any one dealt with Evens Halshaw?
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hi just been looking at new cars on the net and evens seams to have everything i want but i can't quite work out what they are. the auto trader ads show them as main dealers but the website more of a super market website. are the reliable and trust wirthy and whats they warrenties like?
anyone had good or bad from them?
anyone had good or bad from them?
My dad went a bought a Ford Kuga from them about 3 hours ago. Their a main dealer and used car 'supermarket', for example there was an Evans Halshaw Ford main dealer then next door was an Evans Halshaw used car showroom but all the cars were more like ex-demonstrators.
Were very good apparently, got the car brought up from down south (were in the midlands) free of charge and made sure it was brought up after the garage wouldn't release it.
Were very good apparently, got the car brought up from down south (were in the midlands) free of charge and made sure it was brought up after the garage wouldn't release it.
pitbull turbo said:
hi just been looking at new cars on the net and evens seams to have everything i want but i can't quite work out what they are. the auto trader ads show them as main dealers but the website more of a super market website. are the reliable and trust wirthy and whats they warrenties like?
anyone had good or bad from them?
Only part of one of the biggest dealer groups in the country, Pengragon.anyone had good or bad from them?
It is Evans Halshaw, but trade under a multitude of names.
Good and bad reports abound.
MonkeyBusiness said:
Very interesting stuff, I must have missed that one.As said before, good and bad experiences, Caveat Emptor (sp) and all that stuff!
Bought my current daily hack from them a few weeks ago (Burton-on-Trent) dealt with a chap called Carl IIRC dam nice fella, gave me a decent price on the Legacy even though it was on a Y plate with moon journey mileage and the Saab was a good price.
Kept the good lady and sprog entertained and the coffee was half decent!
Kept the good lady and sprog entertained and the coffee was half decent!
MonkeyBusiness said:
i said in that thread and i'll say it again - the ones that aren't slimey crooked greaseballs are chav 16 year olds in tesco suits. Do not want.i bought my accord from them, and the car and service didnt seem to bad. HOWEVER!
when i got the car back i gave it a check over and discovered a massive dent in the front wheel and a split in the tyre. So i went to swap it with the spare which i was told was almost new.
Opened the boot to get it and it was completely bald.
phoned them up and they couldnt care less, said they would phone back and never did, never put me through to the right person was a complete mess.
when i got the car back i gave it a check over and discovered a massive dent in the front wheel and a split in the tyre. So i went to swap it with the spare which i was told was almost new.
Opened the boot to get it and it was completely bald.
phoned them up and they couldnt care less, said they would phone back and never did, never put me through to the right person was a complete mess.
i seam to find 90% of all car sales men i deal with at the moment couldn't care less. None of them return calls, they all try to get out of even the most minor problem and are even rude to your face. not as if i didn't have the funds obviously avalible to them either!
il steer clear of Evens then i think as i have had enough pillock salesmen to last me a life time
il steer clear of Evens then i think as i have had enough pillock salesmen to last me a life time
I bought a used Mondeo from an Evans Halshaw a couple of years back. The only reasonable TDCI 130 GhiaX Estate within about 50 miles.
The salesman was a bit thick and struck me as a 38yo who lived with his mum. His manager was a typical, greasy car salesman probably used to blagging it to middle-aged ladies (rather than reasonably-well-informed tight wads his own age) and they insisted on an 11th hour, 50 quid charge for some cr*p mats and something else random that can't remember and I didn't want. I argued the case and eventually ground them down and got half a tank of fuel ...and the cr*ppy mats. But the cars I wanted were thin on the ground at the time.
The engine had a non-warming-up problem that they refused to acknowledge "They all do that, sir"
"diesels run cold" -so why does it never reach 'normal' then?
"it's the same gauge as the petrol ones" -Do you think I was born yesterday?
Took it in, they bullsh*tted me that they had fixed it (they hadn't) so I researched on the www and found the cause & solution. The service department (They were a FORD Main dealer!) claimed that they didn't know about the issue and said that they would then fix their own cars because they didn't warm up either.
Muppets.
