Ongoing Problems
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Bing said:Breaker said:Well, car in dealers last Friday and the comfort setting problem is a faulty door handle so one on back order. They did the recall rear vent problem and kindly informed me my front tires were basically Illegal (knew they were close!) so now 2 tires poorer!
M3 was nice, but not as good looking as the Z4!
Those pesky foreigners, taking shavings of your tyres as souvenirs last week :x
Charge them to the company
Never thought of that!
sars said:Breaker said:Yep. Had the rears replaced around 16K. £23K fronts!
Glad I don't have 19"!!
Gosh your fronts didn't last very long, under steer? or heavy breaking
Trying to get the back end out exiting corners and roundabouts!
Actually I thought that was quite good! :wink:
It is good... I must be one of the more 'get the most out of it' drivers here as I've got 12K miles on my car and I'll be lucky to get another 1000 miles before I need new rears. The fronts aren't great either and I reckon another 6-8K miles before they need to be replaced.
Come on guys, its a sportscar, get it used!!!
Come on guys, its a sportscar, get it used!!!
:happyclap: :happyclap: :happyclap: :happyclap:Maniac said:Come on guys, its a sportscar, get it used!!!
Fo Shizzle ma Nizzle...Aint that the truth....
Replaced Rears at 16K and fronts at 19K, aaaahhhhh the sweet smell of rubber...hhhmmmm :telloff:
Bing said:
yahoo... I did steal it :evil:
Well, here we are again. After my car having spent almost 2 weeks in the garage, I got it back and the rattles are largely gone, apart from some noise when starting from cold. This disappears after a few miles though, so generally speaking I was happy. Until that is, I went out this morning and found that water had leaked in through the passenger door for a second time. I've had the car back 8 days, and it's gone back again. The service as ever, I've received from Cooper Banstead has been fantastic, they really are great guys. But them, much like me are being let down by a very poorly built product.
I'm in the process of writing to Tim Abbot, and further considering my options moving forward. They have been quite clear thus far, they won't replace my vehicle, but I'm going to look into getting them to buy me out of it, with a view to possibly swapping for a 1M or an M3. We'll see, I do love the car so much. But I refuse to live with continual problems. So disappointing.
I'm in the process of writing to Tim Abbot, and further considering my options moving forward. They have been quite clear thus far, they won't replace my vehicle, but I'm going to look into getting them to buy me out of it, with a view to possibly swapping for a 1M or an M3. We'll see, I do love the car so much. But I refuse to live with continual problems. So disappointing.
Guys... really frustrating when through no fault of your own the modern mota has simple stupid faults especially when new. The most unforgivable has to be any form of water leak, inside or lights and the only motas that ever leaked on me was a 14 year old peach of a MR2 & a fibreglass hard top for a SJ410.
Ive had a few new motors, so to me it's forgivable when I bought a 5 yr old Zed for it to have a few undocumented features. Would go so far asto say it's 100% waterproof, rattles well there's the odd creak on uneven roads but in short it works as it should, period.
Personally if your motas new & you've given them (which you have) plenty of opportunity to sort things out, go for your option of a refund by first finding a good solicitor to review your case, ask the dealership nicely for a refund/alternative & if stonewalled dont pussey foot about just steamroller in with the solicitor.
Ive had a few new motors, so to me it's forgivable when I bought a 5 yr old Zed for it to have a few undocumented features. Would go so far asto say it's 100% waterproof, rattles well there's the odd creak on uneven roads but in short it works as it should, period.
Personally if your motas new & you've given them (which you have) plenty of opportunity to sort things out, go for your option of a refund by first finding a good solicitor to review your case, ask the dealership nicely for a refund/alternative & if stonewalled dont pussey foot about just steamroller in with the solicitor.
shambolic said:Offside rear light full of water again, these were replaced when car was 3 weeks old FFS, was washing and inspecting it before dealer visit on Wednesday and noticed it
Are they full of water, because they are leaking, or is it condensation? Mine do mist up inside from time to time. Thankfully not the puddle of water as before.Drivers side completely clear, passengers is full of condensation and a centimetre of water in bottom left of indicator strip :thumbsdown:Z4 Beemer said:shambolic said:Offside rear light full of water again, these were replaced when car was 3 weeks old FFS, was washing and inspecting it before dealer visit on Wednesday and noticed it
