Dodgy car sale with happy ending...

[XR8_ash]

Hi guys,

Well I have just finished my forth (or so) week with my XR8 Ute and I thought I'd tell you all the story. ANYWAY, whan I test drove the car the brakes had a massive shudder (as BA's do) so I asked for that to be fixed, and they did. Good. I also looked at the service history and the latest service had not been stamped/done. As I was buying from a Ford dealer I said I wanted the car serviced before I bought it. No worries mate, says the salesman. Cool. I didn't like the black stripes down the sides so I asked for them to be removed. Done. Awesome I thought.

Soooooo, The salesman drives the car to my place to drop it of a week later and all had been done. New discs, stripes gone, log book service...... I drive the car and there is a massive grinding noise in which the sales guy tells me the new brakes are just bedding in. Hmmmmmmm I don't think so I say.

I take the car to a different Ford dealer. They tell me the diff is whining thus the noise I can hear and the hand brake is rooted. They replace all the rear brakes/hand brake there and then all under warranty but I need to take the car back to the original Ford dealer to have the diff replaced. No worries, I can digg it.

I speak to the service manager and he tells me the diff will be rebuilt in two days. While I was there I told him that the service they done looked a bit dodgie as the filters didn't look new. He said that they never done a service! I went on to say I have your stamp in my book saying it was done last week. The sales manager was NOT happy (not at me but the situation) and demanded to know who sold me the car ........

So back on topic, I was about to call dodgy brothers on the yard for just stamping my book without an actual service but was wrapped at the service provided by the service manager and how quickly he had the service done for me while keeping his word and getting the diff rebuilt and back to me in two days.