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recall

nice liitle scam

I am told my car could be unsafe so book in with the mitsubishi dealer who needs the car all day to effect repair

am offered a courtesy car but have to pay £35 insurance!!

and mitsubishi refuse to pay it

something seems wrong here

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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281
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    No that is normal.
    Its a courtesy car that you are not insured to drive .
    You can refuse the car .
  • Ectophile
    Ectophile Posts: 8,658
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    I'm insured to drive courtesy cars. It's third-party only, but I am still insured and legal to drive.


    It's a common feature on fully comp insurance policies.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460
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    You don't have to pay it, just get your own insurance to cover the car then.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    I'm insured to drive courtesy cars. It's third-party only, but I am still insured and legal to drive.


    It's a common feature on fully comp insurance policies.
    But the dealer would want you to be fully comp, hence the charge or the option to make sure you're have it transferred onto your own policy.
  • unholyangel
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    I'm insured to drive courtesy cars. It's third-party only, but I am still insured and legal to drive.


    It's a common feature on fully comp insurance policies.

    I have third party for other "private motor cars". I'd check your policy if I were you in case its similar wording. Unless you have a trade policy.
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
  • DoaM
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    Not quite the same, but ... I recently had a courtesy car while my (company/lease) car was in for a repair. The garage took a note of the corporate insurance policy for covering the courtesy car.
  • I had this before, not for a recall but a warranty repair 2 weeks after I bought the car. I complained via head office and they waived the fee.
    Make £10 per day-
    June: £100/£300
  • sheramber
    sheramber Posts: 25,414
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    The last time we had a courtesy car we had to add it to our own insurance
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460
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    Different dealers, different policies. I've not had to pay any extra insurance fees for the last 3 BMWs I've had as courtesy vehicles.
  • molerat
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    Last time my car was in the courtesy car was supplied fully insured, with insurance paperwork, FOC.

    Never associate with idiots on their own level, because, being an intelligent man, you'll try to deal with them on their level - and on their level they'll beat you every time.

    Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.

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