Facebook marketplace Lexus RX400h SE-L, what could go wrong?

[lwindward]

Apart from the tax, I cant see the point of the outlander PHEV, I had a 69 plate one for three months. Unless you plug it in every day ( then get about 20 miles ) there is virtually no recharge of electric, maybe a mile or two at max, the petrol economy was shocking, about 33mpg, whereas a diesel would give me 46 ( our other glc250). There are the choice at work now as the tax is about 300 a month as opposed to the 600 for the Merc, but as a private purchase , why would you. In the end I bought the GLC, its better in every way.

[BrettMRC]

lwindward said:

Apart from the tax, I cant see the point of the outlander PHEV, I had a 69 plate one for three months. Unless you plug it in every day ( then get about 20 miles ) there is virtually no recharge of electric, maybe a mile or two at max, the petrol economy was shocking, about 33mpg, whereas a diesel would give me 46 ( our other glc250). There are the choice at work now as the tax is about 300 a month as opposed to the 600 for the Merc, but as a private purchase , why would you. In the end I bought the GLC, its better in every way.

Interesting that you were getting 20miles? [cynic]Was it really that, or just what it told you were getting?[/cynic]



Sorry for the de-rail OP

[LincolnLovin]

lwindward said:

Apart from the tax, I cant see the point of the outlander PHEV, I had a 69 plate one for three months. Unless you plug it in every day ( then get about 20 miles ) there is virtually no recharge of electric, maybe a mile or two at max, the petrol economy was shocking, about 33mpg, whereas a diesel would give me 46 ( our other glc250). There are the choice at work now as the tax is about 300 a month as opposed to the 600 for the Merc, but as a private purchase , why would you. In the end I bought the GLC, its better in every way.

If you’re not charging every day then you are going to miss out on the point of a PHEV imo.

[LincolnLovin]

Still waiting on the other bank to complete their investigation, I don't have a particularly high expectation of success.

[Hoofy]

How much are we talking about?

Doesn't the dealership have insurance?

[BrettMRC]

LincolnLovin said:

Still waiting on the other bank to complete their investigation, I don't have a particularly high expectation of success.

Keep making a lot of noise - you are the victim, don't let them lose sight of that.

[LincolnLovin]

True, but it depends on how their compensation scheme works?

[BrettMRC]

LincolnLovin said:

True, but it depends on how their compensation scheme works?

Depends on the Bank, the issue (if there is one) will be that the banks platform/your account access wasn't abused to get the money moved, the fraudster socially engineered you to make the transfer via the compromised email account.

Keep on them

[LincolnLovin]

That's my concern - and I'm not sure what the recourse is.

[BrettMRC]

Morally the dealer should refund as you were a victim of their breach, often the bank will refund post investigation which is what I suspect the dealer is hoping for.

Have you heard much from the dealer?

[LincolnLovin]

Nothing since the chat with the manager, we’re waiting on the results of the bank and then decided on what to do then.

[LincolnLovin]

Annnd the bank aren’t covering me. Fun times.

[BrettMRC]

LincolnLovin said:

Annnd the bank aren’t covering me. Fun times.

Have you had that in writing, along with why?

What has the dealer said with this taken into account?

[Hoofy]

[bolidemichael]

Time to speak with the solicitors.

[LincolnLovin]

BrettMRC said:

Have you had that in writing, along with why?

What has the dealer said with this taken into account?

Yup its in writing, they said that they (the bank) did everything it needed to according to the code but that I could had done more. I don't consider what I have done to be gross negligence so will escalate to the ombudsman.

I'm awaiting a callback from the dealer to discuss.

[BrettMRC]

LincolnLovin said:

BrettMRC said:

Have you had that in writing, along with why?

What has the dealer said with this taken into account?

Yup its in writing, they said that they (the bank) did everything it needed to according to the code but that I could had done more. I don't consider what I have done to be gross negligence so will escalate to the ombudsman.

I'm awaiting a callback from the dealer to discuss.

This is all with the dealer then- it was their compromise that started it...

Do they still have a vehicle you want?

[LincolnLovin]

Yup, the battle to come. I am still going to speak with the bank to see if I can change their mind.

[SpeckledJim]

This is a sthouse situation. IMO it's the dealer's responsibility to see you right.

Timely reminder to us all to always send a tenner first and check it arrived safely before wiring a lot of money anywhere.

[Hoofy]

SpeckledJim said:

This is a sthouse situation. IMO it's the dealer's responsibility to see you right.

Timely reminder to us all to always send a tenner first and check it arrived safely before wiring a lot of money anywhere.

Yes, I thought I was just being paranoid but clearly not!