stop to get front tyres changed in advance in swords (my sis brought it up because he was busy with work) They buckled one alloy. Scraped the absolute bollox out of the other one and didn't even balance the tyres but yet they told my sis they done the allignment and tracking :rolleyes:

Dunno how they could have buckled an alloy just fitting tyres. Tracking and balancing are 2 different jobs although balancing is normally part of new tyre fitting process.
Alignment and tracking are the same thing BTW.
Mods, IMHO this thread is skating on thin ice, a lot of hearsay and 3rd party stories flying around here and I think it's unfair to single out one particular company for this sort of treatment.
The thread seems more of an opportunity to moan, rant, speculate and fantasise than a proper discussion about motoring issues.

Bonito

kazul wrote: »

Dunno how they could have buckled an alloy just fitting tyres. Tracking and balancing are 2 different jobs although balancing is normally part of new tyre fitting process.
Alignment and tracking are the same thing BTW.

I know this, my sisters at the time boyfriend knows this, but she didn't know this. Although she does now

-Corkie-

Onkle wrote: »

Are you on drugs? I'm not trying to make anything alright, what I'm saying is you came on here without all of the facts, actually with no facts of the situation badmouthing a company. I personally used advance a lot (Field Sales last 6 years, lotta miles covered) and the biggest complaint I have is that their coffee tastes like what I would Imagine cow piss tastes like. I also brought my own car to them when I had a sticky back break, they took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together and charged me not one cent. Also somebody from the trade posted here commending them too. Of course they are going to make mistakes here and there, who here can honestly say they never made a balls of something in work? I certainly have.

What has me being a moderator got to do with any of this? Did you see me post in a mod capacity on this thread?

Onkle is right. The thread is five pages long and he cant say what light came on. If your brother had any cop on he would have gone to either a mechanic or a garage and not a tyre shop. I suppose if he gets a tummy ache will he go to a shoe shop??????

Bonito

malcox wrote: »

Onkle is right. The thread is five pages long and he cant say what light came on. If your brother had any cop on he would have gone to either a mechanic or a garage and not a tyre shop. I suppose if he gets a tummy ache will he go to a shoe shop??????

No. He'd go to the dentist silly

-Corkie-

I know:D:D. Why the hell cant he say what light came on????

Oh god im getting a pain in my face from this thread and who cares if your brothers car blows up:mad::mad:

Bonito

malcox wrote: »

I know:D:D. Why the hell cant he say what light came on????

Oh god im getting a pain in my face from this thread and who cares if your brothers car blows up:mad::mad:

I stick with the same mechanic from small to big. tyres to gearbox to servicing he's the only one who gets near mine and my dad's cars and van.

robtri

JJJJNR wrote: »

And while im at it, another place reversed my car into a wall, there was no damage thanks to the design of my rear bumper but it does make you wonder the type of people that are working in these places, nothing against them as the are professional acting but they just seem totally incompetent.

yes and no other mechanic or main dealer every crashed a car before.......
no way would a car salesman crash a porsche on a test drive, or a valeter crash a ferrari, or transport companies damage cars that they are moving :rolleyes:

no one is saying advance are perfect... the number of cars the touch every year.. they are bound to make the odd mistake ...
but to com on bad mouthing them and not have the facts is wrong....

Frank_Leach

robtri wrote: »

yes and no other mechanic or main dealer every crashed a car before.......
no way would a car salesman crash a porsche on a test drive, or a valeter crash a ferrari, or transport companies damage cars that they are moving :rolleyes:

no one is saying advance are perfect... the number of cars the touch every year.. they are bound to make the odd mistake ...
but to com on bad mouthing them and not have the facts is wrong....

malcox wrote: »

I know:D:D. Why the hell cant he say what light came on????

