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Used car kaput after 5 months

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  • Jenni_D
    Jenni_D Posts: 5,455 Forumite
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    How did he originally pay for the car? Was any of the payment via credit card?
    Jenni x
  • midge406
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    Jenni_D said:
    How did he originally pay for the car? Was any of the payment via credit card?
    Unfortunately not 
  • force_ten
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    midge406 said:
    Also, how old is it, how many miles on it and how much was paid?  If it’s a 1k dealer sale that’s not the same expectation as a 20k dealer sale….
    It’s a 2008 Citroen C5. I think around 80,000 miles on the clock.


    why on earth would you take a 13 year old car to a main dealer for repair estimate

    the 
    receipt that you have posted with a total repair cost of £4.400.00 is from Sherwood motor group who are Citroen main dealers in the north east 

      the car is an old French car with a weird suspension system and the main dealers have just quoted for every part to rebuild the suspension regardless of whether it is faulty or not  

    you need to find a local Citroen specialist to look at the car rather than a main dealer  
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