Autovaux no more?

[blueraven]

I put my brother in law onto autovaux recently for some parts and apparently Mark told him they would no longer ship to australia? anyone spoken to them recently? say it aint so!

[ASTRAY]

thats really bad to hear....
too many stuff arounds from customers?

[hazrd]

What !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Ice]

oh shit....surely it was a mistake.... I only had some things sent just recently.

[boosted_astra]

this cant be right noooooo

[PaulyJ]

No..... i just had some stuff from them, and he was talking to me about having Aus distribution centres...

[ROCCO]

Oh thank christ...my heart skipped a beat when I read the first post

[CNBLU]

farkkkkkk i was going to buy timing belt kit :mad:

[glider]

*waits for someone to contact autovaux for confirmation*

[hazrd]

in the time u typed that toby u could have done it urself :p

[glider]

its currently 1am where they are;)

[hazrd]

i was waiting for that, just realised *face palm*
lol

[chrissn89]

Just called them then, spoke to Kieron, he's happy to post to Aus still so im not sure what your brother in law said to Mark or vis versa.

[CNBLU]

Nice one Chris :thumbs:

[gmonkey]

i could see all calibras breaking at once and the word of autovaux parts no more...

[ROCCO]

i could see all calibras breaking at once and the word of autovaux parts no more...


LMAO...be funny as hell to see...wait look theres a cali...shit was a cali now its in pieces

[adam_92]

maybe mark was trying to be a funny little fuker like our resident german... mention no names NEEKO

[ASTRAY]

maybe mark was trying to be a funny little fuker like our resident german... mention no names NEEKO
yeah knickerless

[Jerram]

i could see all calibras breaking at once and the word of autovaux parts no more...

well that's on the basis that they're not broken in the first place

[ChrisMaz]

well that's on the basis that they're not broken in the first place

Since when were there calibras that AREN'T BROKEN? :eek:

Yeah i'm a dick. :D

[glider]

Laugh it up folks, keep it going:deadhorse:

[hazrd]

Laugh it up folks, keep it going:deadhorse:


+1

LMF
Ebay
cc.net
or if VERY desperate - cc.com :rolleyes:


theres more options over there, autovaux is just the best option out of the lot


remember. Astras break too ;) :eek:

[ASTRAY]

remember. Astras break too ;) :eek:
simmy, youve let us down girl....
was gonna ask for an example, and remembered simmys probs....

[adam_92]

CORSA'S NEVER BREAK... enough said

[Nurb608]

CORSA'S NEVER BREAK... enough said

Just have to remember to replace the rubber band every now and then :p

[PaulyJ]

CORSA'S NEVER BREAK... enough said

Just you wait...

[adam_92]

shush you assholes and pauly u should be defending me being a corsa driver and all our breakdowns dont count as breakdowns. its not the car its the driver pushing it beyond its limits

[adam_92]

i even still have original battery in my car

[Jerram]

yeah well at least Calibras have sunroofs (well most of them anyway :deadhorse:)


The thing about autovaux is (and it's been said before but it's worth repeating) You need to call them. Every time I've done that it's been a painless and value-full experience. On the other hand, I think out of the 4 emails I've ever sent them I've only got 1 reply.

[PaulyJ]

shush you assholes and pauly u should be defending me being a corsa driver and all our breakdowns dont count as breakdowns. its not the car its the driver pushing it beyond its limits

Dude, its a car, its mechanical, it'll break.
You're obviously still learning to drive...

[boosted_astra]

Dude, its a car, its mechanical, it'll break.
You're obviously still learning to drive...

hehehe right on the dot there paulyJ

[adam_92]

how am i still learning ??? lol i was being sarcastic btw

[MatsHolden]

Dude, its a car, its mechanical, it'll break.


Especially if you 'flush' the engine with 1 litre of engine oil! :p

[Vectracious]

Just have to remember to replace the rubber band every now and then :p


call of the day!!!

adam_92 - lighten up!!! :cool:

[adam_92]

wtf haha im fine. i wasnt serious... jeez am an apprentice mechanic i know that no matter what car you have its gonna have problems and break down and need shit doing to it

[delemonte]

*phew* I was scared cos I'm wanting to buy a timing-belt kit... 120k is only 10k away


I've had to resend email a few times before they have replied but I've not yet been repeatedly ignored :rolleyes: lol

What time is best to call Autovaux (i.e. what time-zone do their offices operate out of)?

