This is a reality check vlog for all of us who think, easy money,buy a cheap car,tart it up and sell on at a profit". We went to see a ' small' crash damaged car at a yard in Nottingham years ago (as I had a stupid idea that I could sort it out on my drive) 😲 I learnt on that day that, what the trade think is an easy fix,and what I thought was an easy fix were miles apart.
Thats a disaster, especially the boot lid. That needs redoing phil. Honestly you need legal advice for that, you cant write off 2 grand as a bad experience, such a nice car aswell
Personally I would part the mini out. It's taking up space an the constant reminder of the reg issues an also maybe inexperience of early buying. Chin up mate
my last 2 cars have been damaged repaired, but badly repaired, i look them over in great detail and get a good discount for the poor workmanship, and i still miss some things, your guy has charged top money and had the apprentice or a chancer do the repair i guess, maybe they just need to visit spec savers ? lol
Nice rant Phil ! I hope that it helps to clear your mind, crack on with the work take the loss and get money back in. I do really know your pain most of us have gone through the mill and come out the other side wiser. All the best wishes for the future. Bob
Absolutely horrible body shop. Well.....you'll never go back, the mini Phil, break it. You'll be better off , sad but true. Would be great content for your fantastic channel but business is business. Great bloke and thank you for our entertainment 👍 👏
Phil. Put the private plate number into the DVLA tax data base and look when the last log book was issued. That will give you an idea when the transfer took place give or take a week or so. assuming of course that the private plate is on another car now of course. .
The personal reg belongs to the person that paid for it to be assigned to them. It is not assigned to the car. If that person sells the car with the reg number then they have got to fill out a form assigning the number to the new owner of that plate same if they are just assigning the number to someone else and then the car will be returned to its original number - the new owner has to pay £80/90 for the transfer but if the original owner is keeping the personal number but selling the car and not putting it on another car then they do not have to pay. My friend is having to go through this just now so that they can sell her deceased brother in laws car - his brother wants to keep the personal number and she cannot assign the number to him or sell the car until the lawyer provides the proof that she is the executor of the estate so it must have been the original owner who transferred the number on that Mini as no one else can. Of course when it was being sold by Copart it should have said on the paperwork etc relating to that sale that the reg number was not included.
I’m only 8mins into your video... they need to be reported, clearly incompetent and dread to think what they turn out to other customers that don’t dig deep into what’s been carried out ( not that you need to on this occasion ) 🙈 absolutely shocking, I feel your pain !!🥺
Shocking repair, car is now virtually unsaleable . you should name & shame this company to save others from going trough the pain it has caused you. Good luck great channel.
Phil, regarding the RCZR, unfortunately I’ve seen worse than that over my past fifty years experience. If you have expectations, then my advice is firstly, never use a new company that you don’t know. Secondly, strip out everything they don’t need as reference to keep it safe. Thirdly, with your resources and skills, (after initially getting it pulled) do the finishing and painting yourself! 😊
I am watching this now and the way they did the bodywork and painting makes me feel sick! I would be savage to make them payback for what they have done to my favorite precious little beautiful RCZ R. I love this car. I don't just want to drive it, but to look at it. And some idiot don't do their jobs... damn... Keep an eye on her, and don't let anyone to meddle with it!
A bit of a nightmare all round, with regards the plate its never cut and dry. Private plates are not part of the car, they have an owner who chooses to assign that plate to the vehicle they own and can remove them at any time. You can't steal something you own so I guess the owner simply decided to take the plate off the car which they can do at any time provided they have the V750 certificate of entitlement. I would take issue with the people who supplied you the car as if they advertised the car as private plate included they have broken trading laws unless they owned the title to the plate which clearly they didn't as it was removed by the owner! Really enjoy your content so don't let it get you down.
dude why did you receive the car like that? just the overspray is an insult to the costumer, how can they possibly do that? how can they not be careful ? wow
HI Phil, could tell something was wrong by watching the last two or three videos,now i can understand why.For the money you paid there should be no sign of damage at all in the boot,still a poor job dont you think.A decent bodyshop would not have sent a car out in that state.Was it a proper bodyshop that did the repair?.As you said you would a better job yourself.As for copart we never bought a car from them without viewing first and also over half the cars they auction are not thiere own contract salvage vehicles,a lot are third party vehicles.all sorts of crap is being sold by them We have stopped buying front end damaged vehicles due to cost of price of parts.A lot of the time you can new parts from dealers cheaper than buying second hand.PS as the red astra gone ?Is the mini worth throwing £3000 at the front end on top of what you have spent on it so far,what is it worth as its not a genuine works car?.Anyway best of luck for what ever you decide,we will keep following you,and phil keep smiling.
