Any good or bad experience of servicing with Inchcape?

[am1w]

Also, rumour has it that the Inchcape group were the ones involved in the dodgy R leasing deals whereby their fleet salesman were allowing R's to be leased at ridiculously low prices with no deposit in order to inflate their sales.  This is of course all speculation and I have no proof of this.  That's just what I heard.....

That was the famous/infamous Leasegate affair. It caused a huge rumpus on the R Forum. All quite hilarious. I was in the thick of it! It resulted in someone who posts on this forum, whom I think is a great person and is most helpful, being banned for just trying to benefit the punters. Great loss to the R forum.

I think the Brokers were more to blame than the Dealerships but they were doing us punters great favours with cheap as chips lease deals.

There is now a dedicated Lease Sticky on the R forum as many of the posters who paid fortunes for their cars (on PCP or outright purchase) got terribly upset with the cheap as chips lease deals. A touch of envy coupled with fury, perhaps? 

I got a great, nay totally amazing, 3 year Business Lease (my third R order!) from my Local Dealer. My first Business Lease was a 2 year deal through a Broker which I cancelled (their Document fees were ridiculously high), then a second 2 year Business Lease through a Dealer which I also cancelled (they were worse than useless) whilst the car was in transit to the UK.

Oh, I am such a bad, bad boy! 

[am1w]

Me and the wife were the same, I told the dealer specifically not to make the hand over a big thing as I would likely walk. Handover of the unwashed or cleaned car in the car park was fine for us.

I have never washed a car in my life and never will. But I can fully appreciate those who enjoy this as a pastime and a therapeutic and pleasurable exercise.

I am fast approaching the stage when I would employ someone very nice to wash me! And why not? It could prove most enjoyable for both parties!

[Booth11]

I have never washed a car in my life and never will. But I can fully appreciate those who enjoy this as a pastime and a therapeutic and pleasurable exercise.

I am fast approaching the stage when I would employ someone very nice to wash me! And why not? It could prove most enjoyable for both parties!

 

Who will be that (un)lucky person 

Btw I'm not offering my services   

[am1w]

I have never washed a car in my life and never will. But I can fully appreciate those who enjoy this as a pastime and a therapeutic and pleasurable exercise.

I am fast approaching the stage when I would employ someone very nice to wash me! And why not? It could prove most enjoyable for both parties!

 

Who will be that (un)lucky person 

Btw I'm not offering my services   

That person will also have to know how to detail a car. Unfortunately, my quest will be scuppered as most, nay all, of them are male. Now that you are out of the running, I'll have to advertise for two persons of the appropriate sex. Nothing is easy in this life! 

[Booth11]

Me and the wife were the same, I told the dealer specifically not to make the hand over a big thing as I would likely walk. Handover of the unwashed or cleaned car in the car park was fine for us. 

Yep, but in my case "Handover of the UNWASHED car in the car park is fine for me" 

[Booth11]

That person will also have to know how to detail a car. Unfortunately, my quest will be scuppered as most, nay all, of them are male. Now that you are out of the running, I'll have to advertise for two persons of the appropriate sex. Nothing is easy in this life! 

If you find this rare person I sincerely hope they don't get their detailing products mixed up with their spa products as that could be very unfortunate for you.

.....pass the rash cream please!

[am1w]

That person will also have to know how to detail a car. Unfortunately, my quest will be scuppered as most, nay all, of them are male. Now that you are out of the running, I'll have to advertise for two persons of the appropriate sex. Nothing is easy in this life! 

If you find this rare person I sincerely hope they don't get their detailing products mixed up with their spa products as that could be very unfortunate for you.

.....pass the rash cream please!

I had not thought of that! Goodness, gracious me, I'll look like a mutton vindaloo if that happened! 

[Mark V GTD]

I'm not fussed about removing the stickers myself.  Tbh I'm also not into all that unveiling the car business, you know with the "I'm ready to go home" cover etc.  I can understand people enjoying ia bit of ceremony, but without wishing to sound arrogant, I've had enough new cars that it's no longer a novelty.
 
I prefer a low key 'back of the car park' handover affair.  My car will get plenty of TLC at home....detailing that is, nothing weird and perverted you understand   

I agree - I removed all the stickers myself in the car park and wanted non of the 'car cover unveiling' nonsense in the showroom. I enjoyed it as it meant I was the first person to see the car outside the factory - like it  was sort of being born. Peeling the film off was really theraputic too - and of course i prevented the dealers brillo pad merchants from messing it up :-)

[am1w]

I'm not fussed about removing the stickers myself.  Tbh I'm also not into all that unveiling the car business, you know with the "I'm ready to go home" cover etc.  I can understand people enjoying ia bit of ceremony, but without wishing to sound arrogant, I've had enough new cars that it's no longer a novelty.
 
I prefer a low key 'back of the car park' handover affair.  My car will get plenty of TLC at home....detailing that is, nothing weird and perverted you understand   

I agree - I removed all the stickers myself in the car park and wanted non of the 'car cover unveiling' nonsense in the showroom. I enjoyed it as it meant I was the first person to see the car outside the factory - like it  was sort of being born. Peeling the film off was really theraputic too - and of course i prevented the dealers brillo pad merchants from messing it up :-)

So much unmitigated love for a depreciating asset! Love it. Love people with OCD. Those without this characteristic should be banished! 

[Booth11]

So much unmitigated love for a depreciating asset! Love it. Love people with OCD. Those without this characteristic should be banished! 

 OCD?   I'm not afflicted by such things! 

Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about