Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I 
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and 
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want 
to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..

Also any suggestions of who I should call in the area??, Maybe you have 
had experience with a company you can recommend..

Thanks..

WipeOut wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired,


I wonder if Bridges Scrappie in Pease Pottage would do it for you for a
good price? THey have a lot of recovery vehicles.

> Hi,
>
> I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
> can't work out what is wrong with it..
>
> The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
> Horsham in West Sussex..
>
> Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want
> to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..
>

Should be in the region of 60 +vat.
Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
free if you are having the work carried out there?

SimonJ wrote:

>>Hi,
>>
>>I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
>>can't work out what is wrong with it..
>>
>>The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
>>Horsham in West Sussex..
>>
>>Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want
>>to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..
>>
> 
> Should be in the region of 60 +vat.
> Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
> free if you are having the work carried out there?
> 
> 

When I spoke to them they said they didn't do any towing or recovery and 
didn't offer to use anyone else, guess they may have if I had asked but 
I didn't..

Probably going to book it in later with them so will ask.. At least I 
have some idea of what it should cost..

"SimonJ"  writes:

>> The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
>> Horsham in West Sussex..
>>
>Should be in the region of 60 +vat.
>Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
>free if you are having the work carried out there?


Is that really the going rate? I just recently got quoted
100 inc vat to get towed 40 miles when I got my local garage
to phone the firm they normally use. That would be an incredibly
big difference between trade rates and what they charge the public.

    -Mark

>> Should be in the region of 60 +vat.
>> Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount 
>> or
>> free if you are having the work carried out there?
>>
>>
> When I spoke to them they said they didn't do any towing or recovery and 
> didn't offer to use anyone else, guess they may have if I had asked but I 
> didn't..
>
> Probably going to book it in later with them so will ask.. At least I have 
> some idea of what it should cost..


You could join the RAC and do it that way :-)

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In article <zwe%e.31749$RW.26818@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Tony Bond 
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> I was pleasantly suprised as the only time I'd ever been recovered before 
> was ten years ago on the motorway and that cost me 120 :(
> 

THat's because recovery from the motorway is a fixed fee set by some 
Govt regulation or other.


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> In article <zwe%e.31749$RW.26818@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Tony Bond
> (UncleFista) says...
>
>> I was pleasantly suprised as the only time I'd ever been recovered before
>> was ten years ago on the motorway and that cost me 120 :(
>>
> THat's because recovery from the motorway is a fixed fee set by some
> Govt regulation or other.


Oh right, strange....

Never mind, wasn't my car or money ;)