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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:55 pm 
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I have had a good look on line and cannot find any company's who cover taxis or PH, is there any???
Had a look at some of the obvious ones but they dont cover taxis or PH


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:08 pm 
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skippy41 wrote:
I have had a good look on line and cannot find any company's who cover taxis or PH, is there any???
Had a look at some of the obvious ones but they dont cover taxis or PH


And there was me thinking Skoda's were perpetual motion machines.... :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:44 pm 
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skippy41 wrote:
I have had a good look on line and cannot find any company's who cover taxis or PH, is there any???
Had a look at some of the obvious ones but they dont cover taxis or PH

Would you? :?

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:15 pm 
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What do you want a warrenty for? They rarely pay out. We bought a brand new vehicle in December. The are a couple of places on the bottom of the doors that look as though there is rust coming through. Told today sorry that is not covered by the warrenty. Pi55ed off or what!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:26 pm 
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What do you want a warrenty for? They rarely pay out. We bought a brand new vehicle in December. The are a couple of places on the bottom of the doors that look as though there is rust coming through. Told today sorry that is not covered by the warrenty. Pi55ed off or what!

what is the make and model usually they should have a anti-corrosion cover for a good few years


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:56 am 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
grandad wrote:
What do you want a warrenty for? They rarely pay out. We bought a brand new vehicle in December. The are a couple of places on the bottom of the doors that look as though there is rust coming through. Told today sorry that is not covered by the warrenty. Pi55ed off or what!

what is the make and model usually they should have a anti-corrosion cover for a good few years

The problem is that they are saying that we must have done something to the vehicle for the apparent corrosion to be showing through.
the car was bought from cab direct and they just say that we should have noticed it on delivery. It wasn't there on delivery, it has shown up since. :roll:

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:36 am 
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Having worked in a parts dept linked to customer sales and a workshop i can only say that the word "W******Y" was not allowed, it used to result in being made to stand in the corner all day, on my 1st ever saturday morning shift, opening up myself, working alone my 1st customer was due SIX "airsprings" (£150 each) so i handed them over under warranty (knew he was coming) but didnt think he had to sign anything and just let him take them.....ooops

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:59 pm 
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Warranties????? Don't waste your money, they only cover the most unlikely things to break :x Oh and the "allowances for wear and tear" clause????? That means you're fecked :roll:


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:21 pm 
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grandad wrote:
United Taxis 11 wrote:
grandad wrote:
What do you want a warrenty for? They rarely pay out. We bought a brand new vehicle in December. The are a couple of places on the bottom of the doors that look as though there is rust coming through. Told today sorry that is not covered by the warrenty. Pi55ed off or what!

what is the make and model usually they should have a anti-corrosion cover for a good few years

The problem is that they are saying that we must have done something to the vehicle for the apparent corrosion to be showing through.
the car was bought from cab direct and they just say that we should have noticed it on delivery. It wasn't there on delivery, it has shown up since. :roll:



That's why I'd never use Cab Direct.


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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:52 am 
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We have invested in the skoda fabia's, they come with two years unlimited mileage warranty and yes they cover trade, from my experience they covered everything apart from wear and tear i.e brakes, tyres, servicing, clutch and anti pollution part. First 100k no problems second 100k this is what they have replaced, engine, turbo, window mechanism, lock mechanism, door sensors, fuses, gearbox. So all in all a good job done.

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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:49 am 
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yellowcars wrote:
the skoda fabia's... engine


engine?


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o-marek wrote:
yellowcars wrote:
the skoda fabia's... engine


engine?


its the noisy smelly hot bit under the bonnet

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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:36 am 
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you either buy new and hope the warranty covers trade or buy cheap and keep back money to cover problems, at one time an engine was a grand, now a clutch+DMF can cost that


hope. pray and sprinkling car with holy water might help

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