Rip-Off Franz at Carrera Motors

"Peter Dorfer, one of the partners at Carrera Motors you can trust. It is Franz Stangl who I advise you to be very, very careful of. I took my Porsche 356B in for an oil leak issue, for Peter Dorfer to look at and rectify. But Franz Stangl took over the job as apparently his workshop that handles the newer Porsche's had very little work and he needed the work. They drove the car and then reported the syncro on first had mysteriously broken ( it was OK when I took the car in!). I was told that spares would cost around R40k which I authorised. I repeated asked Mr Stangl for estimates of labour costs which he refused to give me. At first he had said he couldn't give me even an approximate figure. Adding he doesn't give quotes/estimates and it's not usual to do so on old cars. I told him several times I have a few old vintage and classic cars and that any workshop that works on them always gives an estimate for parts and labour. And also calls/emails for permission to go-ahead. They also up-date me on any issues the might come across that need attention and therefore more money and ask for my approval to continue the repairs. without any phone calls or emails I was finally handed an invoice for R78,000.00 !!!! This included outwork- the machining of the gearbox ( which they never sought authorisation for, just like all the other labour costs) and a complete set of new brake pipes ( which again they did not seek authorisation for). Since then we have met with Mr Stangl and his story changes from minute to minute...now he actually admits he could have given a quote for the labour, but only when he sat down!!!!"