Oh god im getting a pain in my face from this thread and who cares if your brothers car blows up:mad::mad:

o.k...so, seeing as there is much anger about the details, i had to go and enquire about exactly what did and didn't happen...namely, which light?
Although i do stick to my original point-any mechanic that does not check out a fault and just lets someone drive away, is a pretty poor mechanic..
Anyhow...the facts are, it was the oil light.
So, to summarise..man drives into the afore mentioned garage,oil light is on, man is told there is no problem, man drives away, engine siezes up a few days later. These are the facts, draw whatever opinion you care to draw. There is no case being made, the car has since been fixed and it is a done deal. The thread was started basically, because there was a similar one just started about a guy's pre nct check with advance, and a few happened to share their experiences with advance. Some positive experiences too, and like one guy did say...they go through thousands of cars a year, i am sure the bad experiences are not the norm.

07Lapierre wrote: »

Its not Identical!.. In your original post you said there was a light on, but you didn't know which one. Big Difference!

Magnus wrote: »

It seems to me OP is trying to gather "evidence" for some sort of "case" against Advanced.
No details given, hyperbole, hearsay, ...

If it turns out AdvPit did cause the engine damage I apologise, but I need proper details first.

Onkle wrote: »

Are you on drugs? I'm not trying to make anything alright, what I'm saying is you came on here without all of the facts, actually with no facts of the situation badmouthing a company. I personally used advance a lot (Field Sales last 6 years, lotta miles covered) and the biggest complaint I have is that their coffee tastes like what I would Imagine cow piss tastes like. I also brought my own car to them when I had a sticky back break, they took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together and charged me not one cent. Also somebody from the trade posted here commending them too. Of course they are going to make mistakes here and there, who here can honestly say they never made a balls of something in work? I certainly have.

What has me being a moderator got to do with any of this? Did you see me post in a mod capacity on this thread?

Raiser

Folks in all fairness - Its not about that mystery light; In my opinion, Advance have earned themselves a reputation as a Boots, Hat and Six-Shooters Cowboy Outfit who are commission orientated at the expense of value for money and quality of work.......

The only plus side for the Consumer is the fact that due to their reel-you-in with oohs and aahhhs and buckets of fake concern modus operandi, you can get your car up on a lift and have a gander yourself scott free!!!

- Just don't believe all the Horror stories the earnest Man tells ya - 'cause you definitely won't believe his quote after the "free" assessment :eek:

R.O.R

Frank_Leach wrote: »

o.k...so, seeing as there is much anger about the details, i had to go and enquire about exactly what did and didn't happen...namely, which light?
Although i do stick to my original point-any mechanic that does not check out a fault and just lets someone drive away, is a pretty poor mechanic..
Anyhow...the facts are, it was the oil light.
So, to summarise...

So, to summarise...the tyre fitters in Advance Pitstop are rarely mechanics. If I want a mechanic to look at a car, I take it to a mechanic. If I want my tyres changed I take my car to a tyre centre.

If the Oil light was on, perhaps Advance shouldn't have recommended the driver drive on, but then again, perhaps the driver shouldn't have taken the car to Advance. Asking someone in Advance for advice on this is pretty much the same as asking on here - it's free advice and should not be taken as gospel. Advance advertise servicing and oil changes as well as their stock trade of tyres and exhausts, but that's following a simple set of instructions. If you want an issue with a car diagnosed, take it to a qualified mechanic.

thethedev

To be fair, if your brother had looked in the owners manual for the car, there would have been a little section telling him not to drive if the oil light comes on. Or any red lights on the dash.

-Corkie-

thethedev wrote: »

To be fair, if your brother had looked in the owners manual for the car, there would have been a little section telling him not to drive if the oil light comes on. Or any red lights on the dash.

What an idiot he is. A four year old would know this not to mind someone driving everyday. He deserved for his engine to blow up. In fact he shouldnt be on the road at all.

mickdw

R.O.R wrote: »

Asking someone in Advance for advice on this is pretty much the same as asking on here - it's free advice and should not be taken as gospel.