Phil, I know it didn't go too well the last time you named and shamed, but in this case i think you should report these people to the trade body? I am of course assuming they are a proper bodyshop and not some mates rated organisation? I crashed my slk about 10 years ago and it needed a new bumper and a chassis leg straightening. It was done under insurance at a Mercedes approved body shop in the UK. When it came back they had spared both front wings and the bonnet. The paint work was full of masking overspray and scratched (it was 4 years old when it went in and looked like a mirror). The parking sensors don't work etc. They had it a second time and then it came back about 50% sorted so i phone the insurance company. The assessor came out and without any hassle agreed to me getting it fixed at a Mercedes garage off my choice. Long story short it went back to Germany (where i was living) and it cost €10k to our right everything they had done wrong, including an almost complete respray (remember it only needed the new front bumper painting) and they were told by the insurance assessor to pay the bill (which they did). In your case they treat panel is almost ok but the boot is shocking, forget about the filler holes, it doesnt even match the curve of the original. Good luck.
I absolutely hate having to take my car to any bodyshop, as my experience with them is about as good as this. The things they think are acceptable, and must actually get away with about 90% of the time, it just beggars belief.
OMG, Phil. Don’t get disheartened by others’ crap service. And definitely don’t mention them on here! We’ve been there before...😫 keep your chin up and do right by the cars. It’ll come right for you, I’m sure.
Last time Phil named and shamed he had to change the channels name because everybody went and abused the Bodyshop. I've been wondering about the cooper S 😀
Which company did such a horrible job? I think we're about 600+ people here who can destroy their reputation on Google maps, trust pilot and other such websites.
Did you pay by credit card, in full or any part of the bill? If so make a claim under s.75 of the Consumer Credit Act against your card provider Visa, MasterCard, Amex, etc., for the shoddy workmanship. You will be surprised. You might well get a full refund. You might need an independent motor engineer's report costing several hundred pounds and obtain further quotes to have the work done properly, but you would likely get this back as well. Also you have given these cowboys the opportunity to make good their shoddy work, but they have clearly failed. The credit card route saves you taking these cowboys to the Small Claims Court. Even if you did win in court which is probably highly likely then you would have to enforce the judgement and likely instruct bailiffs costing you more. These cowboys might then put their company into liquidation meaning you would get nothing of the debt owed you, having spent a shed load of cash chasing the debt. Seriously if you paid by Visa, MasterCard or other credit card make a claim under s.75 of the CCA which allows you to enforce your statutory rights against your card provider. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Instructing a solicitor will cost a fortune and your costs are unlikely to be recoverable at a Small Claims Court just expenses. Good luck.
Hi Phil, You should name and shame the company that did the work on the RCZ. Just shocking workmanship, I bet you won’t be using them again. Defo name and shame, then other people won’t be so disappointed like you are. Cheers Gary
What a bunch of cowboys who did this. £1,000? I’d make a better job with a couple of bricks, some filler from B&Q and a couple of rattle cans. Name and shame the badgers
So unprofessional, a prime example of cowboys/girls.... Don't name & shame, if you wish to take issue go down a formal legal route, keep it all above board, rise above mate!!! You meet all sorts of jerks on a journey buddy. the quote is 'Get your arse handed to ya' . I know copart too mate they are rubbish, I think there trust pilot is at about half a star out of 5 stars, sp there doing really well NOT!
Come on Phil cheer up, we all get fed up with other people's work. Never use again and move on mate. That's why I can't employ anybody as I am always disappointed, so I do it myself, when I can. Mini looks nice be a shame to break, but you gots to make some money somehow. Bit shit about the plate, chin up great channel!!!!
The difficulty is that anyone can open a garage / body shop and there’s absolutely no regulation as to the competency of the people working on your cars, most also have zero liability insurance if they make an arse of it, or their work causes an accident or injury. This has been especially bad in recent years with the rise of “UA-cam trained technicians” and cheap migrant labour, working on a cash only basis paying no tax etc, which has put a lot bonafide businesses out of the game. I served a 4 year apprenticeship as a panel beater and got my City and Guilds NVQ level 3, and I always had my certificates up on the wall for all to see along with my liability insurance and accredited motor trade association memberships. I’ve also done lots of work for folk who buy and sell salvage, however most DIY’ers overestimate the value of the repaired car and underestimate the cost of repairing. TBH I would only buy cars that you can repair yourself as it’s often uneconomical to have others do it for you, especially if your doing them to sell. That said the job on the Peugeot is a awful and you shouldn’t have parted with a penny for it in that shit state.
