mantaray Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Just been down to vauxhall to see about getting some new rear air assist shocks for my omega. £260 inc vat retail £164inc vat with trade club So thats 4 years free membership to the club saving. And just as a point of interest the cheapest I could find aftermarket shocks was £230. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Manta Club rules!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Yep, I just had to get a new battery for the silver b series and the trade club price was approx half that of Halfrauds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo3000 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) Just been down to vauxhall to see about getting some new rear air assist shocks for my omega. £260 inc vat retail £164inc vat with trade club So thats 4 years free membership to the club saving. And just as a point of interest the cheapest I could find aftermarket shocks was £230. Chris, you say with trade club,is that the Vauxhall trade club (which I'm a member of) or manta club card discount. Its just that my local Vauxdship donot recognize or accept my clubcard.?? Also i thought you were selling your 15th panzer division omega on,as brilliant it is, (ultimate workhorse) Edited September 3, 2015 by evo3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Is it possible to get a list of all vauxhall dealers who recognise this? As my local dont, wont, and never will! So they say! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Another reason to join is the great friends you meet who share a passion for the Manta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Unfortunately, it is at the discretion of each dealer, as they don't have to be part of the Vauxhall trade club scheme. So - ask if your dealer is part of the Trade Club scheme, if so, they should be able to accept the OMOC trade club number, which is printed on your membership card (I am not going to discuss that on the forum!) I have just found out that my local dealer is leaving the Trade Club Scheme, so I will have to order from their sister dealership, which just happens to be Brandish Vauxhall, where Chris got his Omega Shocks from. Its not a massive problem though, as they can put it through their books and have the parts delivered the same day on the parts run.....just sounds worse than it is. I would think that most people in here are on first names terms with the parts managers at their local Vauxhall dealers?.....or is it just me. I have been out for beers with Andy from my local garage! He used to come and see my band play quite regularly! If you get matey with them, it is amazing the stuff that they can find for you. I even got a free set of number plates for my Monaro last year, as I mentioned that they were looking "a bit tatty"......keeps me going back to them time and again and probably didn't cost them more than a couple of quid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaray Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 We have 2 dealers in Coventry, Tile Hill Vauxhall and Brandish Vauxhall, but only Brandish do Trade card. Bit of a shame really as I live in Tile Hill. If your local Vauxhall dealer does not do Trade Club, I'm sure they will be able to tell you which dealers in the area do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I've given up on the trade club discount. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe of Lincoln Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I've saved on oil, batteries and wiper blades at Drive Vauxhall in Bury St Edmunds (Andy Clears). Charles Warner Vauxhall in Lincoln are pretty accommodating too, although they put the discount through as Vauxhall Performance Car Club Trade Club, rather than OMOC. It all helps the cause... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Also you get people who really want to help keep your Manta sound and saved and they will give you invaluable advice on how to keep it on the road. That's what car clubs are about. Making friends, meeting like minded people and helping each other as much as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Charles Warner in Lincoln have lost the dealership now Ben, not sure if the new lot will be so accommodating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I've been banging on about this for ages, find a trade club friendly Vauxhall dealer and your membership of the club soon becomes free. Perhaps there needs to be a seperate section in the members area that can have a thread for every dealer who honours trade club, company name and location in the title, dirrections to get there as a sticky at the top of the thread, then each time a member buys from this dealer they add a note to keep that dealer information upto date 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmscher Man Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I think Andy C is looking at putting a list together for this - if not Ian, perhaps it can be raised at the next VBOA meeting. We all need to know which dealers are part of the trade club scheme now that Vauxhall have completely rationalised the whole thing. I understand that nationally there are only about 80 trade club dealers, so not such good coverage as in the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hi Paul, this has been discussed at length at a VBOA meeting some time back and it was concluded that it would be good if there was a list of dealers honouring trade club and would people put forward details of these dealers, that is as far as it got !!! Which is why i have suggested a seperate forum section, each time a member 'discovers' a dealer honouring trade club they start a thread with name and location of the dealer and a sticky of dirrections to that dealer. This information could be passed up to VBOA level which might encourage other clubs to start similar sections / threads on thier forums and pass the imformation they have gathered up to the VBOA, this way a national picture of Vauxhall Trade club could emerge. This could also lead to increased useage and maybe better national courage of the sceme, failing that it would show to Vauxhall they have a brand loyal group of owners that it would be worth while supporting in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe of Lincoln Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Charles Warner in Lincoln have lost the dealership now Ben, not sure if the new lot will be so accommodating. Yes, I wasn't aware of that until I went to buy a battery this morning and found the place full of MGs! The new dealer is Pentagon and they are on Tritton Road next to Mazda / Renault etc. They do trade club there. I must be a mug for originality, because the GM battery was still £17 more expensive than one from the motor factors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The local motor factors un-heard of brand battery will be cheeper than a GM example even with trade club, But the last time i bought a trade club battery it was nearly half the price of a Halfrauds example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 The Trade Club website does have a dealer finder, if it's of any help. https://www.tradeclub.com/retailer-locator/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumster Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Mmm, never used the card,. I do need a new battery, haven't bought one for 20 odd years, so what size/spec/part code am I after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantasrme Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 065 is standard 075 is the uprated spec one with a bit more oomph for those cold morning starts etc. I always fit the 075 to cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) I was going to try Thurlow Nunn's again as I have just bought a Vauxhall as a daily, can't find my current membership card though. Edited November 13, 2015 by 1900SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Most dealers wont honour this clubs trade card. But other clubs i'm in have set up great discounts with other sellers such as autovaux etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumster Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 065 is standard 075 is the uprated spec one with a bit more oomph for those cold morning starts etc. I always fit the 075 to cars Thanks, will go a hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal001 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 065 is standard 075 is the uprated spec one with a bit more oomph for those cold morning starts etc. I always fit the 075 to cars thanks for the info.Saves me trying to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thanks, will go a hunting. Sam, just go to Alpha batteries off spotland rd Rochdale, great place. Sod the trade club, you get looked at like you have 3 heads if you quote it at the places I've been into 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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