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Should the dealer pay more for my repairs?
I bought a Ford Ka 1999 with 85,000 miles on the clock from a local dealer and after two days the clutch went on it. So I phoned the car dealer and we agreed to go halfs on the repair and his mechanic would fix it, I was without the car for 2 weeks and the repair only lasted 2 hours. I went somewhere else and got the car repaired and been good as gold since, I paid £400 for the repair and the car salesman has offerd me 200 towards the repair. I don't think this aceptable as i paid £80 for the first non lasting repair and £400 for the second repair. what would you suggest ?

Asked on 2 December 2011 by joseph

Answered by Honest John
Settle for the £200 offered. That's reasonable.
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