Have my first "personal lease" car: ie I won't be keeping it, so don't care what it's resale value is.
I understand that it is no longer necessary / compulsory to have it serviced at a main agent?
That being the case, any suggestions of where to take it, in Chorley, Lancashire area?
Or, what minimum requirements would there be for me to consider in choosing a suitable garage?
It's a Mercedes CLK 220 Diesel.
Thanks for any comments
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Take a minute to check the lease conditions. We have 2 cars on Freeway's personal lease and the terms are if the car is to handed back at the end of the lease it HAS to have been main dealer serviced. If we buy the cars they don't care.
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I'll second that, I'd be very careful about doing a non-dealer service when the car is on lease, especially on a car like a Merc. Check the lease terms very carefully.
Blue
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Our smart was on a personal lease and it had to be serviced at the MB main dealers in order to keep the extra warranty. We are friends with a number of smart owners in the north west and they have yet to find a MB main dealer in the area who provides even a satisfactory service, so if you find a good MB dealer in the area let me know!! It was the main reason why I wouldn't consider a MB as dealers over the other side of the Pennines aren't much better either.
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Although there is the EU directive supposedly breaking the main dealer monopoly on in-warranty servicing, I would think hard before you exercise this right, as the dealers are expert at being awkward in the event of a warranty fault ocuuring when the car has been non-dealer serviced.
As their lifeblood is the over inflated servicing revenues, they will do everything they can to be un-accomodating should you go back with what you think is a warranty claim. For instance, most car warranties state that the vehicle must be serviced in accordance with the manufacturers procedures and use genuine manufacturers parts for the service. If they can find one area where this has not been complied with they can declare your warranty void.
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Thanks, everyone, for your comments.
I think you're dead right, Roly. I suppose that I shall just have to clench my butt muscles, and ring around MB dealers for quotes.
Swallows hard.
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IMHO the EU directive is worthless. However, I'm with the manufacturers on this one. If they have not been responsible for a car's maintenance, then why should they foot the bill for a warranty claim?
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Because the claim may have had nothing whatsoever to do with the servicing: Say, you have the car serviced, and then something goes like - I dunno - a drive shaft or the power steering pump, the aircon compressor, or even the gearbox - items which wouldn't necessarily be touched during a service - then it would be pretty shabby of the manufacturer to duck responsibility, wouldn't it?
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it would be pretty shabby of the manufacturer to duck responsibility, wouldn't it?
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I agree, but a lot of them are pretty shabby !
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