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Nov 14, 2001 | 05:38 AM

SilverA4

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Supplying own parts?

Picked up new rotors and pads from AWE - and had a heck of a time finding someone to put them in. Seems paying the $65/hr labor time is not worth it to a lot of places.

Went to one place that said they wouldn't do it. Went to a second place that said they would, but a few hours later the manager called me and said, "Oh I see you're supplying your own parts, we can't do the job with your parts..."

Well duh, I believe I made that clear when I dropped off the car. He responds, "Well, if you're supplying the parts, where am I making my money?"

"I assume it's off your $65/hr labor rate... I'll be there in 5 minutes to get my key".

Finally got the work done at a friend's garage, but had he not been a friend I don't think he would have done it either. Anyone else running into this?

-Dave 98.5 1.8T

Nov 14, 2001 | 05:41 AM

rigor

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Go redneck..

Out in the sticks (snellville) the local brake shops on a slow sunday (read manager not in) Use to do my pads and rotor swaps for $30 cash for my old 750il..

Nov 14, 2001 | 05:53 AM

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I figured you were going to tell him to set up cinder blocks under his front yard tree.

Nov 14, 2001 | 05:54 AM

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Yeah. Most local places won't do it. Minkie (?) is local owner and...

operated and the guy is great. He even told me to go out and get my own springs and shocks since I could probably find them cheaper on the Internet. :-) The Audi dealership is also pretty good about it. I will probably take my new shocks and springs there to have it done.

Nov 14, 2001 | 05:55 AM

SirJester

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Snellville Sticks?!? I had culture shock when I moved from the Cosmopolitan area of Snellville to..

my current home in Iderho.

Nov 14, 2001 | 05:57 AM

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A lot of places won't do the work for liability reasons. Of course, they know how to do the job, but

they don't want you coming back and saying the pads & rotors aren't installed correctly and fighting them for the work. Since it's not their parts, they can't give a warranty on the work. I don't blame them for doing it, since this would prevent them from getting a bad reputation for poor work.

My advice...find a German car/Audi specialist in your area. They'll take better care of your car than most dealers, since you'll establish a good working relationship with them, so they'll get to know you and the car's history... and you'll only pay for the labor time that they actually work on the car. I'm so tired of seeing bills coming back from dealers for the "suggested" time being almost double than the actually time worked on my cars. I stopped going to dealers a long time ago, so buying my A4 and taking it to the dealer is rather nerve racking for me. I simply just don't trust them. Although, my faith has been restored recently by the dealer that I've been going to lately.

*sorry for the babbling - I think I had too coffee this morning*