That really is a shockingly poor job. Filler in the boot lid alone is a give away to the repair. Hope they knocked some cash off for you. Don't name them though. We all know what happened last time! 😁
You have certainly had bad luck on those two cars. The work on the RCZ is shocking - shouldn't have really paid up till you were satisfied with the work. Is the bodyshop a member of the NBRA if so could you raise the situation with them? Would seem a shame to break the Mini and it might take a long time before all its parts were sold. Having said that parts seem crazy prices and you will need to make a business decission at some point.
I commented on the first video you should "buy and fit a new trunk floor, it's a big job but it's better content than paying someone to pull it out plus would be a good learning experience". Why pay big money for a bodge job and no content. In the big scheme of things it was a small repair that was well worth tackling yourself and could propel you to buy cars with more extensive damage with the experience. Hopefully the positive from this experience is you'll be more willing to attempt it yourself next time because I'm 100% certain you'd have done a much better job than the guys who did that, and it would have been great content too
Regarding the Minis P/Plate, when a car is stolen or written off the plate is still owned by the previous owner. The previous owner needs to write a letter to the insurance company or lost adjuster asking for them to “have or show no interest in the P/P” When this has been asked for most of the time it’s granted and the P/P is returned. Once returned the previous owner can not use the P/P for 12 months. How do I know this? It happened to me when our Golf was stolen, just remember this when bidding on an insurance write off. There is lots of stuff happening in the back round that your not aware of 😐 Good channel, great content 👍
I still wouldn't be happy with that repair....replacing a boot floor and back pannel isn't hard when you know what you're doing, and it's what they should have done....you should be considering the legal route.
That’s diabolical. If you can be bothered after all the aggro, follow the procedure and send them a county court summons. I get why you sent it away after the BMW debacle, hindsight eh.
Jesus Christ for a 2k repair on the RCZ-R i would expect that boot floor to be in pristine condition and not even the slightest kink anywhere, i would seriously try and go for some sort of payment back from those cowboys, or try trading standards, As for the cooper s, maybe chuck it back into salvage market and then sell the wheels and stuff you bought on eBay try get your money back , but the decision at the end of the day is all yours.
I'm struggling to find words to express my total contempt for these so-called professionals..... You could have done a better job for sure. I'm guessing it was one of those good folks that were commenting on a past video of yours and saying (and flexing) on how great they were :-) :-)
For anybody who is new, Phil named and shamed a company before and that back fired and he had to change his channel Name, he got a lot of hate and so did the company, his issues are a private matter! You don’t have to jump on the bandwagon just because you support Phil. Also Phil a HPI check will give you a plate change date. Hope that helps , I think it will show on a free check also.
Hi Phil, What's happened to the red Astra GTC? It's been stuck in the corner for the last 4 or 5 videos with no update?!? In this video it seems to have disappeared?
Don't think I've ever had a car back from any bodyshop that hasn't had overspray on it, I don't think they'd do to a family or friends car. Move on and learn from it Phil, it's opened your eyes just how many cowboys are out there.
Trading standards is first port of call, unfortunately these type of people are about and getting away with it, would it possibly have been the cheapest quote you got, did you research them prior to giving them the job. Do feel for you, good money's been paid for a terrible job, that over spray for one 🙈
Do you think anyone would want the RCZ , soiled goods ? I guess you will have to price it to sell, good luck, really feel for you will the shit job by the body shop. Chin up and keep us posted on the oil leak, do you recon the body shop thrashed it? All the best.
Oil leak. Almost certainly the timing chain tensioner. Very common. Will need to carefully put a jack under the sump with a block of wood or something. Remove the engine mount and carefully lower the engine, and it will tilt forward. Remove the induction pipe and the air filter. The chain tensioner is at the rear of the engine. The new type tensioner has I dimple in the middle of the hexagon head. Ideally fit a new tensioner and washer or just retighten the existing one. They are always bloody loose and therefore leak oil.
That repair on the pug is pretty disgraceful (Dont go down the route of name and shame it aint worth the repercussions Phil). Move forward and try to stay positive (easy for me to say ) The motor trade has always had dodgy geezers thats why Salvage isnt easy to sell . The mini no plate teaches us all a lesson not to assume. Classic salvage car with very little information other than very basics and a few pictures which are normally taken by a true professional skirting round the real damage. I hope things start to go a little easier for yousoon bud.
