McLaren issues
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Mine's been back in for this. Doors we're prone to not closing properly if the mechanism got wet. Not good. Factory has already made the new/upgraded parts, and its a couple of hours to fit. Car only came back today but seems to work so far!!!
I'll give them one thing, service has been superb - someone from MTC came to look at my car, then they and the dealership got onto it asap. Its irritating, but with a new car (in this case a new brand) this kind of thing is forgivable in my opinion as long as they're efficient sorting it out....
I'll give them one thing, service has been superb - someone from MTC came to look at my car, then they and the dealership got onto it asap. Its irritating, but with a new car (in this case a new brand) this kind of thing is forgivable in my opinion as long as they're efficient sorting it out....
Mosi said:
Well I would be right peeved off if my £200k car locked itself as soon as I got it and had to be recovered back to one of only 3 service centres (potentially miles away) - it would tarnish the experience from day one
Each to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
Comes with being a first adopter,mine was 2 hours from leaving the factory last thursday!,the supplier fixed the problem over the weekend and Mclaren started fitting it early this week,so hopefully i will get it for this weekendEach to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
Mosi said:
Well I would be right peeved off if my £200k car locked itself as soon as I got it and had to be recovered back to one of only 3 service centres (potentially miles away) - it would tarnish the experience from day one
Each to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
Would have been nice to have got mine but in the end I just couldn't put up with the endless broken promises of delivery dates, non information, misinformation and people not contacting me when asked to, final straw was they started bumping cars ahead of mine on what appeared to be a 'who shouts loudest' policy and believe me I was shouting but clearly at the wrong person. Perhaps it's for the best because if after all that had have happened bits started not working then I think I'd have driven it through the front of the showroom!Each to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
I'm sure they'll get it right in time, of course they will need to, but they are a million miles away from their claim that they will transform (for the better) the customer experience that is typical in the market place
On the subject of doors...would be interested to hear from owners how they are getting on the opening mechanism. On the test drive I couldn't get the door to open at first (I obviously wasn't stroking it correctly!) But it struck me that having to rub your finger along the underside of the door would mean getting muck on your hand (assuming you are using the car on a daily basis). The salesperson tried to convince me that it wouldn't get dirty but I was not fully convinced.
Schnellmann said:
On the subject of doors...would be interested to hear from owners how they are getting on the opening mechanism. On the test drive I couldn't get the door to open at first (I obviously wasn't stroking it correctly!) But it struck me that having to rub your finger along the underside of the door would mean getting muck on your hand (assuming you are using the car on a daily basis). The salesperson tried to convince me that it wouldn't get dirty but I was not fully convinced.
Production cars have a button on the remote to pop the doors.garyhun said:
It’s not that things go wrong; it’s how you fix it that counts!
True although it's petty disappointing that, given the amount of testing they were meant to be doing, they're still fixing outstanding issues such as this (it's not the only one, I understand). Unfortunately my experience pretty much mirrored that of Mark's.Mosi said:
Well I would be right peeved off if my £200k car locked itself as soon as I got it and had to be recovered back to one of only 3 service centres (potentially miles away) - it would tarnish the experience from day one
Each to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
Sure - we'd all be peeved. Each to their own I suppose, some people are more tolerant
But after a mate spent £427,000 on a new Ferrari (at the time), and his engine lid didn't close after the whole car was sent back to the FACTORY to get sorted and the dealer and Ferrari UK didn't return his phone calls, I'll give McLaren the benefit of the doubt. Let's not go into Lamborghini. I've got first hand experience of them and new car problems.
GFWilliams said:
Production cars have a button on the remote to pop the doors.
No they don't....!Door opening? Its getting better with practice, but I'm waiting for the time that I walk up to the car with a few people watching (these seem to get as many looks as Enzo's) and s0d around trying to open the doors for ages looking ilke a right prat.....
DeltaOne said:
GFWilliams said:
Production cars have a button on the remote to pop the doors.
No they don't....!Door opening? Its getting better with practice, but I'm waiting for the time that I walk up to the car with a few people watching (these seem to get as many looks as Enzo's) and s0d around trying to open the doors for ages looking ilke a right prat.....
Also, does the popper work when you've got gloves on?
GFWilliams said:
That's interesting, I heard that McLaren were doing it. Reason being that when the car is wet and dirty you don't want to get the car wet.
Also, does the popper work when you've got gloves on?
Not tried it with gloves, but a button on the remote would have been useful..... Also, does the popper work when you've got gloves on?
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