Main dealer trying it on? (tyre related)
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I had my car in at a main dealer today for a cambelt change.
Sure as pickles, I get a call a couple of hours after dropping it off to be advised that I need 4 new tyres. 3 are illegal, the other at 2mm.
They offered me Evergreens at £70-odd a corner.
I politely declined their offer - I was somewhat suspicious since I've had all 4 tyres replaced less than 10k miles ago - and told them I'd get it done through my usual channels.
When I picked the car up this evening, I had a nose around each of the tyres. Now, unless the legal limit has recently been increased to several millimeters, there is simply no way I'm below the limit on any of my tyres. And yes, I checked across the full width of the tyre. (I'll be buying a tyre gauge tonight so that I can an accurate reading.)
I would expect these sorts of shenanigans from Rapid Fitment, but is this really on from a main dealer?
Sure as pickles, I get a call a couple of hours after dropping it off to be advised that I need 4 new tyres. 3 are illegal, the other at 2mm.
They offered me Evergreens at £70-odd a corner.
I politely declined their offer - I was somewhat suspicious since I've had all 4 tyres replaced less than 10k miles ago - and told them I'd get it done through my usual channels.
When I picked the car up this evening, I had a nose around each of the tyres. Now, unless the legal limit has recently been increased to several millimeters, there is simply no way I'm below the limit on any of my tyres. And yes, I checked across the full width of the tyre. (I'll be buying a tyre gauge tonight so that I can an accurate reading.)
I would expect these sorts of shenanigans from Rapid Fitment, but is this really on from a main dealer?
Pints said:
I had my car in at a main dealer today for a cambelt change.
Sure as pickles, I get a call a couple of hours after dropping it off to be advised that I need 4 new tyres. 3 are illegal, the other at 2mm.
They offered me Evergreens at £70-odd a corner.
I politely declined their offer - I was somewhat suspicious since I've had all 4 tyres replaced less than 10k miles ago - and told them I'd get it done through my usual channels.
When I picked the car up this evening, I had a nose around each of the tyres. Now, unless the legal limit has recently been increased to several millimeters, there is simply no way I'm below the limit on any of my tyres. And yes, I checked across the full width of the tyre. (I'll be buying a tyre gauge tonight so that I can an accurate reading.)
I would expect these sorts of shenanigans from Rapid Fitment, but is this really on from a main dealer?
Did they make you sign something before leaving to say they had told you they were illegal? If they had been illegal then in my experience they would have done this.Sure as pickles, I get a call a couple of hours after dropping it off to be advised that I need 4 new tyres. 3 are illegal, the other at 2mm.
They offered me Evergreens at £70-odd a corner.
I politely declined their offer - I was somewhat suspicious since I've had all 4 tyres replaced less than 10k miles ago - and told them I'd get it done through my usual channels.
When I picked the car up this evening, I had a nose around each of the tyres. Now, unless the legal limit has recently been increased to several millimeters, there is simply no way I'm below the limit on any of my tyres. And yes, I checked across the full width of the tyre. (I'll be buying a tyre gauge tonight so that I can an accurate reading.)
I would expect these sorts of shenanigans from Rapid Fitment, but is this really on from a main dealer?
Similar thing a few years ago. Bought a Mk4 Astra off a Vauxhall dealer. Rear tyres (factory fit Dunlops) were bald, fronts (BF Goodrich) were low. Dealer said he'd put on new tyres. I told him I didn't want cheap tyres, and if he was putting on budgets I'd pay for the difference for decent tyres. Dealer took offense and said they only put on top quality tyres.
Picked up the car a few days later, the f
ker had fitted four Kingstar tyres. They were lethal, first day of rain I nearly went off the motorway. Ended up buying four Bridgestones off eBay and got them stuck on - totally transformed the car in every way.
Picked up the car a few days later, the f
ker had fitted four Kingstar tyres. They were lethal, first day of rain I nearly went off the motorway. Ended up buying four Bridgestones off eBay and got them stuck on - totally transformed the car in every way.
It's nothing new. a few years ago my wife got a call from her Honda dealer, all 4 discs 'dangerously' worn on her CRV, would she like them replaced, and pads too, as you can't just do the discs, the pads need doing as well.
It had drums on the rear.....
I called them back and asked to come to the workshop so they could show me, explaining that I could do the work myself if it needed doing - suddenly they 'realised' the 'apprentice' had got it wrong and it was someone else's car with the issues. A letter to the dealer principal and then to Honda achieved nothing, we've used indies ever since.
It had drums on the rear.....
I called them back and asked to come to the workshop so they could show me, explaining that I could do the work myself if it needed doing - suddenly they 'realised' the 'apprentice' had got it wrong and it was someone else's car with the issues. A letter to the dealer principal and then to Honda achieved nothing, we've used indies ever since.
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