I'm absolutely shocked at there outcome and customer care I've done bodywork when was a teenager and I could still do better than there professional achievement I still have a devilbiss GTi that has the 3m pps setup I'm a technician in all honesty and prefer to use mi snap on verus rather than do any actual work but sealey do a body pulling jig kit for a grand it might be worth getting that saving urself money in the future and like you said creating more video content
I Feel your pain phil. I see a lot of subscribers are calling for a Name & Shame. I know you won't, as youve been down that road before which caused you a lot of personal grief in doing so. See you in the next one. 👍👍👍
Come on Phil you are better than them crap job on RCZ bust the Mini for bits if a front is 3k so the rest must be worth good money don’t be disheartened easy to say by me you’ve done some great work on the rest of your fleet so preach your case to get the dvla to tell you then go to small claims court you bought it in good faith good luck kidder 👍👨🏻🏭
The RCZ-R oil leaak (from its position) is probably the inlet VANOS solenoid. If you are lucky it is just loose, but they often leak internally and need to be replaced. The Torx screw holding them in can be a little difficult.
I feel for you every time Iv had work done on mine it’s come back wrong , this weekend the turbo is coming off an going to midland turbo an apart from there services I will do the work my self ..... stick with the R it will worth it in the end an fuck the cow boys off mate
Re the Mini, have you tried putting the word out to specialists, like Mad4Mini in Leeds or that Mini dealer in Sheffield - they might have contacts who have what you need
Why did you pay the £2000 if they didnt do what they agreed, i would be asking for some money back to rectify there dodge jobs, name and shame the body shop
That is one sh-t job they did on your car i would take this further they shouldnt be allowed to get away with it total idiots. Break the mini dam parts are stupidly priced you can make a mint on the parts if there that expensive
Now you wanna listen let’s not feel again a start painting more content and everything no brainier o you need a parts car for the mini get that abortion of a Paint Job on the neat pug get it gone get 4 cheapest flips and start a meeting with the guy in you’re old unit and all major body work can go to him give him some money help him help you
Surely the date you bought the car has nothing to do with it. It should be the date the insurance company paid out on the car is then is their property and they sold it in the advert with the reg on
Hello Phill have you priced the parts for the mini new recently I bought a car it needed quite a lot of parts so looked on eBay total cost was 1200 for used parts delivered so went to bmw & bought new parts 1100 ? People have gone mad fixing cars they forget there might not be a profit in them, when bidding 🤨 I would suggest never buy a car damaged or not assuming you will get the reg that’s basic rule when bidding on them at auction. You need to move on either scrap it or sell as is and take you profit or loss it won’t get any better sitting in the shed gathering dust. But best wishes for your Chanel and the future 😊
Phil, I'm sure repairing the Mini would make good content, especially as the front end seems to be what gets damaged a lot on these cars. But at the end of the day you don't want to be out of pocket !!
I'm sure if you spend a few hours ringing round Salvage yards/breakers etc you will find the parts for that mini. I've just checked ebay and found loads. Good luck buddy and don't get too downbeat lad you deserve some good luck👍👍
really Phil - name and shame the RCZ-R body shop, almost every aspect of that £2000 repair is not acceptable
This is a reality check vlog for all of us who think, easy money,buy a cheap car,tart it up and sell on at a profit".
We went to see a ' small' crash damaged car at a yard in Nottingham years ago (as I had a stupid idea that I could sort it out on my drive) 😲
I learnt on that day that, what the trade think is an easy fix,and what I thought was an easy fix were miles apart.
shocking mate absolutely crazy 😩😩😩 on the plus side you can get it built up and out the door 👍👍👍👍
Thats a disaster, especially the boot lid. That needs redoing phil. Honestly you need legal advice for that, you cant write off 2 grand as a bad experience, such a nice car aswell
Personally I would part the mini out. It's taking up space an the constant reminder of the reg issues an also maybe inexperience of early buying.
Chin up mate
my last 2 cars have been damaged repaired, but badly repaired, i look them over in great detail and get a good discount for the poor workmanship, and i still miss some things, your guy has charged top money and had the apprentice or a chancer do the repair i guess, maybe they just need to visit spec savers ? lol
Nice rant Phil ! I hope that it helps to clear your mind, crack on with the work take the loss and get money back in. I do really know your pain most of us have gone through the mill and come out the other side wiser. All the best wishes for the future. Bob
Absolutely horrible body shop. Well.....you'll never go back, the mini Phil, break it. You'll be better off , sad but true. Would be great content for your fantastic channel but business is business. Great bloke and thank you for our entertainment 👍 👏
Phil. Put the private plate number into the DVLA tax data base and look when the last log book was issued. That will give you an idea when the transfer took place give or take a week or so. assuming of course that the private plate is on another car now of course.