If a business carries out service work as a major part of there daily activity as Advance Pitstop do, then the least you can expect is that the people working there who do this work know basic mechanics. They should fully understand the fuction & meaning of the oil light. The fact that they allowed him drive off clearly shows they had no idea - they clearly were of the opinion that the light was only an oil level warning.
I disagree totally with the quote above. He went to an establishment who appear to carry out this type of work. The average motorist isnt supposed to know the difference between service work & diagnostics. The important point here is that Advance should know when to say something is beyond their expertise. This is the responsibility of any business. They clearly gave dangerous advice in this case.

kazul

mickdw wrote: »

They clearly gave dangerous advice in this case.

Unless you were there and are fully aware of all the facts, it is far from unclear if they gave dangerous, if any, advice.

If I were one of the owners of Advance and I read some of he horse**** that's being spouted on this thread, not just by OP, I'd be taking action in the morning.
3rd hand accounts of hearsay from strangers from the internet doesn't help anybody's business. If anybody has a problem with an individual case, get it sorted by yourself and don't come on here whinging about your brother's girlfriend's so and so's car and how somebody did a bad job on it.

Who here would like to see the headline, "Car service chain closes with loss of hundreds of jobs"?

matamoros1965

I deal with Advance every day in work, generally they do a good job, a bit pricey, we throw all sorts of challenges at them and if they can't do it they say main dealer, the tyre fitters usually aren't mechanics but after a few years do build up a good knowledge of all models, most centres have a dedicated mechanic.

Mistakes do happen from back street guy to top marque main dealer, I have been there.

How anyone could buckle an alloy, I'll never know, unless they took it out for a spin and hit a major pothole or kerb, the machine they use to change tyres clamps the wheel very solidly and if you're careful, you won't grind the alloy while removing the old tyre.

Bonito

kazul wrote: »

Unless you were there and are fully aware of all the facts, it is far from unclear if they gave dangerous, if any, advice.

Any avid or even daily driver should have enough cop on to know if a warning light comes on within the dash you switch the car and check your manual to see whether it's safe to drive or not and how serious it is.

If an oil light or any other serious warning light came on while I was driving the only place my car would be going would be on a recovery truck to my mechanic! Not taking a spin up to a tyre centre and asking whether it's ok for me to keep driving.

If I were one of the owners of Advance and I read some of he horse**** that's being spouted on this thread, not just by OP, I'd be taking action in the morning.
3rd hand accounts of hearsay from strangers from the internet doesn't help anybody's business. If anybody has a problem with an individual case, get it sorted by yourself and don't come on here whinging about your brother's girlfriend's so and so's car and how somebody did a bad job on it.

Consumers are entitled to give comment on a company. Especially on a company which has such a wide band of centres throughout the country. I highly doubt people here who have had good and even great experiences with advance are not going to stop using them in the morning just because some people have had bad experiences with them.

Who here would like to see the headline, "Car service chain closes with loss of hundreds of jobs"?

This, is what have an issue with. That comment is utter exaggeration and ludicrous to say the least! Your comment would have been better if you'd said "Car service chain closes due to massive loss of business due to bad comment on online forum site" Ridiculous :rolleyes:

07Lapierre

Frank_Leach wrote: »

o.k...so, seeing as there is much anger about the details, i had to go and enquire about exactly what did and didn't happen...namely, which light?
Although i do stick to my original point-any mechanic that does not check out a fault and just lets someone drive away, is a pretty poor mechanic..
Anyhow...the facts are, it was the oil light.
So, to summarise..man drives into the afore mentioned garage,oil light is on, man is told there is no problem, man drives away, engine siezes up a few days later. These are the facts, draw whatever opinion you care to draw. There is no case being made, the car has since been fixed and it is a done deal. The thread was started basically, because there was a similar one just started about a guy's pre nct check with advance, and a few happened to share their experiences with advance. Some positive experiences too, and like one guy did say...they go through thousands of cars a year, i am sure the bad experiences are not the norm.

I wonder what would have happened if your brother had been advised by the "mechanic" that they would have to investigate further in order to find out why the light came on, and that there would be a charge for this?

