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Loadsamiles
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 12:35
Yes it's happening again.

And the forum is back just in time.:thewave:

Following the brilliant meet last year at MRG in Chippenham, It's on again.

A rare chance to attend an "open workshop" at a Volvo dealership.

That's right we'll have access to all the technicians and many services will be offered at a substantial discount.

Last year was a most enjoyable event, indeed an event not to be missed.

All members of any Volvo forum or club are welcome, It's a day for Volvo owners in general.

Here's the details from Pyaap (who is organising it)


OK everyone, its time to get this one rolling. The date has been set as 12th July and it will be an all day affair from around 10am-4pm. It will be an opportunity for you to get one-on-one time with an experienced Volvo trained engineer and to have a good look around your car. 4-wheel alignments, A/C regassing and other simple work will be carried out at exceedingly reasonable prices, plus we'll once again hopefully have representation from Autoglym and others.

Please feel free to post up any questions and I will liaise with the guys at MRG and revert to you. The idea of the day is to have some fun, have a good "poke" around your car and to stuff yourself silly with food.....life does not get any better!! biggrin.gif


Hi all,

Had a chat with Simon from MRG again today and he's now closed their workshop off on Sat 12th July so its now "official"!! biggrin.gif

Following on from the last meet, it will be along the lines of simple mechanical work & repairs, 4 wheel alignments, A/C regassing, test drives of demonstration cars etc. All deals done on the day will be at exceptional rates so please take this opportunity to pop down to MRG for the meet; I'm sure you'll not be disappointed. Please post up suggestions of anything else in particular you would like done on the day and I'll put them to Simon


I've had further contact with MRG Volvo and they're prepared to offer the following services on the day. The costs indicated are totally inclusive of all necessary parts, labour and VAT:

Air-Con Re-gas Incl Leak Dye and Basic Leak Test - £70
Replacement Pollen Filter and Air-Con Clean - £42
4 Wheel Alignment Incl Standard Adjustments - £40
Oil & Filter Change Using Castrol R-Tec - £80
Oil & Filter Change Using Castrol Magnatec - £63
Windscreen Repairs (for chips / scratches which are repairable) - £25
Diagnostic Checks (e.g. using VIDA) - F.O.C.
General Check Over - F.O.C.

In addition, all parts orders placed on the day will be offered with a variable discount of between 10-25% (as a general rule of thumb, commonly used servicing items will attract a higher discount).

Some light food and refreshments will be offered; if the weather is good they may even fire up a BBQ! biggrin.gif

Finally in addition to representatives from Snap-On and Autoglym, MRG will also be trying to get someone in who offers a repair service for damaged upholstery (incl leather), trim and possibly even an alloy wheel re-painting service, all at reduced rates on the day. Finally, they're also trying to get the services of their dent removal specialist.

As you can clearly see, they're really pulling out all the stops to host a thoroughly enjoyable day for us all, so please show them your support by attending the event and taking up some of the services on offer. To book your car in for anything, please call 01249 443300 and ask for Simon, the Service Manager.

Loadsamiles
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 12:38
Last years piccies C/O Y2blade

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Loadsamiles
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 12:38
And some of mine.

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Loadsamiles
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 12:40
The date,

Saturday 12th July.

The place

M R G
Methuen Park
Bath Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 0GX
01249 443300 (Phone) 01249 443135 (Fax)

Justin
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 17:24
See you there!

Rufe
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 18:28
yip, im there too

Loadsamiles
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 18:55
See you there!

Good man!

About bloody time!

Engineer
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 19:41
See you there!


Good man!

About bloody time!

Unfortunately I’ll be missing all the fun :Handshake as I’ll be lost in France somewhere with my AA Book of the Road :cuckoo: 1972……………:lol:

S70T5Chris
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 20:30
Roll out the red carpet. Looks like i'll be making an appearence :uglyhamme

S70T5Chris
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 20:30
Should have my new brakes fitted by then too! Woohoo!

y2blade
Thursday 3rd July 2008, 20:41
im glad you guys liked my pics :)

i'll be there

saufboy
Saturday 5th July 2008, 14:31
Me too, be good to meet some of you chaps for the first time :Handshake

Loadsamiles
Saturday 5th July 2008, 14:56
im glad you guys liked my pics :)

i'll be there

Hey! I took those....


(From your post on another forum) ROTFL! :lol::lol::lol:

saufboy
Saturday 5th July 2008, 15:10
Can i take a moment to thank Loadsasmiles for thanking me and everyone else on this thread for there contributions, Thanks :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Loadsamiles
Saturday 5th July 2008, 19:21
I'd just like to say thanks for those thanks about the thanks for thanking you for thanking me for the thanks I gave....

Thanks.

Wombatbomb
Saturday 5th July 2008, 19:26
I'd just like to say thanks for those thanks about the thanks for thanking you for thanking me for the thanks I gave....

