Laughable loan car offered by AM recovery...
Discussion
I seem to have one car for every purpose.
A sticker in my Aston Martin states; 'My other car is a Vauxhall'.
( the Vauxhall is for lugging garden waste to the tip' )
However, the Vauxhall does not have any stickers.
Does that mean I am not a snob ?
(It is Friday, but only avinalarf believes any of my ramblings. )
james-witton said:
If it make you feel any better my local dealer gave me this for the week during some warranty work. I'm sure yours love you really.
Perhaps they were trying to convince you into buying a comfortable GT car at your advanced age. 
Joke aside, I'm with Flugplatz, they could have given him something better than a repmobile. I probably would have taken the loan car but that is poor customer service.
james-witton said:
If it make you feel any better my local dealer gave me this for the week during some warranty work. I'm sure yours love you really.
Quite suitable for a gentleman of your stature.They possibly clocked your very attractive wife who obviously deserves such transportation.
Or maybe your reputation with a shotgun had reached them.
You guys need to realise the true value of what has been turned down.
Step 1 - take said Vauxhall and see if you can improve on 0 - 60 times......may need several attempts
Step 2 - see how much s
t you can fit in for 'tip run optimisation'
Step 3 - see how the Vauxhall lands after traveling over your favourite hump back bridge
Step 4 - enter said Vauxhall into the local banger derby.......the sporty one.
See, the above examples are how one could have real fun and capitalise on the opportunity that a Vauxhall can bring.
Step 1 - take said Vauxhall and see if you can improve on 0 - 60 times......may need several attempts
Step 2 - see how much s
t you can fit in for 'tip run optimisation'Step 3 - see how the Vauxhall lands after traveling over your favourite hump back bridge
Step 4 - enter said Vauxhall into the local banger derby.......the sporty one.
See, the above examples are how one could have real fun and capitalise on the opportunity that a Vauxhall can bring.
johnwilliams77 said:
Surely very few aston martin owners also have a vauxhall!?!
Yes, I must be one of quite a unique group.
Surprisingly, they do show up as previous cars, on a number of Aston Martin owners profiles.
Perhaps repping jobs in early career.
What other cars can you suggest, to be good for keeping in readiness, and only used for garden waste journeys to the tip?
Obviously has to be very low value with zero depreciation, and pickup size load capacity.
Diesel is unwise for repeated short trips.
A very low load height is important.
A pickup, van or non-window Land Rover is no good, because the tip people don't welcome them.
Coming late to this, I have had 2 insignias as company cars over 200k in them. No probs and they do what is needed. Good for P11d, next car is an Audi so now to become a K**b driver!!
Seriously AM should provide a car of equal quality as I would have expected the same. brother in law's 15 yr old M3 was damaged by 3rd party. Hire company provided new M3.
Aston missed a great sale opportunity.
Seriously AM should provide a car of equal quality as I would have expected the same. brother in law's 15 yr old M3 was damaged by 3rd party. Hire company provided new M3.
Aston missed a great sale opportunity.
Jon39 said:
johnwilliams77 said:
Surely very few aston martin owners also have a vauxhall!?!
Yes, I must be one of quite a unique group.
Surprisingly, they do show up as previous cars, on a number of Aston Martin owners profiles.
Perhaps repping jobs in early career.
What other cars can you suggest, to be good for keeping in readiness, and only used for garden waste journeys to the tip?
Obviously has to be very low value with zero depreciation, and pickup size load capacity.
Diesel is unwise for repeated short trips.
A very low load height is important.
A pickup, van or non-window Land Rover is no good, because the tip people don't welcome them.
I used to favour Lite Ace Toyota vans,and when a few years old , they had picked up some blemishes,it became a doddle. No worries,other cars gave me a wide berth and parking was not a concern. It was also very useful when I needed to go to the tip or carry an awkward load.
RobDown said:
As a serious point is Vauxhall-gate because the car was organised by AM Recovery (just a white-labelled RAC?) rather than an AM dealer?
Yes indeed, as we see above loan cars from AM dealers can be spectacular and obviously no one expects a brand for brand loan car in a recovery situation.Just something still nice and not a Vauzel
My advice. Let car get over 3 years old (I know some of you have stopped listening already). Stop paying warranty/AM recovery subscription. Spend money on modding Aston Martin to make it perfect for you. If minor faults develop take car to competent Indy who fixes it first time. Enjoy
Hang on, forgot to say: Keep Dealer interested by regular visits to drink coffee and get minor things done that they can't get wrong so they continue to invite you to new car launches etc.
Hang on, forgot to say: Keep Dealer interested by regular visits to drink coffee and get minor things done that they can't get wrong so they continue to invite you to new car launches etc.
Edited by V8V Pete on Saturday 22 July 06:42
AMTony said:
You guys need to realise the true value of what has been turned down.
Step 1 - take said Vauxhall and see if you can improve on 0 - 60 times......may need several attempts
Step 2 - see how much st you can fit in for 'tip run optimisation'
Step 3 - see how the Vauxhall lands after traveling over your favourite hump back bridge
Step 4 - enter said Vauxhall into the local banger derby.......the sporty one.
See, the above examples are how one could have real fun and capitalise on the opportunity that a Vauxhall can bring.
Step 1 - take said Vauxhall and see if you can improve on 0 - 60 times......may need several attempts
Step 2 - see how much s
t you can fit in for 'tip run optimisation'Step 3 - see how the Vauxhall lands after traveling over your favourite hump back bridge
Step 4 - enter said Vauxhall into the local banger derby.......the sporty one.
See, the above examples are how one could have real fun and capitalise on the opportunity that a Vauxhall can bring.
This made me laugh.Gavc said:
brother in law's 15 yr old M3 was damaged by 3rd party. Hire company provided new M3.
Aston missed a great sale opportunity.
Nope that's the the hire car company being opportunistic and trying to bend over the 3rd party for as much as they can take them for.Aston missed a great sale opportunity.
Nothing to do with service, just increasing insurance premiums at play.
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