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Ive personally had more problems with "main dealers" than independents in the past. I completely agree with Geoff, A "right first time" philosophy would be the ideal situation.Geoff.F wrote:I spent 40 years in Industry of which 33 were spent travelling the world advising and fixing engines. The first 7 were years learning how to do it.
There was only one way and that was without mistakes. If I made a mistake then upto 380 souls may be in a hole in the ground surrounded by a Boeing 747. We were not measured on the times that I did it right as that was the expected, One mistake however small and I would be out of work never to return.
That is how I maintain our cars and demand from anyone who does work for me.
These "mistakes" reported are not "mistakes" but a complete lack of know how and Quality of work that may be expected.
Geoff F.
I read this and my immediate thoughts were :Martin C wrote:Then going on to say the work to do front & rear subframes takes 5 days, then 3 days to go through the paperwork -
"We have adopted strict procedures that make sure the major rebuilds go ahead without a hitch. Paperwork is also strict with many checklists to go through..
andywatson wrote:Jan, it was you who originally warned me about Daryl, I should have listened to your advice. On the surface the car looks OK, but it's the safety issues are the real concern, not tightening bolts is fairly serious. In terms if what he did right, the carbon is excellent but was farmed out to wicked coatings, the paint job is of a high standard, but that was carried out by Twicketts. In terms of work done by MGF reborn the brakes and engine are fitted correctly, other than that there are problems of one description or another with most aspects of their work.
It's not a witch hunt at all but if you pay for a job to be done its reasonable to expect that work to actually get done.
To pick up your question, I use Sportomotive (http://www.sportomotive.com/) in Salisbury. They are K-series engine specialists and a Lotus dealer. They have serviced my car for many years, changed the head gasket & also done all of the suspension modifications for track work. I highly recommend them, & they do a lot of work on F's & TF's.kevpem wrote:Are there any other servicing companies in Dorset or Hampshire that people recommend?
Jan, at this point in time Daryl has had the car for a total of 4.5 months, he had it originally for nearly 4 months and then a further 3 weeks to rectify all of the faults, unfortunately many of the faults it went back for are still their and since getting it back new faults have developed. Daryl will have the car back for one final time this week in an attempt to rectify the remaining issues. Just to clarify, I am happy with all of the sub contracted work, it's Daryl's work which is questionable.Softly~Softly wrote:andywatson wrote:Jan, it was you who originally warned me about Daryl, I should have listened to your advice. On the surface the car looks OK, but it's the safety issues are the real concern, not tightening bolts is fairly serious. In terms if what he did right, the carbon is excellent but was farmed out to wicked coatings, the paint job is of a high standard, but that was carried out by Twicketts. In terms of work done by MGF reborn the brakes and engine are fitted correctly, other than that there are problems of one description or another with most aspects of their work.
It's not a witch hunt at all but if you pay for a job to be done its reasonable to expect that work to actually get done.
True, but there are parts of the car you are pleased with, and instead of just posting negatively you could have put a positive side as well..
Your car was a major rebuild, you knew that the work would be sub contracted out, yet you choose to still go with Daryl knowing all of this, and Diesel Destroyer also said the same to you in my presence..
I was under the impression that everything was going to be sorted after you returned the phone call or answered the email, either way it seems he is doing his utmost to put things right, does it not ?
Re the safety issues, if you are that worried by them why are you stlll driving the car ?
I most certainly would not be if it was a "Safety issue" as stated, or has that been fixed now ?
Every mechanic who has a forum presence upsets someone, at some time, we have seen it again and again, in fact the only person who seems to do no wrong is Russel, the sad thing is that when it gets posted on the internet it can ruin that persons livelihood, and I am not just on about Daryl ..
Maybe when every avenue has been explored first, and an unsatisfactory outcome has been arrived at, a post could go up, but when it is still being dealt with it, it seems a tad unfair ..
Thank you, a post on the final outcome would be most interestingandywatson wrote: This is the last I will post on this thread until Daryl returns my car, If the car comes back in a satisfactory standard I will be happy to share this with the forum.
