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 1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
12th Feb, 2005 at 08:46:16pm
Overpriced and full of muppets!! |
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Site Admin  6264 Posts Member #: 1 The boring bloke who runs this place. Berkshire |
12th Feb, 2005 at 08:54:00pm
I'm not sure Feebs would agree. |
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
12th Feb, 2005 at 11:06:06pm
On 12/02/2005 20:46:16 Star Mag said:
Overpriced and full of muppets!! Not strictly true...... 1) Get a quote for the Mini part you desire from a auto factors within (I think) 15 miles of your Halfords store of choice. Then phone up Halfords and ask them to price-match. 95% of times they will do it, so you get the part you want close to home, and pay a good price. In addition you also usually get a better quality part from Halfords than you do from your cheapo motor factors as Halfords have a reputation to uphold and so will not usually chance selling lesser quality components. If you look a lot of their stuff is good brands e.g. Quinton Hazell, Ferodo, etc. I was in uni at Loughborough, we used to pull this scam all the time, using a place called "Panjiatani Motor Spares" in Leicester. 2) You also get a outstanding returns policy from Halfords. The reason being this- the spotty young lad or bored disinterested little bird plastered in polyfilla doesn't give a toss what you are bringing back, or whether it is broken or not. It is no money out of their wage packet if they accept your return and give you a new one. So that is what you get. Try the same thing at your local motor factors and the gaffer will sense the potential lightening of his wallet and will fuck you off in no uncertain terms. 3) They are also not always as expensive as you think. A short while ago I fell out with my local factor as he sent me out on a van a set of brake pads for a Peugeot 106 1.1 petrol (nothing special I hear you say) and then invoiced me over ?30 for them, at TRADE price. I had a few words which ended with "I can get them cheaper at f&^*^ng halfords than that" to which he replied "well f%&k off to Halfords then", so I did, got them to quote and lets just say that I got a refund and a grovelling letter from the factor manager when he reviewed how much I have spent there in the last 6 months. They are not always the rip off you think. 4) Where else is open on a Sunday afternoon when you are in the shit and need something asap? OK you might pay a bit more but its better than walking to work on monday morning.....and we have all been there. 5) Last but not least.............they have an outstanding policy of swapping car batteries for a new one if you take back one with a long guarantee and its knackered. Useful for when you find one on a trip to the local tip I find. As a qualifier I would say that I do not generally use Halfords if possible, but they do have their uses and if you know how to play the system a bit you do OK out of them.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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2395 Posts Member #: 229 Gavin@minispares.com kent |
13th Feb, 2005 at 12:05:18am
lol ive worked there for 3 years, very true especially true about point 2, my store is pretty good though one guy used to build v8's from when he was about 10! all the other stores are crap though especially if you ring up. |
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1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
13th Feb, 2005 at 05:55:35pm
think i hit a nerve just voicing my opinion of local store!! |
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 2641 Posts Member #: 19 Post Whore newcastle |
13th Feb, 2005 at 06:05:44pm
when i`m really bored i go in and ask for dizzy cap for a mg metro turbo .......
Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....
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1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
13th Feb, 2005 at 06:10:13pm
I find a lot of motor factors dont understand that you can interchange metro and mini parts i have had them confused on a number of times!!
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 1128 Posts Member #: 142 Post Whore Winchester |
13th Feb, 2005 at 09:25:37pm
lol @ mini mark |
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 3341 Posts Member #: 218 Post Whore Bingley, West Yorkshire |
16th Feb, 2005 at 01:19:06am
We will match any price that customers can get stuff at! also yeah i dont care what i give a refund on!!!
Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
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 31 Posts Member #: 478 Member Ooop Norf (Cumbria) |
20th Feb, 2005 at 10:00:30pm
I used to work for them too, so if you're up North, call the Workington store as they should be used to my Mini-related bodgery !
