Golfwagen - Perth WA

[81azdmini]

Golfwagen is the BOMB!!!
Great service, excellent workmanship without the BS.

[en13]

I posted this somewhere else on this forum it felt it needed repeating- joe replaced my oil filter with an aftermarket one, threw away some part that's OEM and now my new mechanic can't replace the filter without ordering that part in. not particularly impressed as this means I have to order the new part in- joe really should pay for it... and come back to get my filter done again. in the meantime, my mech is trying to put something in that will tide me through for a few days given I still have to use my car for Easter weekend.

very unimpressed. it's just a filter change and I should be told if aftermarket parts are being used- and for the price he charges, I'm really surprised. sorry guys, I'm sure there are other mechanics out there who will do better. my current guy is great, will not return to joe. rather get ripped off by dealers.

[MattyT]

That sounds awfully unlike Joe. He does have two newer staff on board though...

Have to spoken to Joe directly about this?

[gareth_oau]

I also wonder why your new mechanic cant use exactly what joe used?

if the OEM part is no longer needed why must your new mechanic revert to OEM?

[FJ Steve]

That sounds awfully unlike Joe. He does have two newer staff on board though...

Have you spoken to Joe directly about this?

I'm thinking that this forum has been the first port of call. Agreed .... not like Joe.

[en13]

I'm thinking that this forum has been the first port of call. Agreed .... not like Joe.

i thought it was very unfortunate too, and yes this forum has been the 'first port of call' because my mech said joe won't do anything about it- it's not like he's going to buy me back the OEM part he threw away...

i'm just putting my experience out there- i know zilch about cars. if anyone's gonna replace anything in car with after market stuff after charging me $446 for a service (50,000kms)- and all that was changed was oil & air filter, washer and windscreen washer additive.... i don't think it's worth my money.

MattyT: i went to joe's 19/4/11.

gareth_oau: he didn't know it wasn't OEM. he had an OEM filter ready to go and was completely thrown off when he realized that joe had improvised and created something completely different under my hood. my mech ended up replacing it with an after market filter because we have to order the missing part in and i can't drive without a filter in my car. what usually would have taken minutes took hours.

i'm sure all your experiences with Joe have been great- like i said, it's just my experience.

if there are other noobs out there who want a very reasonably priced mechanic who works with lamborghinis, ferraris and the like, you're welcome to PM me.

[popeclement]

Since you posted twice - I'll say it again - you haven't given Golfwagen the right of reply before posting - in my book that's not on. Sure they might have argued with you about the merits of OEM & aftermarket - I know when I have had work done, I have asked for OEM items to be used which they have complied with.

[FJ Steve]

if there are other noobs out there who want a very reasonably priced mechanic who works with lamborghinis, ferraris and the like, you're welcome to PM me.

so....it's worth commenting in 2 threads about the same 'issue', yet you won't give Joe a right of reply, or at the very least, ask him why he did something a particular way, and yet, you recommend us to use a 'mechanic' who you won't name publicly.

Sorry, I don't buy that.

[en13]

sorry- i didn't want to name my mechanic can't i didn't want anyone to think i was 'pushing' for him.
it's Fabcar in Cannington. ask for Andre.

i assumed that if after market products are used i would be told about it- that's what andre does with me anyway. everything he has put in my 2 golfs have been OEM.

[beausuf]

Bit of a thread revival but does any one know if Golfwagen is still kicking around? I just tried to call the number that's listed from google and had a completely different place pick up. The guy on the other end said that they have moved or shut down. He said there is a Nangara Volkswagen kicking around that he thinks might be the same people? Plz halp!