Handbrake Adjustment advice

[milo900]

Ah ok, maybe I'm best leaving it to the garage and getting a fixed labour price.

[milo900]

They've quoted £480 to fit a new starter motor and adjust the handbrake to pass the MOT. Seemed excessive but maybe its not if the handbrake is a pig of a job?

[MikkiJayne]

If that includes the starter motor then thats a decent price actually. The starter is an arse of a job too.

Which FE do you have btw?

[milo900]

That does include the starter yes. Thanks for the advice, perhaps we'll just agree a fixed price and let them have fun with it. I always resent paying garage price for relatively easy jobs but may have to swallow it with this one.

The car is a Final Edition. Avus silver with the purple interior. Has been off the road for a few years, so just trying to get the final push over the line.

[MikkiJayne]

Oh wow! That makes three known examples of the purple now then. Do you know which dealership sold it originally?

[milo900]

I didn't realise there were so few of them about.
No idea where it originally came from, haven't seen anything that far back in the paperwork.

[MikkiJayne]

The original dealer should be in the front of the service book. I only ask because I've been looking for the one sold by Hayseldens of Doncaster as that was the first S8 I ever saw. It'd be nice to know its still alive