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Hello Chaps,
Had my cerb delivered home this week after a nightmare getting the driveshaft repaired. Long story, RAC recovered me using a contractor in Brighton around 4/5 weeks ago I cant remember. I wanted he car transported home when it broke down but as it was a 300 mile trip it couldn't be done immediately. Next day the recovery company calls and offers to fix the problem for me, I went through with them that it is a TVR etc and that it needed special care and wasn't a normal job e.t.c and since it was a driveshaft I didn't see what harm it would do. So they gave me a courtesy car which broke down a week later but that is a different story, as is someone reversing into it within 48 hours when it was parked!
So then it had to be deliver cerb when ready and collect courtesy car. They had huge problems sourcing a shaft even with me guiding them explicitly.
I specifically told them not to deliver on a tuesday or wednesday, so of course they picked tuesday, I had to leave tuesday morning for some important business meetings, but they promised to return by 9. Well it didn't happen so I drive in the courtesy car 30 miles closer to swap cars (car running on 2 cylinders, it had 3, a brand new Peugeot shed) meet the driver at 11 already late and the cerb had a dead battery so couldn't drive it e.t.c
I told them a number of times not to return the car to me with a flat battery, morons. So I get back on thursday with the car being left at my parents farm as only place it could be unloaded. Set the charger up for battery but didn't check inside e.t.c.
Car started fine today with charged battery, then I notice empty fuel tank and it was full when I was recovered as had just filled it for start of journey home the next day. Then I check the mileage and fortunately the RAC guy had documented the mileage on the paperwork, someone has done 182 miles in it. I'd expect 10 or 15 maybe to check car at a push. But 180!
Quite annoyed as you can imagine, they haven't billed me yet and I certainly have no intention of paying. Do I have any recourse in this situation. The car was clearly repaired before they stated to me, and someone has had it for the weekend and had a good old ride in it.
Thoughts anyone?
Had my cerb delivered home this week after a nightmare getting the driveshaft repaired. Long story, RAC recovered me using a contractor in Brighton around 4/5 weeks ago I cant remember. I wanted he car transported home when it broke down but as it was a 300 mile trip it couldn't be done immediately. Next day the recovery company calls and offers to fix the problem for me, I went through with them that it is a TVR etc and that it needed special care and wasn't a normal job e.t.c and since it was a driveshaft I didn't see what harm it would do. So they gave me a courtesy car which broke down a week later but that is a different story, as is someone reversing into it within 48 hours when it was parked!
So then it had to be deliver cerb when ready and collect courtesy car. They had huge problems sourcing a shaft even with me guiding them explicitly.
I specifically told them not to deliver on a tuesday or wednesday, so of course they picked tuesday, I had to leave tuesday morning for some important business meetings, but they promised to return by 9. Well it didn't happen so I drive in the courtesy car 30 miles closer to swap cars (car running on 2 cylinders, it had 3, a brand new Peugeot shed) meet the driver at 11 already late and the cerb had a dead battery so couldn't drive it e.t.c
I told them a number of times not to return the car to me with a flat battery, morons. So I get back on thursday with the car being left at my parents farm as only place it could be unloaded. Set the charger up for battery but didn't check inside e.t.c.
Car started fine today with charged battery, then I notice empty fuel tank and it was full when I was recovered as had just filled it for start of journey home the next day. Then I check the mileage and fortunately the RAC guy had documented the mileage on the paperwork, someone has done 182 miles in it. I'd expect 10 or 15 maybe to check car at a push. But 180!
Quite annoyed as you can imagine, they haven't billed me yet and I certainly have no intention of paying. Do I have any recourse in this situation. The car was clearly repaired before they stated to me, and someone has had it for the weekend and had a good old ride in it.
Thoughts anyone?
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