citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l.

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Mon 24 Aug 2015 01:11
citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l. - holly lou

Hi. I purchased a citreon c4 05 plate from a dealer, 250 miles from my home. The clutch felt high on test drive but the dealer assured me it was fine and was a citreon thing. Since getting it home it definately is a problem as not only is it very high I have smelt it burning on a couple of occasions. The car is under 28 day warranty, the car wouldn't make it back to the dealer so would it be acceptable to request to have the work done by a machanic where I live and the dealer pay for the work?.

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Mon 24 Aug 2015 09:49
citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l. - skidpan

Is it just me or does there appear to be a large number of posters buying old cars with easilly spotable faults form dealers a considerable distance away. Surely they can buy equally dodgy motors a stones throw away form home.

But should the OP happen to be genuine no you cannot get it repaired by a local mechanic, you must allow the seller to sort any issues. Any expenses you incur getting the car back are down to you.

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Mon 24 Aug 2015 10:15
citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l. - gordonbennet

You'll have to try and persuade the dealer to pay for the job locally, but best of luck with that judging by his reported sales flannel.

This distance buying is really only for people who know enough about cars, or the car is new enough for makers warranty, or very rare/specialist.

Run of the mill cars should only be bought at distance if there is enough cost difference involved built into the price for such things as a new clutch.

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Tue 25 Aug 2015 00:54
citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l. - Avant

You have to allow the dealer a chance to repair it: it's not his fault that you live so far away!

Allow a full day, and tell the dealer that you're going to try to drive the car to his premises - and that if it doesn't make it you'll be calling him out.

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Tue 25 Aug 2015 09:16
citroen c4 - citreon c4 05 plate. high clutch and burning l. - RobJP

I have to agree with skidpan here : why on earth would you drive 250 miles to buy a 10 year old, run-of-the-mill car. It just makes no sense at all, unless you're in the remote west highlands/islands of Scotland.

That's a 500 mile round trip. And all the fuel/fares involved in getting there and back, which you could have put into buying a (slightly) better car closer to home.

Not to mention the fact that if you've put so much effort into going to view a car so far away, you've already committed to buying it, in your mind at least. Which means that the salesman knows he's got you over a barrel already.

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