Morning,

So the issue here I have….we had an engine repair light come on so I made an appointment for the car to be booked in, which was the 8th of August at 7.30am, I recieved a phone call at around 9.40 asking for all the service history in the car which was then sent to them via email. The garage was contacted by Perry’s and they then forwarded the invoices to prove that all parts and oil were supplied using Vauxhall approved parts. I then was told that this evidence needed to be sent to the head office to where they would make a decision as to whether the car would be covered through warranty as the car is only 2.5 years old.
I recieved an email 2 days later saying that Vauxhall are not going to agree for the repair to be made at this point and the only way we could move forward was for the stage one repair to be paid for and then they put the claim in and we would have to wait to see whether they would reimburse the money, at a cost of £1284.58. The stage one repair would be a new wet belt and oil pump clean. Stage 2 would be a new oil pump if stage 1 was not to fix the problem and stage 3 would be a new engine, which at this stage they feel we should pay for.
As we are on a PCP the car is not ours, it is on finance through Vauxhall finance, which I let Perry’s know. I have emailed Vauxhall financial with all the above information, I have not at this point had a response and my car is still at perrys with advice for me not to drive!
The question is the car is still under warranty they have all evidence that Vauxhall approved parts have been used, how are they able to even question whether the claim. It seems to me that Vauxhall will be fighting Vauxhall. If anyone has any advice or can give me any information as to why we are having to go through all this, we would truly appreciate it.

Regards
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An old topic but a chat with a car salesman’s on Monday got me thinking.

He works for a Porsche dealer and they have been doing well post covid.

However, noticed a slight slowdown July and August but nothing unusual with it being holiday time.

However he tells me they are expecting a drastic slow down next year when more people renew mortgages or have rental increases and new PCP rates are too much especially on anything Porsche sell.

Internally they are already discussing lowering sales targets for next year and even staff levels, and likewise pushing heavily sales this September as he stated it will be the best September for a good few years,

With interest rate hikes and cost of living hikes (both of which I understand, it is what happens when governments print money and lower its value), do forum contributors only expect it to hit the top of the market and effect luxury makes such as Porsche and prestige makes such as Mercedes or will it have a knock on effect for the rest of the car market?
A good opportunity for the likes of Suzuki and Dacia to grow further?

I thought it was worth sharing, it’s certainly got me reconsidering my current plan to change cars this Autumn and maybe hold off until next summer.


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Morning All.

If an MOT advisory appears in year 1, but not year 2, is it safe to assume that the item has been rectified?

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