Having said that. IF (and its a big IF) your brother was advised to drive out and ignore an oil light, then Yes, that "Mechanic" should be shot! After all, according to alot of other people on this thread have said, those guys work on commission. Seems unlikely they wouldn't have tried to get him to leave the car so thay could at least top up the oil. P.S Did they check the tyres?

znv6i3h7kqf9ys

I brought my 3 series BMW in for one of their service deals in swords. I went to pay the agreed amount and was told I was being charged €20 more for platinum spark plugs. Should have seen the look on his face when I reminded him it was a diesel. Chancers.

fullstop

malcox wrote: »

Oh god im getting a pain in my face from this thread and who cares if your brothers car blows up:mad::mad:

malcox wrote: »

What an idiot he is. A four year old would know this not to mind someone driving everyday. He deserved for his engine to blow up. In fact he shouldnt be on the road at all.

WTF That's a real nice attitude you have there :rolleyes:

zilog_jones

I went there (Ennis Rd., Limerick) to get my wheels balanced - they wanted to replace the brake lines too. Went to a real mechanic and he couldn't see anything wrong with them. They also quoted €180 for a service for a Fiesta, and charged €30 to balance two wheels. Never again.

Frank_Leach

07Lapierre wrote: »

I wonder what would have happened if your brother had been advised by the "mechanic" that they would have to investigate further in order to find out why the light came on, and that there would be a charge for this?

Having said that. IF (and its a big IF) your brother was advised to drive out and ignore an oil light, then Yes, that "Mechanic" should be shot! After all, according to alot of other people on this thread have said, those guys work on commission. Seems unlikely they wouldn't have tried to get him to leave the car so thay could at least top up the oil. P.S Did they check the tyres?

No need to wonder. Em..he would have paid for it to get fixed?
Otherwise...why go there in the first place?
It does irritate, to come across w**kers such as your good self, who seem to come on here just to argue with people.
And according to a lot of people on this thread, there is often bad service from Advance. It was mostly people sharing their experiences of the company.
Why is it "a big IF"? Are you suggesting i am lying?
Granted, i do have spare time, no doubt...i just don't have that much of it to imagine little stories up just to start a thread on boards. Do you think this is a conspiracy theory?
Anyway, no doubt your theory inspired someone. It amused me. Thanks pierre...

Bon soir.....

-Corkie-

fullstop wrote: »

WTF That's a real nice attitude you have there :rolleyes:

Well its a sad day if a man dont know what a oil light on means.

-Chris-

Can we all drop the handbags please? Posts are getting reported and infractions/bans will be forthcoming.

Drummerboy08

In fairness, your brother (or whoever he is, I dont really care) should have gone to a proper mechanic to diagnose the problem, not a tyre centre that carry out oil changes and basic service work.

Would he have called to them if he needed a new door for example? No.
What about a new windscreen? Dont think so.
Would he have drove the car on if the guy behind the counter in the local petrol station told him to do it? Doubt it.

Why not just do the sensible thing and go to a proper mechanic if the oil light was on in his car? Or call the AA out to it?

You seem to have a pretty serious attitude against a company that IMO, based on what you have said here, have dont little wrong.Your brother is a big boy, old enough to know that its his responsibility. No one elses. But you seem to care very little for the facts, and are more interested in slandering a usually reliable company in my experience. And no, I dont work for Advance.

Voodoomelon

JJJJNR wrote: »

Had a bad experience with Ad stoppit once and said I'd never go back, I asked them to fit a tyre off eiretyres and do an oil change for me. Shortly after went into a petrol station to refill the water bottle and it was full of yellow oil, I thought I got most of it out and went back to them about it, they had a look and couldn't identify what it was so I left it at that.

Driving on the way to work one morning that week, I had to use the wipers and when I sprayed water onto the glass all this yellow crap was going onto the screen smearing the glass and blinding my sight. This was at about 8:30am while doing 120kph on a very busy motorway.. Trucks and stuff behind me..

