Well got the car back, and got to be said it feels like new, which for ?1450 is what I would have expected. Total parts came to ?750, rest was labour and VAT, work done was Brake Discs and pads allround, rear calliper, power steering pipe, rear brake pipe, new windscreen linkage thingamebob and a bulb. They also seem to have done work on the clutch and gear box as these are a lot smoother. However they didn't even list the price of each component just a sub total, which I'm not happy about and told them I want individual pricing.
To make matters worse, went to start the car and service oil flashed up at me ... back to the workshop, then got home and checked the service stamp in my book ... not stamped.
I knew it needed the brakes doing, gave them authorisation to change pads and discs but didn't know the cost, suppose I should have checked. The other things cropt up seemingly when doing the service.
So I guess the Audi Avant that I had been saving for is out the window, and I'll have to keep this one for another, or until it needs another service.
Anyway, there's people out there with worse troubles than mine ... just looking forward to Chrimbo now