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A STUDENT almost paid out hundreds of pounds when a garage said the air conditioning unit had broken - only to find out her car did not have any air conditioning.
Stevie Stowell was told by technicians at Kwik Fit Plus on Lewes Road that she would have to shell out ÂŁ685 to fix her compressor after a warning light flashed up on her dashboard.
But when her dad asked another garage for a second opinion, he found out the Citroën C1 his daughter was driving did not even have a unit fitted.
The 19-year-old, who lives in Bonchurch Road, Elm Grove, said: “The stop light on my dashboard was telling me something was wrong, so I took it to the nearest garage to get it checked.
“I have no knowledge of cars, so I just trusted that they’d got it right when they said I needed to pay to get the air conditioning fixed.
“I was so upset when I heard. I don’t have that kind of money. I’m a student with a part-time job at Top Shop, so that would have been a quarter of my monthly wage.
“I felt helpless. I was wiping the tears off my face.
“That car is my lifeline.â€
After Miss Stowell had returned to the garage from work, her dad suggested she take the car to the Autovets garage on Falmer Road.
Their inspection revealed the bearing on the internal water pump had worn out - but there was no air conditioning installed.
The total bill to run the test and fix the damage came to ÂŁ450.
“I was so relieved,†Mrs Stowell said.
“If it had happened during my mid-term exams, I don’t even know what effect it would have had on me.â€
Dad Dean Stowell, 45, a taxi driver, said: “When she was told how much she would have to pay she burst into tears.
“I tried to console her.
“I was at Piccadilly Circus at the time, but I took the rest of the day off to come and pick her up because she was in a right state.
“She thought her car was kaputt.â€
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POKUŠALI NAPLATITI OGROMNU SVOTU ZA POPRAVAK KLIME U AUTU KOJI UOPĆE NEMA KLIMU
Stevie Stowell (19), studentica iz Brightona u Velikoj Britaniji, šokirala se kad su joj u automehaničarskoj radnji izdali račun od 1.500 KM za popravak klime u automobilu, tim više što njen auto nije ni imao klima uređaj.
– Ne razumijem se u aute pa sam im povjerovala kad su mi rekli da moraju popraviti klimu. Jako sam se uzrujala kad sam čula cijenu. Nemam toliko novca. Ja sam studentica i radim na pola radnog vremena -, ispričala je ona za Daily Mail, prenosi Index.
Kad se požalila ocu, on joj je savjetovao da potraži drugo mišljenje.
Nakon drugog pregleda pokazalo se da njen Citroen C1 ima nekih kvarova, ali i to da klima uređaj uopće nema. Popravak ju je koštao oko 1.000 KM.
Iz prve automehaničarske radnje, Kwik Fit, dobila je ispriku i povrat 100 KM koje je platila za dijagnostiku. Rekli su da je došlo do pogreške te da bi tijekom popravka uočili o čemu se radi i ispravili grešku.
