What is it with car dealers and fuel?

Pondy

Pondy

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Hello,

How do dealers do it? I'm sure they drain any excess fuel out of vehicles before they sell them. Mine turned up yesterday with, yes you guessed it, the fuel light on and 50 miles range showing. They can't (or shouldn't) decant fuel on site and keep it for their own purposes surely?

I think they drive the vehicles until the fuel is all gone, then put them up for sale. :x
 
probably the previous owners running it down before they trade it in tbh, dealers pull their pants down enough without giving them half a tank of fuel thrown in
 
Mine had a full tank when it was delivered on Friday - and the dealer (Listers) actually made a point of stating it would be delivered as such :thumbsup:
 
mr.tourette said:
probably the previous owners running it down before they trade it in tbh, dealers pull their pants down enough without giving them half a tank of fuel thrown in
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:roll: :rofl: I put enough in the 23i to switch the petrol light of on the way to the garage, didn’t want them thinking I was a right miserable bar steward, especially being a Glasgwegian trading in at Birmingham :wink:

I asked for a full tank in the one I was picking up right enough :oops:
 
They didn't bother putting £10 of petrol in it, but boy did they do a good job of sticking their (extremely hard to get off) advertising stickers all over the blo*dy thing.

I'm going to ring them on Monday and tell them I'm gonna charge them for advertising. :P
 
I once picked up a brand new focus st with 8 miles of fuel in the tank :lol: this was after the dealer said there would be half a tank in it. Didn't realise until after I drove off the forecourt, so had to turn around and ask where the fuel had gone :lol: the salesman then jumped in the car and he ended up filling the tank as an apology :thumbsup:
 
I must have been lucky with the salesman when i picked up my Z many moons ago i asked how much was in the tank as i had around an hours drive and he went out and filled her up :D lucky he did as due to road closures and an accident closing part of the A2 the journey home took more than double that time
 
So it's just me then!

If anybody wants some free Arnold Clark stickers, I can scrape them from under my fingernails and post them. :)
 
Pondrew said:
So it's just me then!

If anybody wants some free Arnold Clark stickers, I can scrape them from under my fingernails and post them. :)
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If you’d have mentioned AC in the first place I would have said that it’s normal practice for them to scrimp on everything.
 
When I bought mine I travelled to London to complete the purchase (An ex Demonstrator), the dealer said it was virtually empty but we went on a final test drive and to give me some pointers on the car and it's toys and he filled it up on the way back.
 
Pondrew said:
Arnold Clark
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You’re lucky there was 50 miles in it! I once went for a prearranged test drive with them and as he handed me the keys he said you’ll need to go and put some fuel in it. I asked him who was in charge of petty cash then.

Would’ve walked out but it had taken months to source the car and ended up buying it
 
It's amazing isn't it?

I bought my 1st BMW from Scotthall on the South Coast and when I went to collect it (at a pre-arranged time & date) it was sitting outside reception with a full tank.

3 years later I bought a pre-registered 123d from a Cooper dealership and when I arrived at the appointed time the salesman had to go and get it from their multi-storey car park - except the Silver 1 Series he brought down was a 120d. :headbang: Anyway having found the right car I then had to sit in the sales office while he went to put some fuel in it, and it still only had half a tank. Tightwads - I was paying over £20K for it! Those were just the highlights of a totally miserable handover experience - I'll never go near another Cooper dealership again.
 
That reminds me of when I picked my brand new (leased, so I didn't own it ever) E series estate from our local Merc dealer.

The car was sat outside the front of reception, all gleaming and blocking the entrance for other poor mugs.

The salesman appeared with the biggest bunch of flowers I've ever seen. My wife was long gone, as she only dropped me off. I was dressed in my scruffy work clothes; there were a few awkward moments as he had to hand ME the flowers. I felt like a gay rock star!! :lol:
 
When I bought my car it had a full tank. Ok, it wasn't from a dealer, so thanks john-e89. :thumbsup:
 
Pondrew said:
They didn't bother putting £10 of petrol in it, but boy did they do a good job of sticking their (extremely hard to get off) advertising stickers all over the blo*dy thing.

I'm going to ring them on Monday and tell them I'm gonna charge them for advertising. :P
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Yeah, I hate that. As soon as I get the car those stickers come off.
 
The last couple of new BMWs I've had its stipulated in the paperwork the cost of the fuel put in at the PDI which is £25 but never runs to a full tank :(

Worse though is getting loan car come service time and you jump in the car and see its running on fumes :cry:

Tim.
 
As I had an issue when collecting my Zed, the dealer principal agreed to put a full tank in, guess what when I collected it there was about a quarter of a tank.

Told the retail manager, I wanted the full tank as agreed or I would leave the car there and get a refund, was filled to the brim within 10 mins.

Always ask for half a tank minimum when buying from a stealer
 
Stevo1987 said:
When I bought my car it had a full tank. Ok, it wasn't from a dealer, so thanks john-e89.
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I hope you got a bunch of flowers too! :lol:
 
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