New High ?

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TISPKJ

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3,669 posts

221 months

hunter 66

4,121 posts

234 months

Monday 1st December 2014
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If it was a Porsche it would be double that..

TISPKJ

Original Poster:

3,669 posts

221 months

Monday 1st December 2014
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Not a relative run of the mill model wouldn't

550M

1,106 posts

229 months

Monday 1st December 2014
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Just 3 miles between the 5 services 2006 -13. Don't they road test them at all?

hunter 66

4,121 posts

234 months

Monday 1st December 2014
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Agreed more the ones without a radio!
But even the average old stuff now...

andrew

10,177 posts

206 months

Monday 1st December 2014
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550M said:
Just 3 miles between the 5 services 2006 -13. Don't they road test them at all?
it's almost like it's been clocked eek

Kyodo

745 posts

138 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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What a waste.

550M

1,106 posts

229 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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andrew said:
550M said:
Just 3 miles between the 5 services 2006 -13. Don't they road test them at all?
it's almost like it's been clocked eek
I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I would like mine driven by someone with the experience of regularly driving similar cars to make sure I wasn't just putting up with something that could be rectified. Surely one of the benefits of a main dealer service, no? I understand that the main dealers collect and deliver in covered transporters, but it just strikes me as unusual for it not to have a shakedown, either prior, or post service just to make sure everything is as it should be.

andrew

10,177 posts

206 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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550M said:
andrew said:
550M said:
Just 3 miles between the 5 services 2006 -13. Don't they road test them at all?
it's almost like it's been clocked eek
I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I would like mine driven by someone with the experience of regularly driving similar cars to make sure I wasn't just putting up with something that could be rectified. Surely one of the benefits of a main dealer service, no? I understand that the main dealers collect and deliver in covered transporters, but it just strikes me as unusual for it not to have a shakedown, either prior, or post service just to make sure everything is as it should be.
agreed. it takes more than three miles to get everything up to temperature and operating normally just once !

graeme4130

3,929 posts

195 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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That does sound somewhat odd.
You'd want for at least to have had it driven around the block a couple of times to check everything's working
I'm sure the service schedule includes a road test ?

will_

6,034 posts

217 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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550M said:
I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I would like mine driven by someone with the experience of regularly driving similar cars to make sure I wasn't just putting up with something that could be rectified. Surely one of the benefits of a main dealer service, no? I understand that the main dealers collect and deliver in covered transporters, but it just strikes me as unusual for it not to have a shakedown, either prior, or post service just to make sure everything is as it should be.
I suppose someone who never drives the car doesn't care whether everything is as it should be or not?

Ferruccio

1,855 posts

133 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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will_ said:
550M said:
I suppose someone who never drives the car doesn't care whether everything is as it should be or not?
Then why bother to have it serviced annually............??
Perhaps only because your butler hasn't got enough other stuff to do?

Magic919

14,126 posts

215 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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A speaking car?

Davo456gt

696 posts

163 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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graeme4130 said:
That does sound somewhat odd.
You'd want for at least to have had it driven around the block a couple of times to check everything's working
I'm sure the service schedule includes a road test ?
With the chance of a fire starting due to a perished rubber hose because of lack of use ?
Would you risk it ?

DMT84

124 posts

171 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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What a waste of a car that isn't even particularly special

NEFOC

415 posts

205 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Couldn't live with that colour bombination. Truly painful in my eyes. I wouldn't drive it either.

Bombination is probably right. but I did mean to type combination.

MJK 24

5,669 posts

250 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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NEFOC said:
Couldn't live with that colour bombination. Truly painful in my eyes. I wouldn't drive it either.

Bombination is probably right. but I did mean to type combination.
I quite like the colours. The red leather will be far less red in reality than in a photo IME.

kbooker

728 posts

153 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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Owner could have specified no test drives when serviced especially if they bought the car only as a potential investment?

mon the fish

1,460 posts

162 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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MJK 24 said:
I quite like the colours. The red leather will be far less red in reality than in a photo IME.
It's the same interior I have in mine, and you're right it is darker in reality, almost a maroon colour. I love it, but not so sure it goes with TdF though