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The personal reg belongs to the person that paid for it to be assigned to them. It is not assigned to the car. If that person sells the car with the reg number then they have got to fill out a form assigning the number to the new owner of that plate same if they are just assigning the number to someone else and then the car will be returned to its original number - the new owner has to pay £80/90 for the transfer but if the original owner is keeping the personal number but selling the car and not putting it on another car then they do not have to pay. My friend is having to go through this just now so that they can sell her deceased brother in laws car - his brother wants to keep the personal number and she cannot assign the number to him or sell the car until the lawyer provides the proof that she is the executor of the estate so it must have been the original owner who transferred the number on that Mini as no one else can. Of course when it was being sold by Copart it should have said on the paperwork etc relating to that sale that the reg number was not included.
Phil what happened about this repair did you pay them the full price?
Did they give that an apprentice to do???!!
Should put up their details as no1 else can get stung really feel for man. Shouldn't pay them a penny as its a shabby workmanship
what happened to the vauxhall astra?
Try a freedom of information request to find out the date from the DVLA.
I’m only 8mins into your video... they need to be reported, clearly incompetent and dread to think what they turn out to other customers that don’t dig deep into what’s been carried out ( not that you need to on this occasion ) 🙈 absolutely shocking, I feel your pain !!🥺
Shocking repair, car is now virtually unsaleable . you should name & shame this company to save others from going trough the pain it has caused you. Good luck great channel.
You should name and shame them so other people can avoid giving them their business 👌👍
He did that last time and got reported.
Public need to know of this cowboy outfit, share there name, to help others 👍
Phil, regarding the RCZR, unfortunately I’ve seen worse than that over my past fifty years experience. If you have expectations, then my advice is firstly, never use a new company that you don’t know. Secondly, strip out everything they don’t need as reference to keep it safe. Thirdly, with your resources and skills, (after initially getting it pulled) do the finishing and painting yourself! 😊
Omg 😳 absolutely disgusting 🤮 I hope they never get any more work when this goes out
Gets a bad reputation 😡😡😡
Chin up Phil!!! I’ve been through this so many times, just take a hit sometimes and move onto more positive times! 👍
What ever you do don’t name and shame them, remember last time. I would go back and talk to them and ask for a partial refund.
Shocking repair 😳
Suspect oil leak as well, I’m sure you would of seen that beforehand..
Chin up bud, onwards and upwards 👍
Why is it here in the U.K. standards are shit and folk want top dollar for doing shit jobs WHY ? CAN SOME ONE TELL ME PLEASE ?????
I am watching this now and the way they did the bodywork and painting makes me feel sick!
I would be savage to make them payback for what they have done to my favorite precious little beautiful RCZ R.
I love this car. I don't just want to drive it, but to look at it. And some idiot don't do their jobs... damn...
Keep an eye on her, and don't let anyone to meddle with it!
Looks like two interns had a go. I hope you got a huge discount on the job because the resell value is affected.
A bit of a nightmare all round, with regards the plate its never cut and dry. Private plates are not part of the car, they have an owner who chooses to assign that plate to the vehicle they own and can remove them at any time. You can't steal something you own so I guess the owner simply decided to take the plate off the car which they can do at any time provided they have the V750 certificate of entitlement. I would take issue with the people who supplied you the car as if they advertised the car as private plate included they have broken trading laws unless they owned the title to the plate which clearly they didn't as it was removed by the owner! Really enjoy your content so don't let it get you down.
That rear diffuser repair 🤪🤪🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻. Stevie wonders paint shop !!!!!
dude why did you receive the car like that? just the overspray is an insult to the costumer, how can they possibly do that? how can they not be careful ? wow
HI Phil, could tell something was wrong by watching the last two or three videos,now i can understand why.For the money you paid there should be no sign of damage at all in the boot,still a poor job dont you think.A decent bodyshop would not have sent a car out in that state.Was it a proper bodyshop that did the repair?.As you said you would a better job yourself.As for copart we never bought a car from them without viewing first and also over half the cars they auction are not thiere own contract salvage vehicles,a lot are third party vehicles.all sorts of crap is being sold by them We have stopped buying front end damaged vehicles due to cost of price of parts.A lot of the time you can new parts from dealers cheaper than buying second hand.PS as the red astra gone ?Is the mini worth throwing £3000 at the front end on top of what you have spent on it so far,what is it worth as its not a genuine works car?.Anyway best of luck for what ever you decide,we will keep following you,and phil keep smiling.
Don’t let it get you down.
You live and learn, so you won’t do that again.
There’s some shocking people out there, all you can do is rise above it.
goto charles trent website and you can get an f56 rad pack for £78
There for the r56 mate, that's the older model
Phil,
I know it didn't go too well the last time you named and shamed, but in this case i think you should report these people to the trade body? I am of course assuming they are a proper bodyshop and not some mates rated organisation?
