Hi everyone, I'm new here, hope you can help!
Just came back from the mechanic who told me that he couldn't get new anti-roll bar parts today for my 2000 Punto Mk2 because the steering is on the left and the parts he got don't fit. Result is he'll have to get them from Fiat next week which will make the repair much more expensive.
Is this true? This refers to 4 parts (the 2 bushes + the links to the wheels at both ends, don't know the name). They look exactly the same to me left to right so I don't understand why they would be different in a Euro vs UK car?
Additionally they also told me the service parts (oil filter etc) will also need to come from Fiat for the same reason. I've done several services in the UK and never heard such a thing and my services were never more expensive due to being a euro car...
The whole thing sounds fishy to me so I hope you can help me and clarify if I'm being ripped off here or just paranoid!
Many thanks in advance!
(btw, the parts do need replacing since it was marked in the last MOT done elsewhere already)
Just came back from the mechanic who told me that he couldn't get new anti-roll bar parts today for my 2000 Punto Mk2 because the steering is on the left and the parts he got don't fit. Result is he'll have to get them from Fiat next week which will make the repair much more expensive.
Is this true? This refers to 4 parts (the 2 bushes + the links to the wheels at both ends, don't know the name). They look exactly the same to me left to right so I don't understand why they would be different in a Euro vs UK car?
Additionally they also told me the service parts (oil filter etc) will also need to come from Fiat for the same reason. I've done several services in the UK and never heard such a thing and my services were never more expensive due to being a euro car...
The whole thing sounds fishy to me so I hope you can help me and clarify if I'm being ripped off here or just paranoid!
Many thanks in advance!
(btw, the parts do need replacing since it was marked in the last MOT done elsewhere already)
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