Cheap nasty replacement exhaust

ATS Euromaster
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SherlynPatterson's review of ATS Euromaster

“Cheap nasty replacement exhaust”

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written by SherlynPatterson on 29/05/2014

The rear box on my 2003 Corolla had suddenly got very noisey so I figured that I'd pop along to ATS who previously done a wonderful job on wheel balancing and alignment.
They replaced the offending article for around 100 quid, but it was almost as throaty, resonant and noisey as the original failed exhaust. When I got home I asked the wife to come for a ride in the car ... as soon as I started the engine she complained that I hadn't mended the exhaust. I had wanted a second opinion and I guess I just got it!
I left it a few weeks and then went back and complained. I was told that all exhausts are noisey when they are new and to leave it a month. I explained that I had left it a month, expecting a fight ...but no, he said come back in two days and we'll change the faulty part. So, two days later I returned (3rd visit now) and they changed the exhaust again. I drove the car away ... and guess what, no change. I looked up the part online (I saw the box the replacement came in) ... £38. I figured that if it was legal they had done their bit, but the cheapness of the part and the awful noise it makes means that I will never go back there again.
I dealt with a number of staff and they are very variable, ranging from polite and helpful to rude and lazy.
You get what you pay for. I had hoped that I had found somewhere better than Kwik Fit and Halfords but it would seem not.

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