Thanks.

Have you turned into JimC per chance?

Loadsamiles
Saturday 5th July 2008, 22:10
Feck! Arse! Girlzzz...

volvolised
Saturday 5th July 2008, 22:15
Jumping out of the closet here, went last year and is an absolutely great meet ( as all have said probablly the best, the MRG guys are great). hope we have as great a time as last year, p.s i'm previously AKA kwikvolvo :Handshake

marky 76
Sunday 6th July 2008, 11:21
yea a pic of my car !!!!! i also will attend again had a great day out last year so thanks to all involved and a big thanks to mrg for doing it again cya all soon ,,, cheers marky

Chad
Sunday 6th July 2008, 11:56
im not too far from tere on saturday. doing to try and sneak off for a couple hours.

y2blade
Monday 7th July 2008, 13:34
Hey! I took those....


(From your post on another forum) ROTFL! :lol::lol::lol:

lol no problem :)

be good to see you guys again

if you see me please say hello :)...i'll be in my white 855 T5

volvolised
Wednesday 9th July 2008, 21:50
Well seeing as we're nicking post from other forums this is what pyapp has recently posted on t5d5 and i like lots of others would like to thank him for all his hard work and look forward to a great day..
Pyaap(ashoks) post..
Hi again all, been putting the finishing touches to what should be a really good meet! MRG still have a few slots left so please do call and book them for any work which you would like done on the day. They've also taken on a substantial number of parts orders so please do keep the orders going in so that they can do their best to get all required parts in on the day.

I have suggested to MRG that I would like to negotiate, on behalf of all forum members, for both a parts and labour (e.g. servicing etc) discount which will knock the socks off all other known Club membership (paid subscription or otherwise) discounts so its really up to everyone on the day showing them as much support as possible to bring that to fruition. Even as things stand, I know of a number of owners who drive anything up to a 3hr journey each way to get their cars worked on by MRG and even after the fuel bill has been factored in, its still substantially cheaper than getting it done locally.

Finally, is anyone willing to volunteer to collate all the photos taken on the day and send them in to Simon at MRG? That, coupled with a few brief comments of the meet by owners present on the day, would be appreciated as an article and photos can then be submitted for the in-house Volvo Professional magazine, as a token of our appreciation to the generosity of all the staff at MRG for hosting us in this unprecedented way.

Cummon guys and gals, please do try to pop over and say hello!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

y2blade
Wednesday 9th July 2008, 22:23
pyaap has done a superb job organising this open day


the last one was fantastic

abdul
Thursday 10th July 2008, 10:53
how far is this from manchester

Rufe
Thursday 10th July 2008, 12:07
roughly 200 miles and about 3.5 hours mate, according to a quick google


click here... SN14 OGX (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=SN14+0GX&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title)

abdul
Thursday 10th July 2008, 12:17
thanks rufe its a bit too far for me

y2blade
Friday 11th July 2008, 18:08
see you tomorrow :)

volvolised
Saturday 12th July 2008, 23:48
What a great meet it was again today at MRG, best bunch of volvo peeps you would want to meet, the MRG guys were totaly awesome. Many thanks to ashok for organising this event. would like to type more but beer is affecting vision and one handed typing is becoming quite tedious .....what a great day.....

P.s just to add the alcohol wasn't consumed at mrg but the 40th birthday party i had to get back for, that was good too !

MIKESC70T5
Sunday 13th July 2008, 12:10
I was camping for the weekend, but left the wife,kids and grandparents at the camp site and went to MRG lol. Was really nice to put some names to faces,and as Warren said (volvolised), thanks to Ashok for all the organising.

Still can't work out how Ashok brought 4 cars along though lol.

For me though, was this beautiful gul t5r with manual gearbox.

Tim Williams
Sunday 13th July 2008, 16:36
I was camping for the weekend, but left the wife,kids and grandparents at the camp site and went to MRG lol. Was really nice to put some names to faces,and as Warren said (volvolised), thanks to Ashok for all the organising.

Still can't work out how Ashok brought 4 cars along though lol.

For me though, was this beautiful gul t5r with manual gearbox.


I don't think all the cars were Ashoks, The very fast S60R on R888's going out on test drive most of the day was his, the DIEsels going out were to do with the sales department lol

y2blade
Tuesday 15th July 2008, 18:30
MY pics from the day



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Justin
Tuesday 15th July 2008, 20:08
Looks like another cracking meet, gutted i missed it but sadly i had to work :(

y2blade
Tuesday 15th July 2008, 22:36
Looks like another cracking meet, gutted i missed it but sadly i had to work :(


i went out for a couple of test drives too :) a V50 R design Diesel and the new V70 T6 :) the V70 T6 was fantastic http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15933

it was a brilliant day

thanks again to ashok and the guys at MRG for such a quality event


i look forward to the next one