Sooo - after a bit of wait (try almost 10 weeks) I got the car back on Thursday. Was due to be start September but kept going back with the owner of the garage being a bit evasive, problem with colour matching etc which I could fully understand and hey, with everything being cancelled the coupe wasn't desperately needed. The reason for the delay - they decided in the end to give the car a full respray without letting me know and wanted to leave it as a surprise
. Couldn't believe my flippin eyes! As they didn't seek my permission for the respray they didn't charge any extra!!! Everything else done on the job sheet including a small repair to the 16v badge which I didn't ask for. What can I say, just totally speechless. It's now externally probably the best 16v in the country (sorry Neil
). I'm not going to say how much this cost as it would be unfair on the garage but they're happy for me to promote on the forum:
Bucknall Garage, Pennell Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9BD.
Gaz, the manager, is a great bloke and I think mine is the third coupe they've worked on.
Did I say I was speechless ....