I could have guessed this was a cycling forum even if I didn't know. To every 'what car' thread on here a chunk of the responses always relate to how many bikes you can get in the back, followed by mentions of reliability, comfort, economy.
Glad everyone has their priorities right.
A bunch called claybank.
A bunch called claybank.
Crazy thing is that I bought a lot of old bangers from then over the years and never had a problem so I decided to get my first ever new car from them on the basis of trusting a family run firm.
The first thing they got wrong was the 'last straw' that I found wrong.
I wanted towing electrics from new and it was only years later when I was fixing the trailer with fog lights that I found they had connected both sidelights to one circuit instead of two and the fog lights were on the other sidelight circuit. Risking blowing fuses from overloading the circuits and leaving me with no lights at all. They also cut all the cables so short that I had to extend them to fix it and used 'Scotch' connectors instead of the proper plugs into the loom.
I still have a remaining hand print 'eaten' into the tailgate that still hasn't been resprayed. Couldn't trust them to do it without something else going wrong.
I must admit that over the whole time that I was a customer their showroom, parts ordering and service booking staff were always excellent. It was just the appalling mechanincs carrying out their work that were beyond shoddy and the management never did anything about despite all the problems I reported back to them. Their condoning of that level of work was worse then the poor level of work itself.
I'm not going to retro fit cruise control there are too many bits to change for the factory set up and I'm not keen on the aftermarket controls.
Also, I have now finally managed to break the lumbar support in the driver's seat. I've probably spent more hours in that seat then on the sofa at home so it has lasted well.
They weren't much better when their workshops were behind the show room in sight of the managers. Even their own showroom staff admitted it was bad but nothing they could do about it if the management didn't want to know.
I now use Murt's near Hebden Bridge. Excellent service and never any problems. They also accept home baked cakes in gratitude.
Murt's is just a good independent garage.Are they a new dealer,never heard of them.When i left dealers were going under including Horners and of course Gorners.Parkside just seems to plod on but they have binned new car sales and just became an authorised repair and warranty dealer but they never have any bad press.Claybank managment were nasty people,two owners who just wanted as much out of everyone for little reward,so glad i am away from them.
If you ever buy a Porsche then cakes will go down well here aswell !
Murt's is just a good independent garage.Are they a new dealer,never heard of them.When i left dealers were going under including Horners and of course Gorners.Parkside just seems to plod on but they have binned new car sales and just became an authorised repair and warranty dealer but they never have any bad press.Claybank managment were nasty people,two owners who just wanted as much out of everyone for little reward,so glad i am away from them.
If you ever buy a Porsche then cakes will go down well here aswell !
I bought this A4 S-line Avant about 5 months ago. Lovely motor, TT bike goes straight in no mither