I crashed my slk about 10 years ago and it needed a new bumper and a chassis leg straightening. It was done under insurance at a Mercedes approved body shop in the UK. When it came back they had spared both front wings and the bonnet. The paint work was full of masking overspray and scratched (it was 4 years old when it went in and looked like a mirror). The parking sensors don't work etc. They had it a second time and then it came back about 50% sorted so i phone the insurance company. The assessor came out and without any hassle agreed to me getting it fixed at a Mercedes garage off my choice. Long story short it went back to Germany (where i was living) and it cost €10k to our right everything they had done wrong, including an almost complete respray (remember it only needed the new front bumper painting) and they were told by the insurance assessor to pay the bill (which they did).
In your case they treat panel is almost ok but the boot is shocking, forget about the filler holes, it doesnt even match the curve of the original.
Good luck.
I absolutely hate having to take my car to any bodyshop, as my experience with them is about as good as this. The things they think are acceptable, and must actually get away with about 90% of the time, it just beggars belief.
Such a shame theres so many cowboy bodyshops.
These need to be stopped trading because not everyone is clued up like you Phil. Worst job I've seen.
OMG, Phil. Don’t get disheartened by others’ crap service. And definitely don’t mention them on here! We’ve been there before...😫 keep your chin up and do right by the cars. It’ll come right for you, I’m sure.
Last time Phil named and shamed he had to change the channels name because everybody went and abused the Bodyshop. I've been wondering about the cooper S 😀
That was awkward lol
Where are you Phil.? Missing your videos!
To much work, not enough time for cars.....
Hopfully get a day over the weekend to make a video or two, really struggling atm sorry guys
Which company did such a horrible job? I think we're about 600+ people here who can destroy their reputation on Google maps, trust pilot and other such websites.
Did you pay by credit card, in full or any part of the bill? If so make a claim under s.75 of the Consumer Credit Act against your card provider Visa, MasterCard, Amex, etc., for the shoddy workmanship. You will be surprised. You might well get a full refund. You might need an independent motor engineer's report costing several hundred pounds and obtain further quotes to have the work done properly, but you would likely get this back as well. Also you have given these cowboys the opportunity to make good their shoddy work, but they have clearly failed. The credit card route saves you taking these cowboys to the Small Claims Court. Even if you did win in court which is probably highly likely then you would have to enforce the judgement and likely instruct bailiffs costing you more. These cowboys might then put their company into liquidation meaning you would get nothing of the debt owed you, having spent a shed load of cash chasing the debt. Seriously if you paid by Visa, MasterCard or other credit card make a claim under s.75 of the CCA which allows you to enforce your statutory rights against your card provider. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Instructing a solicitor will cost a fortune and your costs are unlikely to be recoverable at a Small Claims Court just expenses. Good luck.
Hi Phil,
You should name and shame the company that did the work on the RCZ.
Just shocking workmanship, I bet you won’t be using them again.
Defo name and shame, then other people won’t be so disappointed like you are.
Cheers Gary
What a bunch of cowboys who did this. £1,000? I’d make a better job with a couple of bricks, some filler from B&Q and a couple of rattle cans. Name and shame the badgers
So unprofessional, a prime example of cowboys/girls.... Don't name & shame, if you wish to take issue go down a formal legal route, keep it all above board, rise above mate!!! You meet all sorts of jerks on a journey buddy. the quote is 'Get your arse handed to ya' . I know copart too mate they are rubbish, I think there trust pilot is at about half a star out of 5 stars, sp there doing really well NOT!
Come on Phil cheer up, we all get fed up with other people's work. Never use again and move on mate. That's why I can't employ anybody as I am always disappointed, so I do it myself, when I can. Mini looks nice be a shame to break, but you gots to make some money somehow. Bit shit about the plate, chin up great channel!!!!
The difficulty is that anyone can open a garage / body shop and there’s absolutely no regulation as to the competency of the people working on your cars, most also have zero liability insurance if they make an arse of it, or their work causes an accident or injury. This has been especially bad in recent years with the rise of “UA-cam trained technicians” and cheap migrant labour, working on a cash only basis paying no tax etc, which has put a lot bonafide businesses out of the game.
I served a 4 year apprenticeship as a panel beater and got my City and Guilds NVQ level 3, and I always had my certificates up on the wall for all to see along with my liability insurance and accredited motor trade association memberships.
I’ve also done lots of work for folk who buy and sell salvage, however most DIY’ers overestimate the value of the repaired car and underestimate the cost of repairing.
TBH I would only buy cars that you can repair yourself as it’s often uneconomical to have others do it for you, especially if your doing them to sell. That said the job on the Peugeot is a awful and you shouldn’t have parted with a penny for it in that shit state.
