Anyone know of a decent VW garage in the south east??

i've a coolant leak and i think its the head gasket so want to get it checked out. The VW specialist i went to have found no external leak and couldn't do anything else.

The VW garage in Woking want to charge 110 + VAT per hour to look at it!! Apparently it could take 2 hours, so 260 just to (possibly) find the problem.

The cars 11 years old so nuts to that.

I used to use Automotive Solutions in Sonning Eye near Reading for my old Mk2 GTI a few years ago. Very helpful chap and cheap rates. I presume he's still operating.

£10 on it being the water pump

VW ones are shite. Mine went on the Audi. £150 part cost over £700 cash job!

Try The Phirm in Hook. A decent bunch of guys, mainly ex VW mechanics. They recently did some work on my wife's mk4 Golf and I was very pleased with the standard and quality of service.

http://www.thephirm.co.uk/

AUDI garage:

part costs X,
parts + labour cost = X + (Xx10) = arm, leg and first born child

Your better of with your local garage IMO.

I few minor warning lights came on on my A3 (emission control system, glow plugs etc).

Parts were around £100, total estimated bill came to over £900, told them to get stuffed. (they also found lots of other stuff they said "needed" doing, but the car was totally safe to drive).

Mates brother run this place and does really well for himself, gets a lot of repeat business. Might be a bit far away for you though

Organic355…That WAS a local garage, and cash!

My own fault. It's an RS6 and front end of the car needs to come off for every bloody job!