Refund entitlement on a 2nd hand diesel car bought yesterday

AndyMc.....

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

You can just imagine the thread on here:

"I had a minor collision with another vehicle, a Meriva. I'd like to avoid going through insurance but the other driver is saying there is substantial damage???? I've had a look (picture attached) and I think that some T-cut and dent repair would suffice. He's not playing ball and wants to get an approved Vauxhall dealer to quote for it which I think will be expensive. Am I being taken for a ride here? What are my rights? Do I need to tell my insurer?"

I bet the damage to the tractor was very minor.

maxmycardagain

306chris wrote: »

I had one for a few hours and it ended up like this



I let a passenger drive as I was tired and he tried to overtake a tractor that was turning right.

And that was a good hedge once

maxmycardagain

General_query wrote: »

Hi,

Bit of a long shot but our beloved 10 year old car died on us, automatic gearbox packed up.

We need a car as we have a little baby boy with lot's of hospital appointments to get to, so looked at several replacements.

Ended up buying a nice (bigger) Vauxhall Meriva but it was a diesel.

Never had a diesel before but we needed a car and the much needed extra space.

Now 24 hours on, all this Diesel tax stuff is in the news.

We're not happy about this or the prospect of being stuck with a heavily future taxed car that is now worth nothing if the government gets its way and charges £20 just to drive into cities in the not so distant future.

Never mind all the threats of quadrupling road tax and massively hiking diesel costs at the petrol pump.

is there no comeback / cooling off period when you buy a 2nd hand car. We only bought it / drove it home yesterday and 24 hours on this is all over the news.

Just great.

:mad:

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread


ALL diesels are doomed, i want mine to last till its paid for (though im halfway paid so can hand it back)

oldagetraveller

It wouldn't surprise me if that collision was a result of the power steering failing!
I had a Diesel Meriva for a time. A practical car and easy to drive. However, not that reliable.
Problems, fixed under warranty, included - failed power steering (a common fault which requires a complete new steering column because the torque sensor stops sensing), failed steering rack requiring complete replacement (apparently the wrong lubrication was used by the maker which results in a "groan" from the steering), two replacement radio c.d. units (unreliable German rubbish), replacement key fobs x 2 (they fell to pieces) and after only a month from new, peeling paint from both sills along their entire length which required a respray of the affected area.
All not the end of the world stuff and fixed at no cost. But on a car less than 12 months old quite unaccepable and inconvenient.
Oh, yes rattling from inside all four side doors which was also sorted by the supplying dealer. Initially Vx factory, in Spain I think, built the wrong car, not in accordance with the original order. I don't know what happened to that after delivery to the dealer? It did delay the final delivery by about four months.

Robisere

306chris wrote: »

I had one for a few hours and it ended up like this



I let a passenger drive as I was tired and he tried to overtake a tractor that was turning right.

Vauxhalls. Damage the Environment....

motorguy

maxmycardagain wrote: »

ALL diesels are doomed, i want mine to last till its paid for (though im halfway paid so can hand it back)

Great to see the hysteria is starting to stick. :rolleyes:

Nasqueron

maxmycardagain wrote: »

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread


ALL diesels are doomed, i want mine to last till its paid for (though im halfway paid so can hand it back)

Diesels will be here for a long time yet, simply far too many on the roads and it's only the old dirty ones being targeted and for certain types of driver they are better than petrol, someone will just invent one with less NOx pollution coupled with lower CO2 and on we go

maxmycardagain

Nasqueron wrote: »

Diesels will be here for a long time yet, simply far too many on the roads and it's only the old dirty ones being targeted and for certain types of driver they are better than petrol, someone will just invent one with less NOx pollution coupled with lower CO2 and on we go

Id back a huge hike in Fuel duty on diesel making them dearer to run than petrols (when in fact they already are dearer, with higher purchase prices, costlier servicing and repair bills that have more zeros than Pearl Harbor).

Plus the UK is now 4 weeks short of diesel production due to the huge amount of folk who buy them for 100/miles a week.

Brexit might help.... 90% of the UK's diesels are European, stop them importing or add Import tax I say.

maxmycardagain

Ref the fuel duty hike............. transport (HGV/PSV) could be rebated, tractors already are exempt almost (red diesel)

(before the nay sayers jump in)

AdrianC

motorguy wrote: »

Great to see the hysteria is starting to stick. :rolleyes:

Indeed.

What is it, nearly three years since the NOx and LEZ news reports started in earnest, and two since the VAG mess hit the fan?