Lamborghini Service History
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Hi
I purchased a Lambo Gallardo back in 2008, it was on a 05 plate and had 13k on the clock. When i was purchasing the car from Lamborghini they stated to me that the car had full service history and full warranty.
When i went to pick the car up once paid for they stated that the service book was in manchester and would be sent to me via post, i agreed and eventually i did receive the book.
3 years later i decided to sell my gallardo and had a guy ready to buy it, i stated that my car had full service history and gave the gentleman the book, the car had every service stamped apart from the 1st one, which meant the car realistically did not have its first service.
I called the dealer and they said that the car should of had full service history, they checked their records and realised it did not. This now meant that i had to sell the car for less than i already had a buyer for as it did not have full service history.
I called the dealer and said that i have now unfortunatley taken a hit on the car and i questioneed wether the price i innitioaly paid for the car was true, they stated that the value of the car makes no difference wether it had fsh or not.
I will be taking them to court however does anyone have any contacts in where i could find somebody registered who could back up my theory that a car withought service history is worth less and that i was mis sold a car and represented incorrectly by the dealer.
Regards
Os
Edited by Garlick to remove naming and shaming in accordance with our rules
I purchased a Lambo Gallardo back in 2008, it was on a 05 plate and had 13k on the clock. When i was purchasing the car from Lamborghini they stated to me that the car had full service history and full warranty.
When i went to pick the car up once paid for they stated that the service book was in manchester and would be sent to me via post, i agreed and eventually i did receive the book.
3 years later i decided to sell my gallardo and had a guy ready to buy it, i stated that my car had full service history and gave the gentleman the book, the car had every service stamped apart from the 1st one, which meant the car realistically did not have its first service.
I called the dealer and they said that the car should of had full service history, they checked their records and realised it did not. This now meant that i had to sell the car for less than i already had a buyer for as it did not have full service history.
I called the dealer and said that i have now unfortunatley taken a hit on the car and i questioneed wether the price i innitioaly paid for the car was true, they stated that the value of the car makes no difference wether it had fsh or not.
I will be taking them to court however does anyone have any contacts in where i could find somebody registered who could back up my theory that a car withought service history is worth less and that i was mis sold a car and represented incorrectly by the dealer.
Regards
Os
Edited by Garlick to remove naming and shaming in accordance with our rules
I had the car sold at 67k the guy pulled out and eventually 3 weeks later i had to accept 60k.
When i bought the car i purchased it for 99k but i beleive if i new it missed its first service it would of been less.
I would never of bought a car with no service history but lambo london keep saying it had warranty so they cant see my point.
When i bought the car i purchased it for 99k but i beleive if i new it missed its first service it would of been less.
I would never of bought a car with no service history but lambo london keep saying it had warranty so they cant see my point.
osman41 said:
they stated that the value of the car makes no difference wether it had fsh or not.
I bet they wouldn't be saying that if you were selling the car to them! It makes a big difference, many people would not buy without a full service history, they would move on to the next car with a full service history, unless you reduced your price to make it a worthwhile purchase.Proof should be on the dealers systems surely? If they sold an "approved" car to you which missed its first service then it should never have been an approved car, they can't sell approved cars unless they have FSH?
I would go to a lambo dealer in a different group and see if they have visibility of the history of the car to get an independant copy of your own...
I would go to a lambo dealer in a different group and see if they have visibility of the history of the car to get an independant copy of your own...
how do you define full service history when it is stated a service is every 7500 miles (or one year) on a low mileage car..... i know lambo birmingham recently sold a 4 year old car with 13K on the clock with only 3 services but quoted as 'full service history'....
i do think you took too much of a hit on the price for a missed first service....
i do think you took too much of a hit on the price for a missed first service....
This is doomed to failure imo.
Who is to say that a sale at £67k was agreed? And who is to say that a reduction of £7k is the going rate for buying a G with a missed service?
