Smart Fortwo DCT Mechanical Problem

I was on my way to get petrol when I went through that puddle. That mistake is going to cost me £371.70. So I’m not going to that station again, there’s another one which adds about 15 minutes to my journey but the petrol is a bit cheaper there anyway.

Don’t want to make the same mistake twice. I’ve never had such a problem in 9 years of motoring.
 
nlel1975 said:
I was on my way to get petrol when I went through that puddle. That mistake is going to cost me £371.70. So I’m not going to that station again, there’s another one which adds about 15 minutes to my journey but the petrol is a bit cheaper there anyway.

Don’t want to make the same mistake twice. I’ve never had such a problem in 9 years of motoring.
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Save £371.70, leave the plastic off, never have the problem again, don't waste an extra 15 minutes of your life driving to a further away station, profit?
 
tom_e said:
Save £371.70, leave the plastic off, never have the problem again, don't waste an extra 15 minutes of your life driving to a further away station, profit?
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Cars a 2019 with 4400 miles and is still worth several grand. It’s not some old banger that’s not worth repairing. I really don’t mind spending £371.70 on it. It won’t keep me awake at night and I would be happier with the parts replaced then having £371.70 in my bank account doing nothing.
 
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tom_e said:
No one said it was.
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Well at £371.70 it’s certainly not uneconomical to repair when the cars still worth as much as it is. Being as it’s cosmetic damage from going through a puddle I could probably claim on insurance but I won’t as I have an excess of £150 and would prefer to pay for it all myself.
 
Just had another look at my schedule my excess is only £100 it used to be £150 up until 2019. Can’t really be bothered getting insurance involved would have to go through all the hassle that entails and would lose my NCB.

If it was like £1000 then I would, plus it’ll get done quicker if I sort it out myself. A claim like this probably wouldn’t do to much damage to my premiums which were £166 last year.

Besides the main dealer have got the parts on order anyway, my insurance company would use their own repairers and probably not the main dealer.
 
So how deep was the puddle , most know every rut on their regular routes, and steer around the bad ones.
excepting those drivers on the school run, or those SUV drivers who believe advertising their vehicle can ford the deepest road during floods.
you can report/claim on road defects
 
It was deep and I went through it at about 30mph which caused rapid deceleration and a big splash. Immediately afterwards I heard a rough sound so that’s obviously when the damage was done. Never encountered such a puddle on that stretch of road before but it must have been raining heavily shortly before.
 
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Car is telling me it’s due a service in 6 days, new replacement parts not arrived yet, they will call me to re book me in when they do and will carry out the first service under my new service plan at the same time.

I only do about 1100 miles a year so is not going to hurt if it doesn’t get serviced for a few weeks past it’s official due date.
 
nlel1975 said:
I only do about 1100 miles a year so is not going to hurt if it doesn’t get serviced for a few weeks past it’s official due date.
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Service A or Service B?
Also how much is this service plan costing?

For 1100 miles a year, it's probably cheaper to get a taxi than actually own a car and pay main dealer prices :D
 
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Armageus said:
Service A or Service B?
Also how much is this service plan costing?

For 1100 miles a year, it's probably cheaper to get a taxi than actually own a car and pay main dealer prices :D
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It’ll be an A service probably. The three year service plan cost £793.80. I don’t own a car for economical reasons, I just enjoy owning and driving a car.
 
Armageus said:
Service A or Service B?
Also how much is this service plan costing?

For 1100 miles a year, it's probably cheaper to get a taxi than actually own a car and pay main dealer prices :D
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Especially as that'll be 1100 miles of granny driving and totally abusing the engine and mechanicals.
 
dLockers said:
Especially as that'll be 1100 miles of granny driving and totally abusing the engine and mechanicals.
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Nah I only drive once a week and do 23 miles each week nonstop, it’s not lots of short journeys so does the car no harm. I live in Jersey and the maximum speed limit is 40mph on some roads the rest are 30mph. Having a powerful car would be a waste here but some do but each to their own.
 
exactly waste of time owning a supercar .. and the derisory distance to the beach doesn't justify a big car. .. windsurf board would that fit ..
the new ev smart zero though, probably will be popular their ? too early to get one as a loaner.
 
nlel1975 said:
Nah I only drive once a week and do 23 miles each week nonstop, it’s not lots of short journeys so does the car no harm. I live in Jersey and the maximum speed limit is 40mph on some roads the rest are 30mph. Having a powerful car would be a waste here but some do but each to their own.
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Ahh you are in Jersey. No wonder you are a wrong'un :D
 
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