Well, I had a chat with my local Renault dealer and was told the bad news. £125 +vat for one. I wanted to do both sides but just can't afford it.
I wanted to know why they were so expensive and during the course of the conversation the chap said that these parts used to be around £40 each but Renault have put the price up due to Matra going out of business. Well, I was fuming. As far as I was concerned that was simply profiteering on Renault's part.
I ordered one anyway and was told it'd take about 10 days.
I did complain (a rant
) to head office and a woman called me back. She said the part had never been £40 and she spoke to the local dealer and they deny ever saying it!! Anyway, she was quite nice and understanding and asked a lot of "marketing" type questions but in the end she could only tell me that I was on the "priority" list and would be the first to receive this particular part.
A couple of days later I called the dealer about the part and he told me "Head Office had had a word about it"
and then went on to tell me the part is due to arrive at the end of April!!
Not happy.