Reasonable to ask dealer to pay for my insurance?

[jimxms]

Long story short, I bought a car a month ago that had a knackered torque converter. Sent car straight back to dealer who has now had my car in their workshop for 1 month.

My insurance policy costs 100 quid a month. Would it be unreasonable to ask them to cough up for it?

[sicarumba]

If the dealer has given you a courtesy car while yours is in the garage, then yes it's unreasonable since you are effectively no worse off. Otherwise get asking!

[jimxms]

sicarumba said:

If the dealer has given you a courtesy car while yours is in the garage, then yes it's unreasonable since you are effectively no worse off. Otherwise get asking!

Depends what you class as a courtesy car. I got given their 'run around' which was a stty 15yr old Citroen Xsara that has trim hanging off it, stained seats, stinks of petrol, busted handbrake, broken fuel gauge....

Hardly a substitute for an AMG Merc...

[thinfourth2]

jimxms said:

sicarumba said:

If the dealer has given you a courtesy car while yours is in the garage, then yes it's unreasonable since you are effectively no worse off. Otherwise get asking!

Depends what you class as a courtesy car. I got given their 'run around' which was a stty 15yr old Citroen Xsara that has trim hanging off it, stained seats, stinks of petrol, busted handbrake, broken fuel gauge....

Hardly a substitute for an AMG Merc...

Yeah its been moving under its own steam for a month

[Stu R]

zing!

[jimxms]

thinfourth2 said:

Yeah its been moving under its own steam for a month

Mostly backwards when parked on hills, yep.

[T5R+]

I would be more worried about the fact it has taken a month.

You do realise it is costing you more than £100/month for the pleasure of Xsara

HNY.

[jimxms]

T5R+ said:

I would be more worried about the fact it has taken a month.

You do realise it is costing you more than £100/month for the pleasure of Xsara

HNY.

At the moment I'm not even sure if I want the car back after it is repaired. Me and a mate could have replaced the TQ converter on my driveway using ramps and bottle jacks in a few days, but the garage have just been dragging their heels looking for cheap ways to get around the problem.

I still need to charge them for the recovery and garage costs when it tried to suck some rubber trim into the engine on day 3 of my ownership!

But worst of all i've got to go and meet clients in this battered peice of st on Tuesday.

[sicarumba]

jimxms said:

At the moment I'm not even sure if I want the car back after it is repaired. Me and a mate could have replaced the TQ converter on my driveway using ramps and bottle jacks in a few days, but the garage have just been dragging their heels looking for cheap ways to get around the problem.

I still need to charge them for the recovery and garage costs when it tried to suck some rubber trim into the engine on day 3 of my ownership!

But worst of all i've got to go and meet clients in this battered peice of st on Tuesday.

It sounds like £100 towards your insurance won't cut it even if they do give it to you. Why don't you just get your money back and go somewhere else.

And rent a car to meet your clients.

[Daston]

More to the point how on earth are you paying £100 a month insurance? Do you live on the Gaza strip?

[theaxe]

You may be saving £100 a month on petrol!

I know how you feel though, Jaguar tried to give me a Yaris while they fixed my XJ. Not impressed but fortunately it was only 2 days.

[jimxms]

Daston said:

More to the point how on earth are you paying £100 a month insurance? Do you live on the Gaza strip?

29, 1 non fault accident, driving 2 years, 5.4l supercharged v8, 500bhp, rwd.


Probably less risk to insure on the strip. lol

[m8rky]

Sounds like the Merc is the shed not the Xsara.I would get your money back the car and the dealer both sound dodgy.

[Mastodon2]

I remember your first thread, I also remember a lot of people telling you to get a refund on the car. Unfortunately you've probably missed the window for that now so you are likely to be stuck with the expensive old banger. While you will have lost money already, if I were you I'd be getting the car back from the dealer and trying somewhere else. If you did a similar job in a few days there is no reason it should have taken a month to do it.

[Poverty]

shouldnt have bought that shoddy old shed in the first place was always asking for trouble

[anonymous-user]

o/t what car did you have before?

[jimxms]

The Spruce goose said:

o/t what car did you have before?

Ls430 and before that a 400bhp IS300

[jimxms]

Poverty said:

shouldnt have bought that shoddy old shed in the first place was always asking for trouble

I don't get why it's a shed? It suffered with the same problem that almost all E and C classes did between 2003-2006 and I've been lucky enough to have someone else foot the several grand repair bill!

[Zwolf]

I don't suppose it was bought from a trade centre in West Yorks was it?

[jimxms]

Zwolf said:

I don't suppose it was bought from a trade centre in West Yorks was it?

Nah mate, afaik its not been over that way in its life. At least not from what I can see on the receipts and services.