New car painted wrong colour

[jeff666]

DefenderOfTheFaith said:

jeff666 said:

Fantastic,

I guess all the cars you bought from them turned up in the right colour ? Happy days eh ?

So far, so good My DB11 is due to be built in March. Will get them to check...

Hey,

Get them to double check

[Cold]

jeff666 said:

Yes of course you would

Are you saying I'm lying? Show your working please.

[PurpleAki]

Cold said:

They wouldn't have refused to deal with me as I wouldn't have been a dick when the mistake was uncovered. I'd have sat down calmly with the dealer and a rep from AM to discuss options that we were all happy with. I certainly wouldn't have bothered with a solicitor about the colour of a toy.

So you'd pay almost £200k for something that's manufactured incorrectly and be happy with that? Sounds like you're the dick.

[AndrewD]

This thread doesn't reflect well on AM.

Was considering one at some point too, I understand they are going to bring out a proper sports car based on the platform the DB11 uses.

Will watch with interest.

[lee_fr200]

Wow Aston Martin are proper dicks!

Can't you just agree to sign a contract for 12 months that you won't sell the car

Looks stunning tbh

[jeff666]

AndrewD said:

This thread doesn't reflect well on AM.

Was considering one at some point too, I understand they are going to bring out a proper sports car based on the platform the DB11 uses.

Will watch with interest.

I totally agree,

What with social media like FB Twitter etc you would of thought they would have bent over backwards to keep the OP on side.

As for the people saying they would accept the mistake, not convinced at all.

[Cold]

PurpleAki said:

So you'd pay almost £200k for something that's manufactured incorrectly and be happy with that? Sounds like you're the dick.

But a dick in a new car that's worth £100k more than I paid for it and a handful of complimentary AM goodies a lifetime of goodwill and zero stress.

[DefenderOfTheFaith]

jeff666 said:

What with social media like FB Twitter etc you would of thought they would have bent over backwards to keep the OP on side.

Agree, which is why I think there is more to this than we are being told...

[Butter Face]

PurpleAki said:

Cold said:

They wouldn't have refused to deal with me as I wouldn't have been a dick when the mistake was uncovered. I'd have sat down calmly with the dealer and a rep from AM to discuss options that we were all happy with. I certainly wouldn't have bothered with a solicitor about the colour of a toy.

So you'd pay almost £200k for something that's manufactured incorrectly and be happy with that? Sounds like you're the dick.

Tbh I agree with Cold.

If I'd waited that long and got so excited I'd have taken it in the wrong colour and got on with it, taken whatever combo they wanted to give and enjoyed it safe in the knowledge I'll always make a fortune when I sold it.

We're all different though, some people just wouldn't be able to do that.

[DefenderOfTheFaith]

It's hardly ugly even in the 'wrong' colour is it!

[Cold]

DefenderOfTheFaith said:

It's hardly ugly even in the 'wrong' colour is it!

To me this is a key point. No one has stated that the colour is dreadful, it's just not the shade of grey ordered. The ordering screw up doesn't suddenly mean that the car is a minger.

Sure, I don't have the emotional involvement in the car that the OP has, but even then I don't think I would have handled the situation in the same way.

[VGTICE]

Cold said:

They wouldn't have refused to deal with me as I wouldn't have been a dick when the mistake was uncovered. I'd have sat down calmly with the dealer and a rep from AM to discuss options that we were all happy with. I certainly wouldn't have bothered with a solicitor about the colour of a toy.

I bet you'd even apologise them for the inconvenience, tell me I'm wrong.

[xjay1337]

Cold said:

To me this is a key point. No one has stated that the colour is dreadful, it's just not the shade of grey ordered. The ordering screw up doesn't suddenly mean that the car is a minger.

Sure, I don't have the emotional involvement in the car that the OP has, but even then I don't think I would have handled the situation in the same way.

How many shades of grey are there though?



(Sorry).

[DefenderOfTheFaith]

They don't seem that colour sensitive to me - this looks nice in white.

Particularly if you're flipping selling!

Surely someone that sells after 338 miles and less than a year was only ever buying it to flip, unless this is a demo car.

Edited by DefenderOfTheFaith on Sunday 19th February 20:15

[Cold]

VGTICE said:

I bet you'd even apologise them for the inconvenience, tell me I'm wrong.

Wouldn't matter what I tell you as you'd still think I was lying.
But I'd still be driving around in my new and significantly more valuable car. You and some others have nothing but a meeting with a solicitor to look forward to.

[Digger]

What we still don't know is why AM/dealer reneged on the resolution offered to, and agreed by the OP.

Something must have caused them to pull out of this gentlemen's agreement? Perhaps something the OP is not letting on, perhaps understandably?

[DefenderOfTheFaith]

Totally agree. We need the whole story I think...

OP?

[Digger]

DefenderOfTheFaith said:

Totally agree. We need the whole story I think...

OP?

Why have all your posts been in this thread? It's almost as if you want the OP to implicate himself for some reason!

[mattwhite709]

Op its looks like this has taken a real bad turn for the worse and AM certainly have egg on their face. If I was in your shoes maybe you could of got AM to pay for the car to be re sprayed in a colour you wanted. Hope the legal case works out for you.

[Butter Face]

I think respraying it would have a negative effect on its value tbh.