Thanks to everyone who expressed their condolences about my Mum. It's funny, when I suggested she move in with me about six years ago, I didn't realise how hard it would be to be living in the house where we'd lived together, after she'd gone. On the other hand, no house clearance to do I suppose.
It's good wishes such as yours that make things easier.
Sixty five Scottish Pounds sounds rather harsh to replace the plugs!! They're obviously upset with you to dare going outside of VW to get routine work done!!
Oooooh, the engine was "stripped down" when the car arrived, and we have to "build it up again" before we can test it to see what's wrong. That will be an hour's labour, £65 please.
Andrew says he gave them an earful about that, because he only spent 15 minutes on it before realising it needed a new engine one way or another, and thought there was no point putting the plugs back in at that point. But what can you do? They had me over a barrel. I was hardly going to say no, leave it, I'll take the car elsewhere.
And no, they definitely won't re-set the odometer as it records the mileage the vehicle as a whole has covered not just the engine. There are a million and one other bits to wear out on a car rather than just an engine. If it was law just to record the engine mileage then it would have a 'running time' clock on the engine a bit like on an aeroplane.
Indeed, that makes sense. I did have an odometer set to zero once though. I fell off my motorbike and totalled the speedo. When they replaced it the odometer was at zero. I had to tell the next owner to add 10,000 miles to the thing's mileage.
It's a bit worrying how many of these engines are letting go.
Indeed. I don't really know what's happened to mine, bear in mind I was talking on my mobile while browsing the bookshop in Tobermory, and only talking to the girl who passes on the messages. I guess I'll get the whole story when I collect the car. Or from Andrew, who was getting quite aerated at Verve to tell him exactly what the diagnosis was.
I never heard of a new-ish car having to have a new engine before. This is all quite scary. How long are these cars under warranty for anyway?
Rolfe.