That really is a shockingly poor job. Filler in the boot lid alone is a give away to the repair. Hope they knocked some cash off for you. Don't name them though. We all know what happened last time! 😁
You have certainly had bad luck on those two cars. The work on the RCZ is shocking - shouldn't have really paid up till you were satisfied with the work. Is the bodyshop a member of the NBRA if so could you raise the situation with them? Would seem a shame to break the Mini and it might take a long time before all its parts were sold. Having said that parts seem crazy prices and you will need to make a business decission at some point.
Report them phil don’t name and shame learnt a lesson on that 🤣🤣 they are clearly cowboys chin up and learn from it and move on
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I commented on the first video you should "buy and fit a new trunk floor, it's a big job but it's better content than paying someone to pull it out plus would be a good learning experience".
Why pay big money for a bodge job and no content. In the big scheme of things it was a small repair that was well worth tackling yourself and could propel you to buy cars with more extensive damage with the experience. Hopefully the positive from this experience is you'll be more willing to attempt it yourself next time because I'm 100% certain you'd have done a much better job than the guys who did that, and it would have been great content too
Regarding the Minis P/Plate, when a car is stolen or written off the plate is still owned by the previous owner. The previous owner needs to write a letter to the insurance company or lost adjuster asking for them to “have or show no interest in the P/P” When this has been asked for most of the time it’s granted and the P/P is returned. Once returned the previous owner can not use the P/P for 12 months.
How do I know this? It happened to me when our Golf was stolen, just remember this when bidding on an insurance write off. There is lots of stuff happening in the back round that your not aware of 😐
Good channel, great content 👍
Absolutely disgusting workmanship mate, total pi55 take buddy!! Who was it?
I still wouldn't be happy with that repair....replacing a boot floor and back pannel isn't hard when you know what you're doing, and it's what they should have done....you should be considering the legal route.
That’s diabolical. If you can be bothered after all the aggro, follow the procedure and send them a county court summons. I get why you sent it away after the BMW debacle, hindsight eh.
First time seeing this actually. Well done , what a super car , don’t let the over spry detour you from a fantastic outcome !. Well done to You 👍
Jesus Christ for a 2k repair on the RCZ-R i would expect that boot floor to be in pristine condition and not even the slightest kink anywhere, i would seriously try and go for some sort of payment back from those cowboys, or try trading standards, As for the cooper s, maybe chuck it back into salvage market and then sell the wheels and stuff you bought on eBay try get your money back , but the decision at the end of the day is all yours.
I'm struggling to find words to express my total contempt for these so-called professionals..... You could have done a better job for sure. I'm guessing it was one of those good folks that were commenting on a past video of yours and saying (and flexing) on how great they were :-) :-)
For anybody who is new, Phil named and shamed a company before and that back fired and he had to change his channel
Name, he got a lot of hate and so did the company, his issues are a private matter! You don’t have to jump on the bandwagon just because you support Phil. Also Phil a HPI check will give you a plate change date. Hope that helps , I think it will show on a free check also.
Hi Phil, What's happened to the red Astra GTC? It's been stuck in the corner for the last 4 or 5 videos with no update?!? In this video it seems to have disappeared?
Don't think I've ever had a car back from any bodyshop that hasn't had overspray on it, I don't think they'd do to a family or friends car. Move on and learn from it Phil, it's opened your eyes just how many cowboys are out there.
Trading standards is first port of call, unfortunately these type of people are about and getting away with it, would it possibly have been the cheapest quote you got, did you research them prior to giving them the job. Do feel for you, good money's been paid for a terrible job, that over spray for one 🙈
Do you think anyone would want the RCZ , soiled goods ?
I guess you will have to price it to sell, good luck, really feel for you will the shit job by the body shop.
Chin up and keep us posted on the oil leak, do you recon the body shop thrashed it?
All the best.
Oil leak. Almost certainly the timing chain tensioner. Very common. Will need to carefully put a jack under the sump with a block of wood or something. Remove the engine mount and carefully lower the engine, and it will tilt forward. Remove the induction pipe and the air filter. The chain tensioner is at the rear of the engine. The new type tensioner has I dimple in the middle of the hexagon head. Ideally fit a new tensioner and washer or just retighten the existing one. They are always bloody loose and therefore leak oil.
That repair on the pug is pretty disgraceful (Dont go down the route of name and shame it aint worth the repercussions Phil). Move forward and try to stay positive (easy for me to say ) The motor trade has always had dodgy geezers thats why Salvage isnt easy to sell . The mini no plate teaches us all a lesson not to assume. Classic salvage car with very little information other than very basics and a few pictures which are normally taken by a true professional skirting round the real damage. I hope things start to go a little easier for yousoon bud.
