Tips To Get the Best from an Authorised Auto Repairer

In previous times, for any kind of impairing, a motorist would take his vehicle to a local garage, where all the vehicles were repaired. Since all the vehicles had almost the same type of mechanism, it was a generalised place to take the vehicle for getting it fixed.

But with so much of evolution that has taken place in the last few decades, it is no more advisable to take your car to any garage person, but to the authorised ones.

There are many complaints made by the customers stating that no proper repair was done when the car was given for repair, as they did not give it to the authorised franchise of the particular car manufacturing company.

Therefore, you need to ensure that you take your car only to the franchise-holder auto repairer of your car’s manufacturer.

It means a Volkswagen car needs to be taken to a garage which is a Volkswagen authorised repairer and not to any other garage.

The reasons behind this are very simple and logical. The complexity of each engine is so unique that it requires specialised equipments and well trained mechanics to deal with the repair of your car.

These garages are specialists and they stock all the spare parts of that particular manufacturer. Also, they keep receiving bulletins direct from the manufacturer on any modifications and defects that is affecting the model which they repair.

Below are a few tips to make the best of your money spent on the repair of your vehicle.

The Automobile Agency’s Garage Plan will provide the spanner grading those details out the size, facilities, and equipment in the garage. As per this scheme, the garages are allowed to use one, two or a three- spanner sign, which depends on the type and range of services they can provide to the customers.

Any garage, which displays any one of the spanner signs, is generally inspected and it is ensured that they are well equipped and staffed by the trained mechanics.

The best way to get reliable service from such garages is to become a regular customer there. Any customer who is a regular there for petrol filling and other spare works is sure to be given the right treatment in times of difficulties.

Consider the costing:

The price paid at the garage is divided into two parts. The retail price of the spare part and the labor charge is usually calculated on an hourly basis. The labor charges are charged more or less the same with a franchise or non-franchise garage and also there is not much difference in the one, two or three spanners grading garage.

It is always better to get information before hand itself regarding the service charges, so that you don’t feel shocked on receiving the bill. Moreover, you can make them to give in writing about the same.

And if they say it is impossible to do the estimation before opening up the parts of the car, get the cost of exploratory work and repair work separately.

After this, if you think he is charging you very high, you can go for another franchise repairer and get it checked.