Someone may have came along at a later date and still paid your asking price if you had waited.
I agree that you have been wronged, but you have been undone by your own lack of due diligence.
Who is to say that a sale at £67k was agreed? And who is to say that a reduction of £7k is the going rate for buying a G with a missed service?
Someone may have came along at a later date and still paid your asking price if you had waited.
I agree that you have been wronged, but you have been undone by your own lack of due diligence.
UH-Matt said:
Proof should be on the dealers systems surely? If they sold an "approved" car to you which missed its first service then it should never have been an approved car, they can't sell approved cars unless they have FSH?
I would go to a lambo dealer in a
different group and see if they have visibility of the history of the car to get an independant copy of your own...
I can't see how this will have any relevance, a dealer could bid £1 for the car due to missing stamp but doesn't mean the owner will accept it.I would go to a lambo dealer in a
different group and see if they have visibility of the history of the car to get an independant copy of your own...
OP - take it on the chin and save yourself the stress of court as I can't see it being worthwhile!
shoebag said:
I would not be put off buying a car with one service missing. The cost of the first service on my old Superleggera was only £999 at Lambo Birmingham. People forget to get things done. I know I would of forgotten to get that first service done if I had not been reminded.
totally agree, all comes down to mileage etc...... there used to be a time when poor machining and tooling meant an early 1000 mile oil change was essential on all performance cars to ensure any metallic debri was removed with the early oil to stop premature wear..... so in those good old days, a missed first service may have been a total disaster..... this is not so nowadays, so say in the first year the car has only done 1-2K, and then gets serviced at 5k, is that a reason not to buy a car... i don;t think so...UH-Matt said:
Proof should be on the dealers systems surely? If they sold an "approved" car to you which missed its first service then it should never have been an approved car, they can't sell approved cars unless they have FSH?
problem is matt it would have been a car out of factory warranty, but sold as 'dealer approved'....with a warranty wise warranty or dealer backed warranty, as lambo don;t do a proper auc programme...
I don't meen to sound harsh on the OP here but I think some lessons learned here.
Don't buy a car such with this sort of outlay without seeing all the paperwork and doing a background history check.
This is not particularly hard to do or indeed it doesn't take that long tbh. Ok, so you have to ring round every Lambo dealer to get it's history, as they don't have central records, but there are not many to call.
I did this when I purchased mine and didn't hand over any cash until I was 100% totally satisfied.
Don't rely on a dealers word/promise. For whatever reason, you must totally satisfy yourself you are 100% happy.
It does seem that certain capital city dealer does often come up with this kind of complaint. There are many threads in here re: servicing gripes at their dealership and not many counters.
Anyway, if you do that, then that way if something does unfortunately go wrong there is no-one else to blame!
I agree with the other posts, although annoying, I do think you would find this hard to prove in court especially the lesser value due to their mistake, unless you got an expert valuer to give a differential between the two. Even then it could be argued that is was sold for below what a non FSH car would have been sold anyway. I can't see how you can win this.
Don't buy a car such with this sort of outlay without seeing all the paperwork and doing a background history check.
This is not particularly hard to do or indeed it doesn't take that long tbh. Ok, so you have to ring round every Lambo dealer to get it's history, as they don't have central records, but there are not many to call.
I did this when I purchased mine and didn't hand over any cash until I was 100% totally satisfied.
Don't rely on a dealers word/promise. For whatever reason, you must totally satisfy yourself you are 100% happy.
It does seem that certain capital city dealer does often come up with this kind of complaint. There are many threads in here re: servicing gripes at their dealership and not many counters.
Anyway, if you do that, then that way if something does unfortunately go wrong there is no-one else to blame!
I agree with the other posts, although annoying, I do think you would find this hard to prove in court especially the lesser value due to their mistake, unless you got an expert valuer to give a differential between the two. Even then it could be argued that is was sold for below what a non FSH car would have been sold anyway. I can't see how you can win this.
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