tyres are service items so meh write that cost off im afraid.

brake calipers.. rear.. i can only assume its integrated handbrake and footbrake and for a pattern replacement caliper £150 parts sounds about right in my experience.

Ok, that's good then, at least it's not a £20 part. Whenever things like this need replacing I always wonder whether I could do something with the broken bit, like turn it in to a plant pot...

Ok, that's good then, at least it's not a £20 part. Whenever things like this need replacing I always wonder whether I could do something with the broken bit, like turn it in to a plant pot...

in this case the old bit goes back to be remanufactured to save you the cost of buying a new one outright saves you £50 if you go through eurocarparts.. tbh if it were me id be changing it myself.

I do most of the work myself but for the cambelt I had the toyotashop do it for £ 425

Blueprint is only £130

I assume they will be charging £100 to fit it, the £150 part will be worth max £50 (probably less) and they will oversell the fitting to make it worthwhile, the £350 part will probably be direct from Mazda, if your Mazda is anything like my local one they keep a limited supply of parts on the shelf and order on demand, so it likely is a special order for them, they also charge over the odds because its a Mazda (next time don't buy Mazda).

I would fit Blueprint, also, if you call around various mobile mechanics they will be cheaper as they have less overheads, the average cost of labour is around £50+vat where i live, the high end can be £60-65+vat, the lad i use is £25+vat, and don't think because someone is cheap they won't be anygood, you can take your car to main dealer with a basic sensor fault, they will whack it on a a fault finder and could replace 5 other parts before they replace the sensor, the lad i use i call him up and he is spot on everytime, no messing around.

they also charge over the odds because its a Mazda (next time don't buy Mazda).

Yeah, they have you over a barrel when it comes to servicing with their "electronic" log book do-da, meaning if you want to keep a full service history you need to get it done through Mazda

It's a shame as I really like the cars. Hopefully I can use this all to see if they can offer a really, really good deal on a trade in, as I'm pretty willing to walk away...

Quote from: knighty on March 06, 2012, 01:10:01 AM

£150 on repairs in 4 years ???BARGAIN !

4 year old car though...

that's still pretty cheap!

thing is, needing a new calliper is a very minor thing... it's probably just a fluke.... it's not a major part or prone to wear and tare


if you needed a new gearbox etc... then you'd have more of a case to be miffed about it.