The RAC have lost my car.

I said it would have a tale to tell... If it's been on a dual level transporter it's not uncommon for careless loading or unloading to cause minor impact damage. Maybe someone damaged it during transportation if nothing has been nicked from inside it?

You can only guess what might have occurred, I doubt they'll suddenly confess all at this stage, even if "they" know. Some employee may have taken it upon themselves to get it fixed if they feared repercussions from above. Probably even Poirot couldn't get to the truth now.

I did lend a customer a car once and when it came back it smelt like a zoo inside with some feet marks on the headlining. I just said "Had a good time in it?" and their blush was all that was needed to confirm my suspicions without getting the U/V light out <LOL>
 
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I'd be wanting a new car. How are you meant to fulfil your duty to maintain a safe vehicle if they've taken the vehicle out of your posession and done stuff to it you don't know about. What normally happens when a car is nicked and then found? Do ppl just accept the stolen car back with jizz on the seats and coke in the doors?
 
throwaway4372 said:
I'd be wanting a new car. How are you meant to fulfil your duty to maintain a safe vehicle if they've taken the vehicle out of your posession and done stuff to it you don't know about. What normally happens when a car is nicked and then found? Do ppl just accept the stolen car back with jizz on the seats and coke in the doors?
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What do you mean by "new car", a used car but new to the OP or a brand new car?
 
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Firestar_3x said:
What do you mean by "new car", a used car but new to the OP or a brand new car?
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I mean I wouldn't want to own that car anymore. I don't buy new cars so new is always just new to me. I'd expect RAC to be covering the cost of me being back in my starting position - which was having a vehicle I knew the record of. But seeing as RAC can't be trusted it'd probably have to be brand new to be sure it wasn't just someone else's crack den vehicle they'd switcheroo'd.
 
Firestar_3x said:
What do you mean by "new car", a used car but new to the OP or a brand new car?
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Well there's less than a zero percent chance of getting a brand new car on the back of this, and a used one has just the same amount of doubt as to what's occurred in and to it. I get "bombs" from the vet that I set off in truly manky cars or those of customers whose personal hygiene looks even worse than my own. They kill near as damn it everything nasty and leave no lasting odour or marks.
 
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throwaway4372 said:
I mean I wouldn't want to own that car anymore. I don't buy new cars so new is always just new to me. I'd expect RAC to be covering the cost of me being back in my starting position - which was having a vehicle I knew the record of. But seeing as RAC can't be trusted it'd probably have to be brand new to be sure it wasn't just someone else's crack den vehicle they'd switcheroo'd.
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Yeah, that's not going to happen. Technically I am in the position I started in. I have a rear window. If they had delivered it back without one then that would be a different matter entirely.
 
throwaway4372 said:
I mean I wouldn't want to own that car anymore. I don't buy new cars so new is always just new to me. I'd expect RAC to be covering the cost of me being back in my starting position - which was having a vehicle I knew the record of. But seeing as RAC can't be trusted it'd probably have to be brand new to be sure it wasn't just someone else's crack den vehicle they'd switcheroo'd.
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Never going to happen.
 
throwaway4372 said:
I'd be wanting a new car. How are you meant to fulfil your duty to maintain a safe vehicle if they've taken the vehicle out of your posession and done stuff to it you don't know about. What normally happens when a car is nicked and then found? Do ppl just accept the stolen car back with jizz on the seats and coke in the doors?
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Get them to pay for an AA inspection? :D
 
I know we all love a bit of drama and excitement but a whole new car because the rear window got damaged, probably by something entirely innocent like being loaded onto a transporter as suggested above, is a pretty wild expectation :p
 
Kenai said:
I know we all love a bit of drama and excitement but a whole new car because the rear window got damaged, probably by something entirely innocent like being loaded onto a transporter as suggested above, is a pretty wild expectation :p
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If they explained that's all it was then sure. Atm the lack of an explanation means it could be anything.

It's rilot's responsibility to ensure the roadworthiness of the vehicle and atm he can't do that. Clearly it took damage and he doesn't know what. He isn't made whole until this aspect of it is resolved.
 
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throwaway4372 said:
If they explained that's all it was then sure. Atm the lack of an explanation means it could be anything.

It's rilot's responsibility to ensure the roadworthiness of the vehicle and atm he can't do that. Clearly it took damage and he doesn't know what. He isn't made whole until this aspect of it is resolved.
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What happens when you buy a second hand car? Do you do a full nuts and bolts strip down and rebuild?
 
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Actually he's missing some stickers.
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Haha reminds me of an absolute nightmare customer who bought a HP laptop from our store. It got sent for warranty work on the keyboard and they replaced the fascia. He complained to HO they had removed all of the stickers and got a full refund. This was about 11 months into ownership.
 
throwaway4372 said:
If they explained that's all it was then sure. Atm the lack of an explanation means it could be anything.

It's rilot's responsibility to ensure the roadworthiness of the vehicle and atm he can't do that. Clearly it took damage and he doesn't know what. He isn't made whole until this aspect of it is resolved.
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I think you're getting a bit over excited about the whole thing - all we've seen is a broken window, there's pretty much nothing (except your imagination) to suggest the vehicle is now likely to be unroadworthy and in need of replacement.

Not that i'm sure he'd be able to 'ensure the roadworthiness' of any other £2,000 replacement CR-V he got anyway.
 
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tom_e said:
What happens when you buy a second hand car? Do you do a full nuts and bolts strip down and rebuild?
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It isn't comparable. When you buy used it's your choice.


Kenai said:
I think you're getting a bit over excited about the whole thing - all we've seen is a broken window, there's pretty much nothing (except your imagination) to suggest the vehicle is now likely to be unroadworthy and in need of replacement.

Not that i'm sure he'd be able to 'ensure the roadworthiness' of any other £2,000 replacement CR-V he got anyway.
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Perhaps, but one man's over-excited is another man's vigilant. :)
 
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Kenai said:
I think you're getting a bit over excited about the whole thing - all we've seen is a broken window, there's pretty much nothing (except your imagination) to suggest the vehicle is now likely to be unroadworthy and in need of replacement.

Not that i'm sure he'd be able to 'ensure the roadworthiness' of any other £2,000 replacement CR-V he got anyway.
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If I read it right I think they were suggesting it might have been rear ended while loading the transporter, in which case is there other stuff to check like bumper bracket travels, rear panels, parking sensors etc to make sure everything is back as it should be. Don't just get focussed on the glass. etc

As to how that becomes needing or deserving a new car idk
 
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