Does it pay a garage to do shoddy work?

Ubbquittious

I reckon it does.

There is one lad my granddad used to go to back in the day. His 'fixing' of the air circulation flap involved plugging out the cable so the motor would stop making noise. He also deemed it acceptable to fit a replacement radiator with a few cable ties because getting the right one for the car was a bit of trouble and "ah sure it's a '99 car it will be gone soon anyway"

I thought this was awful codology and tell people to stay well away from this fella but I'm almost positive his regular customers think he's such a great lad for making the problem that's causing the car to fail the NCT go away as cheaply and quickly as possible. Furthermore I'd say if you tried to charge any of his customers the full amount for doing a proper job they'd soon flee to another codologist down the road ready to do shoddy workmanship for cheap.

Anyone buying a car from one of his regular customers would be in for a shock, having to undo all the botch jobs he did. I'd say guys like this are a big reason for the average age of cars in this country being less than 10 years.

Experience_day

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I reckon it does.

There is one lad my granddad used to go to back in the day. His 'fixing' of the air circulation flap involved plugging out the cable so the motor would stop making noise. He also deemed it acceptable to fit a replacement radiator with a few cable ties because getting the right one for the car was a bit of trouble and "ah sure it's a '99 car it will be gone soon anyway"

I thought this was awful codology and tell people to stay well away from this fella but I'm almost positive his regular customers think he's such a great lad for making the problem that's causing the car to fail the NCT go away as cheaply and quickly as possible. Furthermore I'd say if you tried to charge any of his customers the full amount for doing a proper job they'd soon flee to another codologist down the road ready to do shoddy workmanship for cheap.

Anyone buying a car from one of his regular customers would be in for a shock, having to undo all the botch jobs he did. I'd say guys like this are a big reason for the average age of cars in this country being less than 10 years.

Yes I completely agree. It should all be fitted with OEM parts absolutely perfectly at the cost of XXX and labour YYY. Wait, thats worth more than the car? Scrap it so.

Obviously if someone puts a tie on as a fan belt there might be issues, but there is a middle ground. Most cars after a certain age (especially if pre 08) are just not worth a damn. And yes corners realistically have to be skipped on somethings.

I don't see the issue to be honest.

The Backwards Man

There was a poem written about a local garage man up our way

Redacted is the man to see
There's none like him that much is true
He tightens two nuts, he loosens three
And he'll see you 'fore the week is through

Has it framed on his wall and all.

Del2005

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I reckon it does.

There is one lad my granddad used to go to back in the day. His 'fixing' of the air circulation flap involved plugging out the cable so the motor would stop making noise. He also deemed it acceptable to fit a replacement radiator with a few cable ties because getting the right one for the car was a bit of trouble and "ah sure it's a '99 car it will be gone soon anyway"

I thought this was awful codology and tell people to stay well away from this fella but I'm almost positive his regular customers think he's such a great lad for making the problem that's causing the car to fail the NCT go away as cheaply and quickly as possible. Furthermore I'd say if you tried to charge any of his customers the full amount for doing a proper job they'd soon flee to another codologist down the road ready to do shoddy workmanship for cheap.

Anyone buying a car from one of his regular customers would be in for a shock, having to undo all the botch jobs he did. I'd say guys like this are a big reason for the average age of cars in this country being less than 10 years.

The customer is the reason he does bodge repairs. If you ask for the cheapest option the garage will do the cheapest job possible. If you ask for the issue to be fixed then the garage will fix it correctly.

Ubbquittious

Del2005 wrote: »

The customer is the reason he does bodge repairs. If you ask for the cheapest option the garage will do the cheapest job possible. If you ask for the issue to be fixed then the garage will fix it correctly.

Indeed they are. I'd even go so far as to say if he told the customer he was taking a shortcut and that there is a more costly but proper way of doing it, a good portion of his customers would then jump ship to another lad brazen enough to just do the shoddy job and portray it as the one true way of doing the job.

biko

The amount of times I have seen wood screws used and other shoddy work on old cars...
However, the mechanics wouldn't do this if the customer didn't agree to it.

Badger2009

I think it’s just the way a lot of people here treat their cars.

- Base model car
- Cheapest tyres possible
- reactive maintenance only
- ‘just get it to pass’ mentality

People like that don’t look at value, just price.

Tommyboy40

To some people a car is simply a box to get them from A to B, they don't care about them at all. Even some petrolheads I know are terrible at looking after their cars. If you care, you will look after it. I hate having a missing bulb on the dash, dirty seat belts, crap rattling around the interior etc. I picked my mechanic for his skill, not his price.

corcaigh1

Experience_day wrote: »

Yes I completely agree. It should all be fitted with OEM parts absolutely perfectly at the cost of XXX and labour YYY. Wait, thats worth more than the car? Scrap it so.

Obviously if someone puts a tie on as a fan belt there might be issues, but there is a middle ground. Most cars after a certain age (especially if pre 08) are just not worth a damn. And yes corners realistically have to be skipped on somethings.

I don't see the issue to be honest.

What makes you think that??

Del2005

corcaigh1 wrote: »

What makes you think that??

If you check Irish/UK websites and see what a 10 year old car makes and then look at some continental websites for similar cars and you'll see.