Taking franchised dealer to small claims

mattyg · 19 Feb 2015 at 22:47

WJA96 said:
Do bear in mind though that even when you get the judgement they don't necessarily pay up. I have a CCJ against the operators of the store that funds these very forums, but they didn't pay up.

Thats why when I get judgment I pass it straight up to the high court. Those guys don't mess about

Atom · 5 Mar 2015 at 00:39

Well I got a phone call from the dealer principals PR woman and they have offered me £200 below the price I asked them to buy back the vehicle for, so that's a result and I accepted their offer...

They can give me a cheque or a direct bank transfer for the amount and I asked for the bank transfer thinking it will be quicker and less hassle. Nothing dodgy about them offering a bank transfer is there?

pepsilol · 5 Mar 2015 at 00:49

bledd · 5 Mar 2015 at 09:09

Handbrake turn into the dealership

Gaygle · 5 Mar 2015 at 10:26

bledd. said:
Handbrake turn into the dealership

And empty the screenwash to use in your new car.

Atom · 5 Mar 2015 at 10:52

hahaha. spin the wheels into the parking spot

ADT · 5 Mar 2015 at 10:56

Looks like good result! Now misery can be handed over to the new poor person that ends buying the car

Third Opinion · 5 Mar 2015 at 12:50

Any idea who owned it before? Was it a rally driver or something?

Any chance it was an ex-driving school car? Just thinking with the clutch and gearbox failure issues so early in its life.

Atom · 6 Mar 2015 at 01:24

Budget rent a car!!

I was told before I purchased that it was owned by VX themselves..

Third Opinion · 6 Mar 2015 at 02:05

Atom said:
Budget rent a car!!

I was told before I purchased that it was owned by VX themselves..

Unfortunately you hear way to often about how people think it is funny to thrash hire cars as they are not theirs.

It is frightening to think of how badly that was abused to cause that damage to a relatively new car.

matt_fsr · 6 Mar 2015 at 11:55

And this thread is a shining example of why the motor trade is hated so much, by so many!

Dav4 · 6 Mar 2015 at 13:13

A new clutch at 17k miles :eek:

My first car was a Focus with 110k miles that had such a hard life and that was still on its original clutch when it sold.That list of things that have gone wrong is shocking!
Vauxhall's are utter trash I don't get why people still buy them and to think the heap of crap Corsa has been the 2nd best selling car for the last few years

fire_munki · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:03

Dis86 said:
Well colour me surprised!

Definitely sounds like the usual EH sack of crap.

Best of luck OP!

That's because they are the same! I purchased my Fiesta St from EH (complete with issues!) and was emailing to a Pendragon email address. I am never ever buying anything from them ever again.

Uriel · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:46

fire_munki said:
That's because they are the same! I purchased my Fiesta St from EH (complete with issues!) and was emailing to a Pendragon email address. I am never ever buying anything from them ever again.

Pentagon - Pendragon. Not the same.

mattyg · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:53

Dav4 said:
A new clutch at 17k miles My first car was a Focus with 110k miles that had such a hard life and that was still on its original clutch when it sold.That list of things that have gone wrong is shocking!
Vauxhall's are utter trash I don't get why people still buy them and to think the heap of crap Corsa has been the 2nd best selling car for the last few years

A hard life whilst not having your foot on the clutch.
or
A hard life sat on a hill doing the worlds slowest hill start whilst ignoring the smell and smoke coming from the gearbox area

A clutch can be killed within minutes of driving off the forecourt

fire_munki · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:40

Uriel said:
Pentagon - Pendragon. Not the same.

Ooops, reading error!