On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:39:39 +0100, Tom Boltwood >
wrote:

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>You can always get the air con serviced by an independent specialist in your
>own time.

But you'll only save about 30UKP doing so. Not a lot of comfort if the
bill is heading for 1000UKP. You also have the hassle of a service
then another part of a day taken up while the indy does your A/C.
YMMV.

>Your dealer will only call one in anyway.

Only the stupid ones! Mine (Reg Vardy) worked out that they could buy
all the kit, train their staff and then offer a full A/C service for a
cleverly pitched 100UKP and recover all their costs SO quickly the
Service Receptionist could only smile when telling me about it. Good
for them! 30UKP plus the convenience of being in a main dealership if
any Alfa specific parts etc are required plus the convenience of
getting everything done in one day is a reasonable temptation IMHO.

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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
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