Could have been a serious accident.

Oh and they put semi synch in my car when I asked for fully, only noticed when looking at the invoice afterwards..

Twats.

Sounds like they filled your washer bottle with the new oil. Did you check the oil level?

bonzos

I had the misfortune of bringing my car into Atlas tyres in druncondra recently.I was staying in the skylon hotel beside it at the time and the guy on hotel reception recommended them to me.I dropped the car in to get tracked and was told it would be ready in a hour....3 hours later the car was "ready"cost €40 .driving home the following evening the car was the exactly the same as when i brought it in (pulling to one side).on returning to dublin the next week i brought it back to them and after another 2 hour wait (during which time i witnessed one of the guys driving the arse out of it on a test run) i was told the tracking was perfect but there must be something more serious wrong with the car...in other word GTF and stop wasting my time "bud":rolleyes:,i brought the car to a local garage in my home town a week later he tracked it in half a hour(€40) and the car is perfect.....he recons they must have been clueless!

JJJJNR

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Sounds like they filled your washer bottle with the new oil. Did you check the oil level?

Actually the more I think about it, your probably right... It had all the characteristics of oil but I just couldnt get my head around how it was in the washer bottle..

easy mistake to make I guess... naaaaaat

JJJJNR

robtri wrote: »

yes and no other mechanic or main dealer every crashed a car before.......
no way would a car salesman crash a porsche on a test drive, or a valeter crash a ferrari, or transport companies damage cars that they are moving :rolleyes:

As this particular incident was a couple of years ago do you think theres a possibility its the same person who reversed my car into a wall...that was responsible for the above heinous crimes against cars. He could be a serial car killer... maybe we should create a facebook group to try and find this misfit and rid him from society.


:rolleyes:

zilog_jones

It had all the characteristics of oil but I just couldnt get my head around how it was in the washer bottle..

Maybe they thought it had a dry sump? Does your car look anything like a Porsche 911 or some other sports car? Or a bus?

JJJJNR

zilog_jones wrote: »

Maybe they thought it had a dry sump? Does your car look anything like a Porsche 911 or some other sports car? Or a bus?

No I'd just put it down to them being totally incompetent or really badly stoned.

Voodoomelon

If it was only in for tyres and oil, then why would they go near the washer fluid unless someone actually thought it was the oil filler hole? Did this seriously happen?

JJJJNR

Scouts honour ! it did really happen..

Raiser

Voodoomelon wrote: »

If it was only in for tyres and oil, then why would they go near the washer fluid unless someone actually thought it was the oil filler hole? Did this seriously happen?

The only way this makes sense to me is if it was brake, clutch or power steering fluid - ie. mixing up translucent plastic reservoirs????

- Brake fluid would have done a nice job on the paintwork though so perhaps not :eek:

I'd like to be very clear that I am NOT reffering to Advance here - but in my opinion any Commission based diagnostics and ahem "repair" in the Auto Mechanical field is a very dangerous thing - its an invitation to stray of the path of righteousness!!!

I'm very far from being a car Expert, but I can remember back to when I knew nothing at all and I can of course see how People would blindly take someone in a pair of oily overalls word for stuff.....Inside an engine bay or peering underneath a car is scary territory to a lot of the population.......

BREAKDOWN >

UNCERTAINTY/ANXIETY >

KNOWLEDGEABLE STANCE + OFFER OF CURE >

PLUS "DISCOVERY" OF IMPENDING FAILURE OF "STUFF" >

SOOTHING STORY + LARGE QUOTE

= RESOLUTION + €€€€€€€€€€'s

Bearcat

these muppets put a wheel on my old 911 without putting on the spacer and bust all the bolts......had a spare pack of bolts at home and got away with it......needless to say they were unapologetic mired in their world of not my fault syndrome.....happened a while back but they are clowns.

