Hey had ham egg and chips at a cafe and feeling relieved and as you say a life lesson. Don't like having arguments so just relief really.

 

I think the problem is work van 5 days a week, by weekend I don't want to drive 200-300 miles- also I don't know anyone that far away.

There is a museum in Wales that is of interest- I guess.

 

I wonder if a thread on warranty would be a good one- something like comparing AA, RAC, buying on a credit card etc.

 

Feeling relief and lossed as next steps. I'm not keen on lease vehicles-but an option perhaps.

 

 

8 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Next time round (hopefully there will not be a next time) follow the very good advice given to you and firmly state I am not having anything to do with whatever warranty you strapped me up with, the car (I believe) is faulty and it is your responsability to fix it or have the car back & refund the purchase price, I will not enter into any further conversation regarding using the word "warranty" This would have saved you lots of hassle, time, lost sleep, arguments, all of which the dealers use the warranty to create, and got you to the same eventual resolution sooner.

 

Good luck with the next purchase.

Learnt my lesson, the unicorn I thought I had found had a host of hidden issues.

 

Are AA RAC Inspections that you see on car lots worth anything?

Good trader schemes etc?

 

Or should default position be to expect problems?.

 

Mentally I'm not sure how soon that will be, going to ask work if I can use van for a couple of weeks and have a think about options.

Warranty seems to be from your point dealers get out and not consumer protection.

I had a VW Bora years ago- loved it and I love the Skoda VRS etc, but having a really bad experience so far,

 

I don't know what to think 

 

 

I can't advise you other than tell you how I view these things and operate, it clearly is not appropriate for the mindset of many but is a view I believe worth passing on.

 

I refuse all additional warranties even to the point of refusing them if they are (not) free and included in the price for the reasons that I and others have explained, it's just a means of the seller disassociating themselves from their legal obligations and blaming everything on the warranty company.

 

In addition even on new goods I don't consider a guarantee worth anything but hassle to me, that view is influenced by living in France, if I buy something and it doesn't work my first reaction is to fix it and get on with my life rather than face the insouciance and downright mistrust & hostility which is the default French customer services response. If I cannot fix it I insist on my money back, not a repair, not an exchange.

 

I only have insurance on anything when it is legally required and even then the absolute minimum cover, when disaster strikes I deal with it ASAP using my own resources and again get on with my life, I have seen too many people lose their businesses through their inability to trade while they argue with insurers and their paid accomplices the experts.

 

During a disaster like the aftermath of a flood or a fire the last thing you want is to be fighting the company you paid good money to to look after you at that exact time.

 

For decades now I have never bought a car from a dealer only private, when something goes wrong I fix it, if I don't know how I learn, that way I never get screwed around and have to listen to BS from a service receptionist, mechanic, salesman or dealer. When I read the reliability surveys for new & second hand vehicles in detail all of the frustration and bad reputation is usually generated by the inability, incompetence or unwillingless of the garages to effect a repair having the car only one time, I have avoided that all my life but have to get my hands dirty and keep up with the technology.

Yes I expect problems, usually they have been hidden or are not declared, it gives me great pleasure to find and resolve a problem where the garages had gaven the previous owners so much grief and cost them so much money that they ended up PX'ing the vehicle and I end up buying it as a trade disposal probably after they tried foisting it off on other punters.

 

There is always something (usually undeclared) that makes people get shot of a desirable vehicle, finding and resolving takes patience and determination but its never rocket science and always actually quite simple once diagnosed.