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Who gets there RS serviced at Fords and should i???????

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Old 05-02-2005, 11:01 AM
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tiff get a stamp made up for "Tiffs performance ford specialist" and stamp the fooker yourself
Old 05-02-2005, 11:09 AM
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no is the answer m8,they replaced my cat foc on friday,they picked up my car-fixed it-brought it back,excellent ,right up to the point that when i was putting it on the drive i noticed that the god damn fcuking steering wheel was loose why they messed with that is totaly beyond me i have just spent 2 hours down ford while they re-fix it back on....grrrrrrr
Old 05-02-2005, 11:13 AM
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tiff, leave fords alone

id take it somewhere like GGR for a stamp if thats what you want
Old 05-02-2005, 11:21 AM
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Just make a logbook for it and write down the mileage, date and what you have done exactly and keep the receipts, this will be worth far more to a buyer as it shows you take good care of the car spending the time writing up exactly what you do. Also it helps you remember what needs doing and when
Old 05-02-2005, 11:32 AM
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The only dealership that can touch my car is the dealership in which my tuner works during the days (he does performance cars during the night in his workshop but impossible to live from it), but there nobody ever drives it exept for him and they only do whet they are told to do - I used them only for things like suspension geometry adjustment. Maybe electrics in future but only if they tell their workmate they feel competent enough.
Old 05-02-2005, 12:47 PM
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One of our freinds used to be a ford mechanic a few years back he had and still owns a mint 3 door if any turbos or cossies came in he would be the only one who would touch them
Old 05-02-2005, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Twins
One of our freinds used to be a ford mechanic a few years back he had and still owns a mint 3 door if any turbos or cossies came in he would be the only one who would touch them

My tuner is responsible for tuning and accesorries department at Polish dealer group So he can't do my car at work as he's white collar there But he drives my car to work and says he has some problem with his Cossie
Old 05-02-2005, 01:09 PM
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you said youd NEVER sell that car so why worry
Old 05-02-2005, 03:11 PM
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Tiff, Don't they list everything done in the service??

If so then do a full service on it yourself then take it to them, explain what has been done and get them to check it over, poss give them something small to change and then they can stamp your book, itemising that nothing needed replacing. you'll most likely have to pay an hours labour but atleast you'll have a stamped book and no tool working on you car.

Can't see why they would object!!
Old 05-02-2005, 03:45 PM
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Smiffy, who works for me now, spent several years in a Ford dealership.
He pointed out to me that there is NO provision on ANY service for the checking of oil level of a manual gearbox.
I didn't believe him until he showed me the service sheets, and it's there in black and white.....

"Visual check for leaks"

That goes for EVERY service

So, whatever your model of Ford, if it has always been serviced at a Ford dealership, and has a manual transmission, it will never have had its gearbox oil level checked or topped up!!!!!!
Old 05-02-2005, 03:59 PM
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Tiff, I haven't got a service book for Bluey
Just stick all receipts in a folder for keep safe, prooves it's been done
I wouldn't bother with Ford service history, to me as a buyer I would re-do it all if I saw Ford had serviced it
Old 06-02-2005, 10:22 AM
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2 years ago there was a Recall on certain BMW 3 series... so Renton had to take the car to an official BMW Dealer. Can you imagine the look on their faces when they saw a Cossie engine in the bay.
Old 06-02-2005, 10:35 AM
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