07Lapierre

Frank_Leach wrote: »

No need to wonder. Em..he would have paid for it to get fixed?
Otherwise...why go there in the first place?
It does irritate, to come across w**kers such as your good self, who seem to come on here just to argue with people.
And according to a lot of people on this thread, there is often bad service from Advance. It was mostly people sharing their experiences of the company.
Why is it "a big IF"? Are you suggesting i am lying?
Granted, i do have spare time, no doubt...i just don't have that much of it to imagine little stories up just to start a thread on boards. Do you think this is a conspiracy theory?
Anyway, no doubt your theory inspired someone. It amused me. Thanks pierre...

Bon soir.....

Dear Mr Leak,

No need for that kind of language. I am entitled to post on this forum just like you. If you don't like what i'm posting...fine..don't reply. If you don't want an argument..don't post on an internet forum! Advance may or may not give bad service, but if you're going to complain about bad service..get your facts right first!.

Finally. "if you can't stand the heat...get out of the Kitchen!"

Good day to you Sir.

-Chris-

07Lapierre wrote: »

Dear Mr Leak,

No need for that kind of language. I am entitled to post on this forum just like you. If you don't like what i'm posting...fine..don't reply. If you don't want an argument..don't post on an internet forum! Advance may or may not give bad service, but if you're going to complain about bad service..get your facts right first!.

Finally. "if you can't stand the heat...get out of the Kitchen!"

Good day to you Sir.

Dear Mr Lapierre,

This applies to you too:

-Chris- wrote: »

Can we all drop the handbags please? Posts are getting reported and infractions/bans will be forthcoming.

If you note on Mr. Leach's post there's a little red card in the bottom right corner. Mr Leach has been reprimanded for his use of language and has accepted the reprimand graciously.

If you have an issue with a post please report it or ignore it. If you continue with this line of posting, you will also be subject to reprimand.

Yours sincerely, hugs and kisses, good evening and good night,

Chris

07Lapierre

-Chris- wrote: »

Dear Mr Lapierre,

This applies to you too:




If you note on Mr. Leach's post there's a little red card in the bottom right corner. Mr Leach has been reprimanded for his use of language and has accepted the reprimand graciously.

If you have an issue with a post please report it or ignore it. If you continue with this line of posting, you will also be subject to reprimand.

Yours sincerely, hugs and kisses, good evening and good night,

Chris

Apologies Chris. I hadn't noticed the red card. Point taken. My Handbag has been put away!

cheers

friendface

Grahamo999 wrote: »

I think they're a disaster too, Ripped me off for 2 tyres a few years ago, they charged me 150 for 2 tyres for a Punto, I needed em quick so I just bought them, got them for 110 about 6 months later in Campbells.

And they quoted me 330 to repair my exhaust, they said I needed the backbox and the centre part of the exhaust, I went to First Stop and they done the backbox for 110, problem solved.

I don't even consider them anymore if I need anything done

I called Advance Pitstop last week for a quote on 2 tyres for 18" alloys. Was quoted €159 each for a Budget brand tyre! I had to ask did he mean €159 for the two. I ended up going to the Galway Car Service Centre where I got Dunlop Sport Tyres at €140ea. They also did a fantastic job tracking my car for just 40 quid (and they spent over an hour working on the tracking).

Cowboys Ted!

brian.h

Always had bad expierence with them.Got a new tyre a couple of years ago and when i went to take the wheel off myself next time two nuts broke-over tightning. Said his was a one off , same thing happened again a year later with them.Never really found that particular pitstop helpful anyway.

rs8

whats the palce in tullamore like??

ardmacha

Over one year ago I went to Fastfit in Taney Road, Dundrum to get a couple of tyres. To my surprise they tried to flog me brake pads, on the basis that they were done. I didn't believe this. Some months later. before the NCT, I went to Advance in Donnybrook, who had a look at the pads and said (correctly) that they would do a while more. So Advance are not always lowest of the industry.

For Forks Sake

rs8 wrote: »

whats the palce in tullamore like??

Used them a couple of times for work on a company car and privately as well, they're decent to deal with.