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Mechanic Uses My Car for His Own Use - Crime of TWOC!

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  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    I'm confused... they admitted wrong doing and wrote of the charges the mechanic built up by using the vehicle excessively.

    So what exactly is the Problem? :s
  • Lilroost
    Lilroost Posts: 12 Forumite
    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    How much of the £219 is due to the extra 800 miles?

    About £150
  • Lilroost
    Lilroost Posts: 12 Forumite
    arcon5 wrote: »
    I'm confused... they admitted wrong doing and wrote of the charges the mechanic built up by using the vehicle excessively.

    So what exactly is the Problem? :s

    The fact that for 2 years I was fobbed off driving a dangerous car and paying for it.
  • Comms69
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    Lilroost wrote: »
    The fact that for 2 years I was fobbed off driving a dangerous car and paying for it.


    What's your loss? in £'s please
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Lilroost wrote: »
    About £150
    Ask the garage for the £150 explaining how they are responsible for it.
  • peachyprice
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    Lilroost wrote: »
    The last occasion they kept it 6 weeks and used it as a personal run around car for staff totalling 800 miles

    Oct 2016 VWFS sent a letter saying I owed them £219 for excess mileage!

    Pay it and send the bill for 800 of the excess mile to the garage.

    Then hope they won't be smart enough to realise that if you had been using for the 6 weeks they had it you would have been adding your own mileage and you were likely to go over your inclusive miles regardless.
    Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
  • Herzlos
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    Lilroost wrote: »
    The fact that for 2 years I was fobbed off driving a dangerous car and paying for it.

    Where does the dangerous car fit in with the unexpected mileage?
  • Herzlos
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    Lilroost wrote: »
    I already got the hire purchase agreement cancelled after 2 years of fighting. That was April 2016. Out of the blue in Dec 2017 I got a letter from them saying I owe excess on the Fixed Cost Maintenance Plan. Surely if the vehicle was deemed faulty from inception that invalidates the contract?

    Why would a faulty vehicle invalidate a fixed price servicing plan? The vehicle would have a warranty to cover faults, the maintenance plan is a fixed monthly cost to cover servicing costs.
  • tykesi
    tykesi Posts: 2,061 Forumite
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    Herzlos wrote: »
    Where does the dangerous car fit in with the unexpected mileage?

    Drip drip drip...
  • System
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    Mercdriver wrote: »
    It will only show the bluetooth name of phones that have been paired to the car's handsfree. So that phone HAS been used with the handsfree.

    Doesn't mean it is the mechanic's girlfriend though. Many cars use 0000 or 1234 as the code which is a default for many bluetooth devices.
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