What Is Ignorance Costing You?

He is quick to back up this point by saying that he has no problem with this practice, but does refer to but one article that ran in the press recently, whereby a lady took a 15 000 km old car around to a host of private garages for quotes to make the car saleable.

On receiving vastly different quotes on what was required to complete her request, she took the car to the AA, whereby she was issued a comprehensive audit of what was required. She decided in the end to take the vehicle to the manufacturer-approved workshop, only to receive the vehicle back with none of the identified faults being repaired.

But the lesson doesn’t end here, in fact it gets even worse when you start to explore the private side of the aftermarket performance industry. And here is where Fischer really gets animated in making his point, “Workshops nowadays range from genuine backyard establishments to state of the art, flagship facilities as boasted by the various SAC branches.” Proudly adding, “We have been at the forefront of this industry for over 20 years, but this has not been an easy or cost friendly exercise.” He goes on to say, “How many private workshops today can claim to have a dedicated Research & Development Centre to call on for guidance and training? How many can claim to do development work on in house bought vehicles only? Our customer’s cars are not used as costly ‘guinea pigs’, nor are they used to train apprentices on.”

In wrapping up, what basically comes down to who can you trust today, Fischer raises a few more questions for the unwary motorist to consider before parting with their vehicles and hard earned money.

“Outside of the obvious things like reputation and price, how many people check to see if their chosen workshop has short term insurance to cover their vehicle while it is there? Can they offer you the convenience of a courtesy car? Can they offer you a workshop facility when you are far away from home? Do they offer concrete written warranties on all their workmanship.”

If you have any doubt or are not sure what you should be looking for when making this decision, take the time to visit www.steves.co.za , it will be well worth effort in understanding this highly controversial topic better, and will probably save you some money at the same time.

Car servicing, repairing or even performance upgrading, is a multi million Rand daily business, and these are all rather pertinent questions when you ask yourself, “What is ignorance costing me?”