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Offline sootpig

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reason to avoid kwik fit
« on: June 14, 2014, 04:50:04 pm »
 £24.50 for a puncture repair  :fighting:
 

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2014, 04:54:35 pm »
they charge you for the patch;new valve;and to valance it :stupid:

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2014, 05:00:52 pm »
Probs takes just as long to change a tyre so I don't think that's really a bad price  :booty:
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2014, 05:13:21 pm »
Apart from its KwikFit.

My personal opinion - AVOID!
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2014, 05:15:09 pm »
Usually only £10 from an independent tyre place!
How hard can it be?

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2014, 05:17:19 pm »
I charge £10 to forum members for a puncture

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2014, 05:23:32 pm »
I charge £10 to forum members for a puncture
You sure? I don't pay that lol.

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2014, 05:24:23 pm »
there is a reason thou..a silver golf :grin:

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2014, 05:42:26 pm »
£10 only applies to the black ones :happy2:  my local tyre spot only charge £10 but I got the puncture after 4pm and didn't fancy not having the car over the w/end
  First I get stopped for doing 120 on the M6 then a puncture in a new tyre  My luck has got to change  :signLOL:

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2014, 06:46:36 pm »
I don't get whats wrong with the price  :stupid:

Going Kwik fit on the other hand  :signLOL:
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2014, 07:09:50 pm »
They did a fine job of MOTing mine. No complaints
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2014, 07:10:31 pm »
I've avoided Kwik Fit since the day I passed my test. :grin:
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2014, 10:20:01 pm »
Usually only £10 from an independent tyre place!

More like £20 at all the  independants I've used.
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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2014, 10:46:38 pm »
£7 at my local tyre fitter

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Re: reason to avoid kwik fit
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2014, 11:44:28 pm »
Rip off for sure but sometimes KwikKrap are the closest tyre fitting place. I had a tyre repaired recently at my very local Kwikflap, they charged me for the normal puncture price which includes a balance. The tyre fitter didn't balance my wheel so I asked for that portion of the charge back, which was duly refunded. Tyre's still holding air!