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Offline Hurdy

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #10 on: 09 September 2007, 15:49 »
Let 'em have both barrels :wink:
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Offline TheReflex

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #11 on: 09 September 2007, 16:44 »
Surely they could have taken it out for a drive then returned to the garage and left the engine running while they performed some checks, which would kill the MPG reading ?

but if you look at the oringal post it was in for a faulty door card, not an engine problem.......... absolutely no need to drive it 5 miles!

But if he / she complained about vibrations or rattles from the door card surely it is worth a test drive to ensure the car does not still have the same problem after the work has been completed?  5 miles is not far really.
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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #12 on: 10 September 2007, 07:33 »
About 5 miles is quite normal as a distance for a yest drive and dealers are obliged to test drive according to the work done. How else can a rattle be checked out without test driving?

And how do you know the car was "ragged"? The mpg display on only 5 miles is totally unreliable in coming to a ragging conclusion IMO.

My point is that you can't be so certain of a ragging - Some will and some won't but either way, your car is highly unlikely to be damaged. Not a good habit to rag from cold every day though.

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #13 on: 10 September 2007, 10:05 »
guys you ARE missing the point, please read before you comment!

Thursday. I took the car in.... no rattle.... interior door card DID NOT FIT and was fowling the window!
They couldn't fix it at the part was broken.
Friday. They phoned me back saying they couldn't find the part number required.. could I take it back so they could pull it to bits again to obtain the part number!

NO NEED FOR A TEST DRIVE>>>>WHAT WOULD THEY BE TESTING!!!!

Before I dropped the car off I had filled her up with fuel and driven to work (a 17 mile journey)
Computer showed 345 miles to fill up when I dropped it off
When I picked her up, the first thing I noticed was this figure was now showing 305 miles??

When I then looked at the trip computer that's when I saw
12.2 mpg
5miles
15 minutes.

Later when I opened the boot I then discovered my tool box and a box full of stuff had MOVED across the boot floor. It's not moved in 5 months!

To bo honest guys, I bought a new car so that I knew how it had been driven. Yes it's only 5 minutes of it's life and Phil's mate took his out the other day and recorded similar figures.

rant over....for now!  :angry:

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #14 on: 10 September 2007, 16:06 »
oh and boy do i remember that trip out!  :sad:

Offline illyun

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #15 on: 10 September 2007, 17:19 »
Can't wait to 'rag' mine  :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #16 on: 10 September 2007, 18:13 »
i work at a nissan dealership, and the brand new unsold cars get ragged so sum old dear will end up wit a f***ed car. i swear its just to make money, i work in the petrol station and just observe  :cool:

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #17 on: 10 September 2007, 19:57 »
i'm with Simonet on this one, think about it how would you feel if your wife / girlfriend went to get her hair done and the hair dresser bashed down her back door, and painted it white on the way out, before you had.

if i were you i'd be pushing for a full detail eg machine polish the works to make up for the dirt they got on your car.

Offline R32UK

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #18 on: 11 September 2007, 19:00 »
Im sorry fellas but this is not just common of VW dealers. My dad found major rust on his Merc CLK. It went in under warranty. When we got the car back the controls on the stering did not work, the stereo lights used to constantly flicker when headlights were on (went back n forth 3x and the could not find the fault). When we took it back they told us the stereo fitted did not belong to the car and was actually from an S-class. B00000llocks was my responce as my uncle has the same car as my dads, same stereo. Anyway they refused to accept blame. Had to contact Mercedes UK complains department. Once they had kicked the dealer bollocks in.. low n behold they took the car in and it was fixed within one day!

I learnt a few lessons. Dont buy from a suspect dealer (cough cough mercedes leeds), in addition to which I learnt, save yourself some time and just go straight to the top!

oh yeah and dont buy a benz... rust?? rust?? on a benz?? :sick:

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Re: Dealer has just ragged my car!
« Reply #19 on: 12 September 2007, 09:21 »
just took my gti in to the dealer for the exact same fault, any way they have to replace a wheel bearling or something, anyway, i reset the milage counter before i dropped it off just to see how far they went.

i picked it up later and it stated 23.8 miles!!!!!!!!!!! WTF :shocked:!!!!!!!!!! now thats takin the piss,

anyway i left her with no petrol in so they had to fill her up haha. :grin:


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