07-10-2017, 07:04 PM
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New car..finally
After a wait of almost 3 months picked up our new car today, however, a few hurdles had to be overcome first,Last Saturday..went to dealers to finalise paperwork, they did the private plate transfer for us we arranged to have our cameras( dash cams) removed from our old car and to be installed in the new one, the guy said it would be easier if both cars were side by side, so we arranged for my wife to take the car in on Friday and he would remove and refit cameras to new car,
Monday..dealer rang and said there was a problem, instead of a reverse camera and parking sensors ( as we ordered) only the camera was fitted, he would fit sensors for us but had to wait and see if ford have a solution as to how to fit a proximity sensor..???, to make it work with the camera ( are you still with me ??),
Friday, wife took car in for dash camera guy to do his thing, in the morning as dealer had to pdi it in the afternoon, frantic phone call from son, garage phoned no camera guy ( this is at 12-20) so I tried to get hold of him ..no answer, rang garage and told them to go ahead with the pre delivery inspection, camera guy finally called back,, turns out he had forgotten, even though he had put it in his diary, no probs he said he will go over to garage, remove cameras and fit them at our home address on monday..sorted
Today,, wife booked a taxi on Tuesday to take us to pick up our new car
Guess what...taxi was a no show,, wife phones taxi company who say they have no record of a booking or phone call, but then they said the call lasted for a minute? anyway , a car turned up 20 minutes later and we eventually arrived at the garage to collect our car, the salesman gave us a free extended warranty ( worth £350) as a goodwill gesture over the parking sensors...who said buying a car was easy
08-10-2017, 09:12 AM
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Re: New car..finally
Originally Posted by Primus1
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Thanks Julie, yes I hope that's an end to it, the car is lovely BTW, went for a long drive , which gave me a chance to play with all the toys.
08-10-2017, 10:19 AM
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Re: New car..finally
Health to enjoy PrimusOur last new Ford also came with problems
We ordered a three door and got five
They had the cheek to say they wouldn’t charge us for the extra doors
Accepted it , got in and the mats were for left hand drive cars. Drove it out, and found there were no window buttons
My first new car was for Christmas a few years ago. I’d only passed my test a year previously so I was super excited. Unfortunately the dealerships all close here for the holiday period so I couldn’t get the car untill the first working day in January. It froze solid here that year. Went to get the car and had to wait two hours because the washers had frozen and my car was still being hand cleaned. In their rush to get it prepared they didn’t notice the front window was cracked They also only put in enough petrol to get it off thendorcou
Rather took the edge of the excitement
08-10-2017, 01:31 PM
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Re: New car..finally
Originally Posted by caricature
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So am I getting this right new cars are only made to order,what of all those parked up at Avonmouth,obviously Imports are they not ready?
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