[poita]

take 9 hours off our time

[delemonte]

So GMT+1 then? Thanks

[poita]

yer, watever us minus 9 is lol

[adam_92]

time in england is now 13.30 pm check the post tome and work it out lol i know its 10.5 hours difference from SA due to daylight savings but will change to 8.5 in a few month

[ASTRAY]

time in england is now 13.30 pm check the post tome and work it out lol i know its 10.5 hours difference from SA due to daylight savings but will change to 8.5 in a few month
so give us a kind of calendar layout here adam....
jan - xxxx hours
feb - xxxx hours
march - xxxx hours
april - xxxx hours
may - xxxx hours
june -xxxx hours
july - xxxx hours
august -xxxx hours
september -xxxx hours
october -xxxx hours
november - xxxx hours
december - xxxx hours


all you have to do i replace the x with numbers.

[Vectracious]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=136

[ASTRAY]

cheers pete

[glider]

wtf haha im fine. i wasnt serious... jeez am an apprentice mechanic i know that no matter what car you have its gonna have problems and break down and need shit doing to it


Laugh it up folks, keep it going:deadhorse:

Perhaps you should have stopped there then.

[adam_92]

so give us a kind of calendar layout here adam....
jan - xxxx hours
feb - xxxx hours
march - xxxx hours
april - xxxx hours
may - xxxx hours
june -xxxx hours
july - xxxx hours
august -xxxx hours
september -xxxx hours
october -xxxx hours
november - xxxx hours
december - xxxx hours


all you have to do i replace the x with numbers.

i think daylight savings changes on the same day tbh aus goes back 1 hour england goes forward and vise versa

[Wraith]

*phew* I was scared cos I'm wanting to buy a timing-belt kit... 120k is only 10k away


I've had to resend email a few times before they have replied but I've not yet been repeatedly ignored :rolleyes: lol

What time is best to call Autovaux (i.e. what time-zone do their offices operate out of)?

+1

For my Calibra...8k to go for 120k km's

So after all of this what's the go with Autovaux...are they operating as normal ??

Certainly hope so, it'll be a sad day when or if they're gone :nonod:

[chrissn89]

+1

For my Calibra...8k to go for 120k km's

So after all of this what's the go with Autovaux...are they operating as normal ??

Certainly hope so, it'll be a sad day when or if they're gone :nonod:

Last time i spoke with them, which was about 5 days ago they were still operating as normal.

[OzStick]

Hmmm, I placed an order on Dec 29th, got no response at all to it (not even an automated email reply), followed up with an email to Mark on Jan 4th and still nothing.

Suppose I'll have to bite the bullet and call.

Has anyone suggested to them that it may be worthwhile getting Skype to handle calls from us Aussies???

[CNBLU]

Hmmm, I placed an order on Dec 29th, got no response at all to it (not even an automated email reply), followed up with an email to Mark on Jan 4th and still nothing.

Suppose I'll have to bite the bullet and call.

Has anyone suggested to them that it may be worthwhile getting Skype to handle calls from us Aussies???

lol

bite the bullet

[OzStick]

lol

bite the bullet

Yeah, OK. Replace that with either "cut to the chase" or more appropriately "stop being lazy"...........

[chrissn89]

As with always just call them, much much easier, quicker and only costs a few dollars. Remember you'll already be saving alot of money.

[OzStick]

As with always just call them, much much easier, quicker and only costs a few dollars. Remember you'll already be saving alot of money.

Yeah, I really should as I ordered a timing belt kit and water pump from them in April 2008 and the water pump is making VERY ugly noises 20K later so I need to check that I got the correct one........

[Z20LET]

I put an order in last night so they're still sending to aus.

[daaaaavek]

Has anyone suggested to them that it may be worthwhile getting Skype to handle calls from us Aussies???

I just call then from my Nodephone handset and it costs me all of about 50 cents .. they're pleasent chaps to speak with, though some of their accents are a bit thick.

[poita]

Yer the accents are pretty strong with some of them

By far calling is the best way to cntact them.

As for cost of phone call, when your saving $2-300 on parts wats a $5 phone call

[glider]

Hmmm, I placed an order on Dec 29th, got no response at all to it (not even an automated email reply), followed up with an email to Mark on Jan 4th and still nothing.

Suppose I'll have to bite the bullet and call.

Has anyone suggested to them that it may be worthwhile getting Skype to handle calls from us Aussies???

put some credit your skype and call their landline, cost me like 30c for a 5min call ages ago to them