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		<title>Thinking of changing your car? How a quick &#8216;Google&#8217; can potentially save you a fortune.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2011/05/12/thinking-of-changing-your-car-how-a-quick-google-can-potentially-save-you-a-fortune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 22:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked advice from customers on what&#8217;s the best secondhand car to buy and unless it&#8217;s something really obscure they&#8217;re after, I&#8217;ll have an opinion on whether their choice makes financial sense.  One advantage in being an &#8216;independent&#8217; workshop is that we&#8217;re not restricted to repairing any one particular make of car, and we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes it&#8217;s kinder to put it out of its misery.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/12/07/sometimes-its-kinder-to-put-it-out-of-its-misery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although new cars are getting ever more reliable and owners are enjoying longer intervals between servicing, there&#8217;s still plenty of older cars on the road that are more frequent visitors to our workshop. I&#8217;ve mentioned before in a previous post about the well-known problem of the Rover K Series engine and its habit of overheating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit of &#8216;mechanical sympathy&#8217; goes a long way.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/11/21/a-bit-of-mechanical-sympathy-goes-a-long-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally speaking (and unless you&#8217;re really unlucky), most cars these days are fairly reliable. Assuming the usual things like the battery are OK, they&#8217;ll more often than not start first time and not conk-out at every opportunity. They shouldn&#8217;t need the oil refilling after every journey, shouldn&#8217;t leave oily puddles wherever you park them, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a car costs so much less than the sum of its parts.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/11/18/how-a-car-costs-so-much-less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, I remember reading that someone had bothered to add up the cost of buying all the individual parts that make up a car, and discovered that it was many times the cost of actually buying the entire car. I often wonder how the car manufacturers justify the prices of some of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supercars at the supermarket-and not a blue badge in sight.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/11/09/supercars-at-the-supermarket-and-not-a-blue-badge-in-sight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite spending most of my waking hours slaving away at the garage, at the weekend I sometimes find time to fulfil my family duties, which includes a weekly visit to the supermarket. Now, I actually enjoy shopping and a trip to Tesco doesn&#8217;t daunt me at all, even with a pair of toddlers in tow. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Used car bargain or finacial liability? Know your history.</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/23/used-car-bargain-or-finacial-liability-know-your-history/</link>
		<comments>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/23/used-car-bargain-or-finacial-liability-know-your-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes no matter how hard you try, things don&#8217;t always go as planned in the world of car maintenance. The simplest of jobs can occasionally turn into an ongoing saga of misery and failure  with the technician trembling at the sight of the rogue car reappearing on our forecourt with yet another defect.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s so easy to overlook the simple things</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/20/its-so-easy-to-overlook-the-simple-things/</link>
		<comments>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/20/its-so-easy-to-overlook-the-simple-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With cars generally getting ever more reliable these days and having longer and longer intervals between services, it&#8217;s little wonder that the bonnet rarely gets opened between visits to the garage. When cars could barely manage 6000 miles between services and DIY maintenance was a relatively simple affair, it was quite normal for the owner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing&#8217;s as easy as it looks!</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/14/nothings-as-easy-as-it-looks/</link>
		<comments>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/14/nothings-as-easy-as-it-looks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the old days, cars were fairly simple things.  Any moderately keen owner armed with a selection of rusty spanners and a Haynes manual could fix the majority of common problems. There were no complex electronics and when a bit went wrong, you just unbolted it and bolted-on a new one.  You generally knew when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s definitely a bonus, but not for the customer!</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/12/its-definitely-a-bonus-but-not-for-the-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/12/its-definitely-a-bonus-but-not-for-the-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again
It&#8217;s Sunday now and &#8217;tis the only day of the week when I try and NOT go to the garage at all. As I mentioned in my last post, I would let you all into a little secret. Well, it&#8217;s not so much of a secret as just something that&#8217;s not very well known of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The customer is always right &#8211; except when they&#8217;re not?</title>
		<link>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/09/the-customer-is-always-right-except-when-theyre-not/</link>
		<comments>http://thegarageblog.co.uk/2008/10/09/the-customer-is-always-right-except-when-theyre-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave G.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a customer has a problem with their car, it&#8217;s usually a fairly straightforward process to get it fixed. Firstly, they might describe the symptoms over the telephone and we&#8217;ll normally suggest they bring it in for a diagnosis. We then identify the problem, offer a quotation and if agreed, we&#8217;ll order any parts needed [...]]]></description>
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