It must break your ❤ mate, how a so called professional outfit can act like a bunch of 🤠's. Hope your luck changes soon.
I'm absolutely shocked at there outcome and customer care I've done bodywork when was a teenager and I could still do better than there professional achievement I still have a devilbiss GTi that has the 3m pps setup I'm a technician in all honesty and prefer to use mi snap on verus rather than do any actual work but sealey do a body pulling jig kit for a grand it might be worth getting that saving urself money in the future and like you said creating more video content
I Feel your pain phil. I see a lot of subscribers are calling for a Name & Shame. I know you won't, as youve been down that road before which caused
you a lot of personal grief in doing so. See you in the next one. 👍👍👍
You died what happend to videos every wed and Sunday
Work happened 😁. Working everyday atm, trying to get videos done as well. These last 2 weeks have been manic!
Definitely think your in the wrong trade 😂😂
Come on Phil you are better than them crap job on RCZ bust the Mini for bits if a front is 3k so the rest must be worth good money don’t be disheartened easy to say by me you’ve done some great work on the rest of your fleet so preach your case to get the dvla to tell you then go to small claims court you bought it in good faith good luck kidder 👍👨🏻🏭
Cowboys shame on them
The RCZ-R oil leaak (from its position) is probably the inlet VANOS solenoid. If you are lucky it is just loose, but they often leak internally and need to be replaced. The Torx screw holding them in can be a little difficult.
I feel for you every time Iv had work done on mine it’s come back wrong , this weekend the turbo is coming off an going to midland turbo an apart from there services I will do the work my self ..... stick with the R it will worth it in the end an fuck the cow boys off mate
Re the Mini, have you tried putting the word out to specialists, like Mad4Mini in Leeds or that Mini dealer in Sheffield - they might have contacts who have what you need
Why did you pay the £2000 if they didnt do what they agreed, i would be asking for some money back to rectify there dodge jobs, name and shame the body shop
That is one sh-t job they did on your car i would take this further they shouldnt be allowed to get away with it total idiots. Break the mini dam parts are stupidly priced you can make a mint on the parts if there that expensive
Body shop is disgrace Phil send video to them highlighting errors and say some money back or you name and shame. !!!!
Now you wanna listen let’s not feel again a start painting more content and everything no brainier o you need a parts car for the mini get that abortion of a Paint Job on the neat pug get it gone get 4 cheapest flips and start a meeting with the guy in you’re old unit and all major body work can go to him give him some money help him help you
Did you sell the suzuki swift 4x4, I have missed your channel.
6:05 is just a piss take absolutely shocking work.....you won’t be going back there in a rush
What a disgrace to charge for that mess hope you sort it out.👍👍👍
Just fix the mini, it’s only going to decrease in value while it sits there while you try and get the plate back,
Hi mate what diagnostic scanner did you recently buy and whats your opinion on it? Cheers
Don't name company . Or will have to change name again 😂
Small claims court.
Should of gone to trading standards, especially with that diffuser😡
Cab you not go on the various Facebook owners pages, they are always breaking these very cheaply
you get your arse handed to you on a plate.....Copart sucks.. keep going Phil
Why would you pay £2000 if the repair wasn’t done right ?
Surely the date you bought the car has nothing to do with it. It should be the date the insurance company paid out on the car is then is their property and they sold it in the advert with the reg on
Hello Phill have you priced the parts for the mini new recently I bought a car it needed quite a lot of parts so looked on eBay total cost was 1200 for used parts delivered so went to bmw & bought new parts 1100 ? People have gone mad fixing cars they forget there might not be a profit in them, when bidding 🤨 I would suggest never buy a car damaged or not assuming you will get the reg that’s basic rule when bidding on them at auction.
You need to move on either scrap it or sell as is and take you profit or loss it won’t get any better sitting in the shed gathering dust.
But best wishes for your Chanel and the future 😊
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Phil, I'm sure repairing the Mini would make good content, especially as the front end seems to be what gets damaged a lot on these cars. But at the end of the day you don't want to be out of pocket !!
Sadly name and shame will like water of a ducks back to these cowboys .
in my area warwickshire you can get a full car for about £800 mate
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Name and shame these idiots
That passenger door isn’t lining up either
How on earth did they imagine the rear diffuser repair was acceptable, W*****S, nice video though 👍👍👍👍👍
you have a dozer in the corner why didnt you do it yourself....
I think it would have been better to invest the £2,000 in equipment to do it yourself.
Precisely
I'm sure if you spend a few hours ringing round Salvage yards/breakers etc you will find the parts for that mini. I've just checked ebay and found loads. Good luck buddy and don't get too downbeat lad you deserve some good luck👍👍
You could be waiting years to sell a cherished plate