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• Hyundai Santa Fe long term test 15 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  Credible stuff then, but in the corner of the room an elephant lurks. Why are we running a Santa Fe? It’s not a car that’s only just been launched, it’s neither the best nor the worst nor the cheapest nor the most desirable car in its class, and keen drivers will dismiss it as if it had just handled on the goal-line.
• BMW 5 Series F11 - BMW second hand issues 23 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Matthew explained to me how BMW have extremely high standards and that the car would be prepared to meet this very high standard. Due to this and previous experience with a used BMW from another dealer, I was confident to pay a deposit on 7 November 2014 without viewing the vehicle.
• Navara D40 - Theft & damage to our vehicle whilst at a dealer 4 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  Our vehicle, a Nissan Navara pick-up, was booked in for a service at Brian Leighton Garages - Howden on Wednesday 29th May at 0830hrs. The vehicle was purchased from them on 20th October 2012 and so as to maintain warranty and save time we decided to use the garage for the service. Due to business workload we were unable to get the vehicle to the garage at 0830 on the Wednesday or before the end of play on the Tuesday but a call to the garage informed us that an out of hours facility was available for dropping vehicles off.
• New (Motability) car 15 May 2023 (Forum)
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toyota C-HR 1.8 hybrid Icon - Pro's: Well proven, smooth and efficient running gear. Bigger car in length, but no wider than quite a few others I've singled out. Cushy 215/60 tyres. Con's: £495 advance payment. Aberdeen dealer. If I was buying a car with my own money, the reliability of the C-HR would outweigh things like the boot being a bit small in relation to the size of car (as long as it was big enough) and the rear compartment being a bit claustrophobic due to the small windows and sloping roofline.
• How to sell scooters 23 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  How to sell scooters The following extract from the course notes provided to delegates to the British Association of Scooter, Trialbike And Racing Dealers course on marketing for dealers may be of interest to those people considering the purchase of a new or used scooter. This is apparently part of the industry standard induction course for many scooter importers, dealers and salespeople. The following document, leaked to us by a recent scooter convert, is strictly confidential?
• Dilemma of dilemmas of dilemmas 2 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  PSA 1.6 HDI used in Ford, Mini?, Citroen, Peugeot: Fuel pump issues . DPF/fluid issues Fiat 1.3 and 1.9 also used in Vauxhalls- waterpump seizes, shreds timing belt, bends valves VAG used in Audi, VW, Skoda, Seat and others: piezo injectors, ECU software even in old 110hp 1.9; coolant loss due to porous cylinder heads, oil pump drive fail, Teves ABS issue.
• Peugeot Woes 23 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Due to the distance between myself and the Peugeot garage they said to hold on with the faults and to have them all fixed under warranty repair when the car went it for its free 6 month check up. Now, obviously for any make of car you can take it to that particular make of car?s garage. I opted for my local 10 minute away dealer ?
• SEAT Alhambra 2011 1.4 TSi - Car purchase help 24 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all, I hope someone can help.  I would like to purchase a car. It is a 2011 1.4 tsi Seat Alhambra manual transmission, one owner. It's 55k milage FSH and £9500. Next service and mot is due June/July 2021 It will be an online purchase (so I will not view car until delivery) and is being sold by a Seat approved used dealer.
• Mazda 6 Tourer - Please help.. Mazda 6 2.2 diesel mpg mega issue 18 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  They said this procedure will cost in the region of £1000 and could take over a day, but as it is an issue mazda know is wrong with their engines, they would pay for it on their own warranty at no cost to me. They booked the car in and as I am a key working, this time begrudgingly agreed to provide me with a courtesy car. They had my vehicle in for 1 and a half days, showed me before and after photos of inside my engine and how it is now shiny clean in there and said this will have now definitely solved the issue.
• BMW 5-Series E61 Touring (2004 - ) - 25,000km report BMW 530d 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  So, after much deliberation at the end of last year I ended up replacing my company BMW 530d with?another BMW 530d. I?d actually inherited the first car when I changed jobs from someone who used the opportunity to ?upgrade? to an Audi Q7, though quite why he considered a change from the finest handling mid size saloon on the planet to a boat on wheels to be an upgrade is something I can only speculate on.
• Ford Transit - Help with independent dealer 21 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  We returned later that same day to pay the amount in full but he has put 5/12/13 on both the deposit and the Used Car Invoice, which I probably should've checked and amended. On getting the van home it was dark and from signalling during the drive home, it was clear the left indicator bulb was going - it was flicking on and off very quickly.
• 2004 Pontiac GTO - Motor Trend review 7 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Misty-eyed nostalgic types on our staff are also predicting flashy graphics and, with luck, an Orbit Orange paint job to match the original Judge's. Look for the high-output model to account for roughly 10 percent of GTO volume--say, 2000 cars a year or so. [B]In all likelihood, Pontiac won't use the GTO Judge name. But to us, it sure sounds a lot better than "GTO Plaintiff."[/B] http://www.motortrend.com/motor/mthead02b.jpg
• Skoda Fabia VRs - Failed ECU 4 years old - Sorry for the long post! 18 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  I agreed to insure the courtesy car from 23rd March (I was to drop my car off the next morning) and insure it until Friday 26th March when I would return it to collect my car. On Friday March 26th I travelled to the garage to return the courtesy car and collect my car as agreed.