I would never go back to Evans Halshaw.
ps. I also received a Xmas card from the salesman!
Edit:
PPS. The salesman originally tried to get me to buy an '06 TDCI and told me that it was a 130bhp, despite the 5 speed box (which wasn't fitted to the facelifted Mk3 130), "some of the 130s come with 5 gears" and distinct lack of grunt. I looked under the bonnet and pointed out the "115ps sign".
Useless
The salesman was a bit thick and struck me as a 38yo who lived with his mum. His manager was a typical, greasy car salesman probably used to blagging it to middle-aged ladies (rather than reasonably-well-informed tight wads his own age) and they insisted on an 11th hour, 50 quid charge for some cr*p mats and something else random that can't remember and I didn't want. I argued the case and eventually ground them down and got half a tank of fuel ...and the cr*ppy mats. But the cars I wanted were thin on the ground at the time.
The engine had a non-warming-up problem that they refused to acknowledge "They all do that, sir"
"diesels run cold" -so why does it never reach 'normal' then?
"it's the same gauge as the petrol ones" -Do you think I was born yesterday?
Took it in, they bullsh*tted me that they had fixed it (they hadn't) so I researched on the www and found the cause & solution. The service department (They were a FORD Main dealer!) claimed that they didn't know about the issue and said that they would then fix their own cars because they didn't warm up either.
Muppets.
I would never go back to Evans Halshaw.
ps. I also received a Xmas card from the salesman!
Edit:
PPS. The salesman originally tried to get me to buy an '06 TDCI and told me that it was a 130bhp, despite the 5 speed box (which wasn't fitted to the facelifted Mk3 130), "some of the 130s come with 5 gears" and distinct lack of grunt. I looked under the bonnet and pointed out the "115ps sign".
Useless
Edited by MC Bodge on Wednesday 28th April 10:01
My Mrs wanted a new run around but wanted to do the deal herself.
We had seen a deal at Evans Halshaw advertised on a brand new clio so of she goes and does the deal comes back all excited. She had managed to get the car at £48 per month more than advertised. She explained to me this was because she wanted it in black, opted for a CD player and the special paint protection and all this should really have been £64 per month extra.
I immediately went down looked at the car in the show room with the advert plastered all over it. The car was in metallic black, it had the CD player in and also a sunroof. No where on the car was there any small print saying about the extras been additional.
So I went to see the sales man after a lot of discussion with him and his boss the agreement was shredded and a new one made for a car at the same spec in the showroom at the price advertised.
We had seen a deal at Evans Halshaw advertised on a brand new clio so of she goes and does the deal comes back all excited. She had managed to get the car at £48 per month more than advertised. She explained to me this was because she wanted it in black, opted for a CD player and the special paint protection and all this should really have been £64 per month extra.
I immediately went down looked at the car in the show room with the advert plastered all over it. The car was in metallic black, it had the CD player in and also a sunroof. No where on the car was there any small print saying about the extras been additional.
So I went to see the sales man after a lot of discussion with him and his boss the agreement was shredded and a new one made for a car at the same spec in the showroom at the price advertised.
Coincidence seeing this thread as I was going to ask about them yesterday....
My wife went to our local EH to ask about fitting isofix to our CMAX. After lots of calculator tapping, the miserable salesman said £173. I thought this was a lot, so called another Ford dealer a bit further away, and was quoted £95. So I called EH and spoke to another (nicer) salesman, who, after lots of calculator tapping, quoted £123. I asked if he would match my quote of £95, and he said he would. I haven't mentioned that his colleague was clearly trying to rip off my wife, but might do when we get the job done.
My wife went to our local EH to ask about fitting isofix to our CMAX. After lots of calculator tapping, the miserable salesman said £173. I thought this was a lot, so called another Ford dealer a bit further away, and was quoted £95. So I called EH and spoke to another (nicer) salesman, who, after lots of calculator tapping, quoted £123. I asked if he would match my quote of £95, and he said he would. I haven't mentioned that his colleague was clearly trying to rip off my wife, but might do when we get the job done.
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