Which car manufacturer do you think makes the hardest cars to work on as a DIY'er? I have to nominate VAG cars, every procedure seems to need a specialist tool to hold this piece or undo this nut. The head bolts are either multipoint bits or some other strange shape which is hard to find.
Everthing seems to be put in the most inaccesible place (timing belts are a good example, the entire bumper has to come of my Audi A6), then you need about £200 worth of tools, which you wont use again. The tools are not even universal across a range, each engine has its own set.
Drives me mad, everytime something needs doing I have to price up whether the tools that are needed are cheaper than the labour to pay a garage to do it!
Anyone got a worse make of car?
Everthing seems to be put in the most inaccesible place (timing belts are a good example, the entire bumper has to come of my Audi A6), then you need about £200 worth of tools, which you wont use again. The tools are not even universal across a range, each engine has its own set.
Drives me mad, everytime something needs doing I have to price up whether the tools that are needed are cheaper than the labour to pay a garage to do it!
Anyone got a worse make of car?