hopefully this won't be costly... - Page 2

starfire039 · 25-06-09, 07:23 PM

seriously, if they get out of this, i'm going to have to sell my car. I cannot afford £500! I am really nervous right now. And pissed. I find out tommorow if they will cover it or not.

stamford · 25-06-09, 07:29 PM

Check the warranty thoroughly before contacting them, at least that way you can get everything up to date before calling them with a funny noise

starfire039 · 25-06-09, 07:31 PM

lets hope so eh

afcbadam · 25-06-09, 07:44 PM

i had a warranty company try to get out of putting a new engine in my old ZT. they tryed everything not to repair or replace it..... A quick threat of "ill see you in court" soon sorted that out. 2 day's after it was in the garage having its new engine.

when a warranty is taking out, its a legal thing. they dont have a leg to stand on in most cases. As long as the car hasnt been modified from when they sold it to you and hasnt been raced they will have to pay out. its a legal thing. this is speaking on experience..... been through it twice before, one going to court and needless to say I WON!

starfire039 · 25-06-09, 07:49 PM

i hope it doesn't come to that

paul brothers in bognor were great about it and said they will sort it out for me as they quite often deal with warrenty claims. i hope that was the right thing to do.

afcbadam · 25-06-09, 07:55 PM

hopefully you wont have to go through it. i had to wait 4 months before i could get them in court. i had 5 loan cars in that time!!! all piles of dog poo as well!

starfire039 · 25-06-09, 09:44 PM

its so depressing being faced with the thought of loan cars! my nan has a 1.4 polo loan car as someone crashed into her fabia. I know the fabia's nothing special but jesus, the polo is a dull piece of crap with no character. there's no car like a ZS.

afcbadam · 25-06-09, 10:03 PM

i took in a 54 plate mg zt worth about 5.5k at the time

i got a

v reg golf gti. 100,000 miles. although the best car they gave me. but used water like no tomorrow
v reg astra 1.6, completly fcuked
w reg audi a3 1.8 turbo twice, bag of poo
v reg peugeot 2.0 td. 146,000 miles.

its not good having loan cars. lol

starfire039 · 25-06-09, 10:39 PM

OUCH! nasty. I've never had a loan car. But I drove a G reg Polo 1.0 litre as my first car, so i've driven some shitters in my time

talkingcars · 26-06-09, 05:55 AM

When my maestro went in for an engine conversion they gave me some Rover 800, they commented about a small leak from the power steering system and his friend made some comment about MOTs. He also said the car would be ready in 3 weeks which I accepted with Easter being the following weekend.

I drove the Rover 800 home and found the following faults.

ABS warning light on.*

Power Steering Leak.*

Blowing Exhaust.*

(The above are faults that will cause MOT failure so therefore makes the car unroadworthy).

Missing wing mirror.

Boot won’t open.

Slow Puncture.

Radio not working.

Air conditioning not working.

I appreciate that a small business can not afford to provide brand new courtesy cars but to provide an unroadworthy car is illegal. As I was unhappy to drive the car with the brake warning light on and power steering leak I used my other car for the duration of the time they had my Maestro, about 3 months.