Halfords staffer wrecks a customer's Alfa

[MadCaptainJack]

‘Completely destroyed’: how a Halfords service left a car owner £2,000 out of pocket





ETA: While the car in this case doesn't appear to be a QF, this reminds me of a memo that got sent around Alfa dealerships a few years back, after someone put a QF into Race mode during a test drive.

Can you guess what happened?

Edited by MadCaptainJack on Saturday 13th April 10:58

[Dracoro]

Must have Marcus Rashford’s driving skills to do all that damage at only 25mph

[anonymous-user]

25mph my arse.

[Pica-Pica]

That’s the headlines - read further.

[Cotty]

"Halfords stood by its employee’s claim that the Alfa Romeo was being professionally driven at 25mph".

If thats professionally driven I would hate to see what one of their amateur drivers would do.

[Hustle_]

Logan Sargeant takes on a day job

[Bobupndown]

Oh you'd be so raging!

[Lester H]

Oh, hell ! However, I can imagine the excuses: “Testing…..testing….”

[Dapster]

“ His hire car had a puncture, resulting in a £600 excess payment”

What!!!! I’d imagine it was a 175/75 Langling for a rental Yaris - that’s criminal

[p4cks]

"the final police report has not been received"

I suspect it will suggest that the driver was slightly about the claimed 25 mph

[MarkJS]

He took his ‘cherished’ & ‘beloved’ Alfa to…..Halfords for service work. Wonder where he’d take it if he didn’t care.

Although in reality, this could happen absolutely anywhere.

[Cylon2007]

The real question is WTAF would he take his Alfa to Halfords for a service????????????

[Peter911]

The fact he had a puncture in the hire car causing a £600 excess asks more questions than you expect.

[bad company]

I once saw my car being driven by the owner of the garage apparently fitting new tyres. Road test??

I never took a car there again.

[ChocolateFrog]

Peter911 said:

The fact he had a puncture in the hire car causing a £600 excess asks more questions than you expect.

Suddenly a £9.99 puncture repair kit looks like a prudent purchase.

[PlywoodPascal]

MadCaptainJack said:

‘Completely destroyed’: how a Halfords service left a car owner £2,000 out of pocket

"I'm sorry sir, but we didn't cover Alfa Romeos on our "headlight bulb changes" skills development course"
"would sir accept as a gesture of goodwill this voucher for 50% off of car care products?"

[PlywoodPascal]

Forester1965 said:

25mph my arse.

or he was at 25mph but crashed again and again?

[PlywoodPascal]

ChocolateFrog said:

Peter911 said:

The fact he had a puncture in the hire car causing a £600 excess asks more questions than you expect.

Suddenly a £9.99 puncture repair kit looks like a prudent purchase.

If you get a puncture in a hire car, better to sort it yourself normally rather than pay the excess.

Though a few weeks ago (and in theme for this thread) I returned a hire car to Hertz at Heathrow and there was a Mercedes there with the customer and an AA van/man also in attendance. The customer had called the AA to replace a tyre and during the course of doing so the Mercedes dropped of the jack (with no wheel on it) causing what looked like a fair bit of damage. Fun one to sort before catching a flight...

[Heaveho]

How many accidents has he actually had? That's a lot of damage.

[Mr Penguin]

At least now I know not to take my car to Halfords.