Clubbyestate : Brown and loud - fast soon ! |
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155 Posts Member #: 246 Advanced Member Cumbria |
20th Feb, 2005 at 10:34:50pm
I think clubbyestate should get us a discount with his present employer ! |
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 2521 Posts Member #: 417 Post Whore Swindon |
22nd Feb, 2005 at 07:58:01pm
Just got a battery for my van today ?64.50 and they gave me a ?10 gift voucher......Nice
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
23rd Feb, 2005 at 05:58:56pm
there pro tools are good
Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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Forum Mod  4823 Posts Member #: 154 Post Whore Midlands |
5th Mar, 2005 at 11:12:03pm
had a good one from halfords today, went and got myself a can of white primer. sprayed it on my flip front and there was no white in it! just a can of pssssssshhh. On 20th Oct, 2015 Tom Fenton said:
Well here is the news, you are not welcome here, FUCK OFF. |
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Site Admin   1921 Posts Member #: 333 Post Whore Tadley, Hampshire |
6th Mar, 2005 at 01:28:35am
Nice one!
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 928 Posts Member #: 326 Post Whore bradford, west yorks |
15th Mar, 2005 at 08:17:13pm
halfords is good is pend to much time there talking to feeble really, lol but clubby estate is right, there is often someone that knows something about cars, like feeble is there and has a good idea about what poeple are talking about, but granted almost anyone else there cant tell you anything apart from what the most powerfull amp they have is |
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Site Admin 1921 Posts Member #: 333 Post Whore Tadley, Hampshire |
15th Mar, 2005 at 08:36:09pm
Yup, someone the other day looked more than blank when I asked for heatshrink. I explained it, still nothing. Bless his little mittens |
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31 Posts Member #: 478 Member Ooop Norf (Cumbria) |
3rd Apr, 2005 at 10:35:07pm
Unfortunately I don't work there any more.
Clubbyestate : Brown and loud - fast soon ! |
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23 Posts Member #: 531 Member Sandiacre, Notts |
28th Apr, 2005 at 12:10:42pm
i have not had any problems with them the only problem i have iswhen you pull up in your mini the chavs all come and try and offer you a race and its only because they hear a loud performance exhaust for gods sake im only 16 and my dad drives it so do i look like i want a race fluckin hell! Edited by Jon on 28th Apr, 2005. |
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125 Posts Member #: 751 Advanced Member Aberdeen |
12th Oct, 2006 at 01:10:27am
Im a duty manager at Halfords now and i agree not many of the ppl there know much about anything other than how to dress emo or skive through the back, but if you get some one in the know, we can get almost any part you require.
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 2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
12th Oct, 2006 at 08:50:45am
I don't have a prob with them, fairly local to me cheap for some things. It's just the fact that you have to wade through all the chav-wagons and rice to get to the front door. On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
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 2742 Posts Member #: 637 Post Whore Hertfordshire |
12th Oct, 2006 at 12:23:42pm
i use there oil (the one in the green can with the mini and mk1 escort on it) 20w 40 and its fine, altough i think its duuckams in a differnt tin thoguh!
My build thread..
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 2102 Posts Member #: 432 Post Whore Swindon |
12th Oct, 2006 at 01:36:18pm
On 12th of Oct, 2006 at 01:10am daniel_johno said:
Im a duty plus all the halfords branded are made by reputable companies. Dan Managed to get a brand ne alternator from halfords that didnt work lol, they changed it no probs though Also needed a wiring diagram, so i bought a haynes manual, photocopied the relevant pages and took it back :) |
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 6744 Posts Member #: 828 Post Whore uranus |
12th Oct, 2006 at 02:21:20pm
couple of years ago i had the 1/4 drive ext bar and a 10mm socket from my halfords proff socket set dissapear into the scap yard black hole bounce of 3 cars below me and into a hyperdimentional time portal, never to be reteived ,...i went to halfords didicot ,and said order me a couple of new bits my good man ,they arrived a week later ,and stuff me if when i said ''how much'' he said nah thats ok have em !!!!!!!!!!
Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM |
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
12th Oct, 2006 at 07:39:12pm
They were doing a deal on alternators a while back,
On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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