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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1867.0. "servicing 350i" by RAYON::MARPOLEA () Tue Aug 18 1992 21:06

    I have just purchased a 1984 TVR 350i which is in need of a 36000 mile
    service, is there any garages in the newbury area that can be trusted
    to service the vehicle correctly.
    
    
    		Alan
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1867.1KNOWN A MAN THAT CAN !!!LARVAE::DYDERSKI_KTue Aug 18 1992 21:357
    MY MATE HAD A TVR 350 WHICH WAS TRAGICALLY STOLEN FROM HIS HOUSE, BUT I
    KNOWN THAT TVR WILL CHARGE YOU AN ARM AND A LEGG.  BUT IF YOU GIVE
    THIS GUY A RING HE USED TO SERVICE MY MATES FOR HIM AND DOES A S*** HOT
    JOB ON IT 0256-464954/781712 ASK FOR PAUL THE GARAGE IS CALLED
    VALENTINES.
    
                    
1867.2MAJORS::QUICKDales ditch-jumper extraordinaireWed Aug 19 1992 14:2012
1867.3Bad Garages.....!BRUMMY::BRUMMY::RICHARDYour robot sounds like Pink FloydWed Aug 19 1992 14:269
Re: .-1

I agree that there are some very bad garages in the Thames Valley,  however I have
always managed to get courteous, good quality and correctly priced work from
Spratleys in Mortimer (Vauxhall Dealer),  it is family owned and run.  You
get to meet members of the family,  and they are all accountable to the patriarch
and matriarch!

_Richard
1867.4TVR DealersSEDSWS::OXFORDwho's pulling my PilsnerWed Aug 19 1992 15:1821
    Alan
    	i've got a TVR ad in a magazine here and it gives a list of their
    dealers, i dont know how far you want to travel but here are some
    garages names and numbers.
    
       Surrey. 
               Fenhurst Motor Co. 0428 653924
    	       Station Hill Garage 0252 733377	
    
    Hampshire. 
    	       Monzasport ltd 0489 577944		
    
    Oxfordshire.
    
                Henley Heritage ltd 0491 411177
    
    b.t.w. it doesnt give a town in the ad to say where these garages are
    just the county.
    Hope this helps
    
    Nick.
1867.5Kit Car or Not Kit Car???YUPPY::ELLAWAYMartin Ellaway@hhlWed Aug 19 1992 15:388
    
    Surely rather than being ripped off by TVR dealers you can take it
    to any Austin rover garage for a engine service and if its anything
    like the old TVR's the back axle and suspension was off a granny and
    the front suspension was off a Triumph so take your pick.
    
    
    Martin
1867.6NEWOA::SAXBYBorn again reincarnationistWed Aug 19 1992 15:478
    
    I don't know about the 3.5 Rover lump in TVRs, but tuning a Griffith or
    a 420 SEAC the same way as a 3.5 Rover wouldn't be awfully effective at 
    getting the best out of the engine!
    
    TVR, at least now, do a lot with the Rover lumps in their cars.
    
    Mark
1867.7ESBS01::RUTTERRut The NutWed Aug 19 1992 18:1719
1867.8SUBURB::SMYTHIIan Smyth 830-3869Wed Aug 19 1992 19:5810
    
>    Oxfordshire.
>                Henley Heritage ltd 0491 411177
    
>    b.t.w. it doesnt give a town in the ad to say where these garages are
    
	Henley Heritage is on the Reading Road, Henley. It's part of 
Henley Ag Vol*o dealership.

Ian
1867.9Its not noisy officerRAYON::MARPOLEAWed Aug 19 1992 20:018
    Hi 
    i have booked the car into Fenhurst Motor Co in Haslemere for the
    service. 
    
    	Thanks for all your help
    
    
    				Alan
1867.10Station Hill Garage.NEWOA::SAXBYFrontal Lobotomies-R-UsTue Sep 08 1992 14:276
    
    I've got a feeling that Station Hill Garage is in Farnham, certainly
    not Fleet (aren't they numbers starting with 6?). My wife's reported
    seeing a TVR dealer right opposite Farnham station.
    
    Mark