First of all Paul, Mechanics dont just work on 1 car per day and because your car appears to them doesnt mean its first in line also, thats why you leave it with them.
Kevin went over and above on your job also and done more little niggles that he ironed out, also replaced your coolant. Now if you remember correctly he did say the coolant would go down a little and to keep your eye on it which you chose to ignore and send me a message asking why its went down.
You also blamed Kevin for a increase in noise in your exhaust and loss of power to which you blamed it on the Cambelt change? He stated you had a crack in your Manifold and myself and other forum members stated that was the issue and once you got it sorted it fixed the issue.
You question why he adjusted your seat ... ? Still i cant get my head around this to one even to this day. Not everyone in this world is the same height.
You also wanted a discount on the work done if you paid cash after being quoted a price.
I could go on and on and on.
FACT is, its changed days out there in the world of Mechanics due to Forums. You ask a question on the forums and a forum mechanic is willing to answer it and slate the previous mechanic who done the work on the car. There are plenty of members on here who use Kevin on a regular basis and run his Forged engines without any grief.
Ian are you sure you don't work for Kevin?
I may be not a professional mechanic, but not a complete dickhead ok? I spoke to many mechanics about Kevin's job and made my own opinion that I would not recommend Kevin to anyone. The picture on top speaks for itself, don't have to say anything else really!
Yeah I know that mechanics don't just do 1 car, well I booked in well in advance about a MONTH and was at his place at 8 in the morning, well guess what I only got my car back at 5.30 PM, and he didn't even start till 12AM, well I had to get up at 5 to be there at 8 and he started at 12 is that professional in your opinion?
I know exactly what he replaced I provided all the parts, every single one of them, I even provided the coolant! And I knew that it needed to be topped up, I changed coolant many times in my life before.
Regarding the noise - yes I knew that my manifold gasket was blowing, no it wasnt cracked and no Kevin didn't tell me that, I knew it anyway. I gave him the car, I got the car back and oops not only it felt slower but sounded different as well, the bloke just changed the cambelt - it's normal reaction to start asking questions?
Yeah of course I asked for a discount I spent there the whole day waiting for him to start doing the job and even brought him a crate of beer?
There are also plenty of people here who had blown engines which Kevin rebuild for them, may be I could say he has his good days and he has his bad days?
He said that my old parts would be in the boot I trusted his word, but I didn't find an old cambelt there or seals he replaced or the water pump which was in good condition anyway... All the mechanics I dealt with before would show it to me and then I would see the condition of the worn out parts.
Don't get me wrong, I agree he knows how to do some work on the cars, but his attitude is way too unprofessional.
Just like Tim said - a Cowboy indeed.
And yeah I forgot to mention, he also replaced the fuel filter, which started to leak after a while...
