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Old 27-05-2010, 11:30 AM   #1
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Default If your starter or alternator blows and you're NOT with RACV...

Or even if you are...

I discovered on the weekend you can save yourself quite a bit of hassle and expense by simply getting the part delivered and installed roadside.

I had a new starter delivered and installed in my car for $370. Didn't have to join RACV or anything.

This was an AU V8 starter so I dunno how that compares but I was pretty happy considering I could've paid $300 to join/get breakdown assistance, then whatever on towing, then whatever at the mechanics to get the starter replaced, + god knows how long my car would've been off the road. (it was a saturday)

This way I had my car back up and running within a few hours.

The only scary thing of course was making the call that my starter was definitely poked - was pretty relieved when it was!

Although to be honest I was paying cash and I got the impression he wouldn't have replaced it if it wasn't faulty - I think he would've been happy not having to get under my car!

Sorry if you already knew this but I thought I would share - could save someone else a bit of hassle and expense... (it was called RACV Parts delivery service or something)

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Old 27-05-2010, 12:01 PM   #2
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Sorry if you already knew this but I thought I would share - could save someone else a bit of hassle and expense... (it was called RACV Parts delivery service or something)
So they deliver the part and fit it? Half the problem is not having tools, so that would be a bonus.
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Old 27-05-2010, 12:38 PM   #3
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So they deliver the part and fit it? Half the problem is not having tools, so that would be a bonus.
Yep delivered and installed. I think they do alternators, batterys and starter motors... Might do some other stuff I dunno...

The best thing is the new one sounds a lot more expensive and European than the old one... (the starter motor that is)
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Old 27-05-2010, 05:51 PM   #4
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Or even if you are...

I discovered on the weekend you can save yourself quite a bit of hassle and expense by simply getting the part delivered and installed roadside.

I had a new starter delivered and installed in my car for $370. Didn't have to join RACV or anything.

This was an AU V8 starter so I dunno how that compares but I was pretty happy considering I could've paid $300 to join/get breakdown assistance, then whatever on towing, then whatever at the mechanics to get the starter replaced, + god knows how long my car would've been off the road. (it was a saturday)

This way I had my car back up and running within a few hours.

The only scary thing of course was making the call that my starter was definitely poked - was pretty relieved when it was!

Although to be honest I was paying cash and I got the impression he wouldn't have replaced it if it wasn't faulty - I think he would've been happy not having to get under my car!

Sorry if you already knew this but I thought I would share - could save someone else a bit of hassle and expense... (it was called RACV Parts delivery service or something)

RACQ membership $60.
AU V8 starter from any autoparts store ~$150
An hour messing around under car the change the bloody thing $0.

Even buying the tools you could have gotten out of it much cheaper if you had gotten your hands dirty! A Windsor starter is held on by two bolts and has a nut on it to connect the wiring. Take off the two bolts and the wiring connector, then drop it out. Installation is the reverse!
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Old 27-05-2010, 08:22 PM   #5
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RACQ membership $60.
AU V8 starter from any autoparts store ~$150
An hour messing around under car the change the bloody thing $0.

Even buying the tools you could have gotten out of it much cheaper if you had gotten your hands dirty! A Windsor starter is held on by two bolts and has a nut on it to connect the wiring. Take off the two bolts and the wiring connector, then drop it out. Installation is the reverse!
on the other hand if your cars out of action and your stranded and in your good civvys $370 might be a good deal.
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Old 27-05-2010, 09:06 PM   #6
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RACQ membership $60.

op is from vic, and afaik joining racv and needing them to come then and there costs far more than $60
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Old 27-05-2010, 09:08 PM   #7
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op is from vic, and afaik joining racv and needing them to come then and there costs far more than $60
Closer to $200 including the 12 months membership.
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Old 27-05-2010, 09:20 PM   #8
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I don't know what NRMA road service is going for these days, but when my housemate called me to say he locked his key in his car I suggested he call the NRMA seeing as I was out of town and unable to help out.

He wasn't a member, so they quoted $307 for a callout to break into the car.

A girl at work did the same for a flat last year... non member and $300+ to change it.

Isn't it only like $80-100 to join?

I can see their rationale however.. if they charged the same as the joinup fee for an emergency callout people will just wait till something goes wrong and then join up.
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Old 28-05-2010, 12:46 PM   #9
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Nrma is 80 per year. it's worth it if you have an older car. even if you was out of state, your auto club will still organise roadside assistance. i've been a member of NRMA since i was 16, i'm 38 now. i used to use them at least once a year until i got a car that wasn't 10 years old.
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Old 29-05-2010, 12:14 AM   #10
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It's worth being a member.

I had my alternator die in my last AU ute ... while delivering stuff around Sydney.
NRMA rocked up with a new alternator and fitted it for me (in a loading dock luckily) ... 30 mknutes later i was on my way again working.

It cost me around the $350 mark for it ... cheap really when stranded.
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