ups & downs of owning cars - peugeot comes good

[discomummy]

Hi,

the up side is the disco has been fixed, MOT'd & insured - just waiting on the VIC check, but it is legal to drive whilst i am waiting for it.  Himself has lots of brownie points saved up from this  :roll:

However, the downside is that the turbo has gone on pugsley the peugeot and peugeot are being a bit awkward about it.  it turns out that unlike what we were led to believe about the service history being complete - the 24k & 60k services were missed (it was a peugeot lease car) and because of this, peugeot are saying they will not help us.  our garage (sunwin in loughborough - one of the best places i have ever gone for car care) are fighting hard on our behalf, but i have a secret weapon, geoff  i have sicced him onto peugeot.

thank goodness that sonar is back on the road otherwise i would be really stuck.

regards

[Range Rover Red]

You don't seem to have much luck with them, do you!

The Mondeo is currently on borrowed time - about a year ago, I gave it two years to see how much money I would have to pour into it (it's P reg with 94,000 on the clock and I had to spend about £700 on bits that had worn out a couple of years ago).  It's still a really nice car but I found it was a bit surplus to requirements as we have the RR for pulling our 17ft caravan (which is a bit big for the Mondeo) and for sheer brute strength/load capacity and it's also insured for me to take to work.  HWTHSBO (another Geoff) has his Focus, which is a bit naughty as it wants me to drive it too fast, which we use as a runabout.  I only really use the Mondeo to go to work in.

At the moment the RR is eating batteries like they are going out of fashion and won't start; I had to get a jump start to get home from work on Friday after it spent Wednesday on the charger and Thursday going for a good run.  The Focus is now running like a bag of spanners since the cold weather - perhaps it doesn't like the slope on the drive.  The only one that is running anything like properly is the Mondeo.

I have always said to younger friends, "Learn to drive, but don't buy a car!"

[Range Rover Blues]

My other car is also a Range Rover, it pays to have a spare.

[lurch_917]

well my other car is a mythical minnor mythical as it dosent break down  minnor as putting gas in is only a minnor problem

[Big Rich]

I have 4 spare Land Rovers all have one thing they need fixing. lol

Rich

[carbore]

Just spent £1200 on getting our Golf fixed for MOT and removing a Check engine Light, which has since come back on. I think this car is at the end of days. Annoying this is the wife like the Freelander leaving me the Golf,which I dont like. Wouldnt mind be her Honda S2000is under dust in the barn and she does not want to sell it despite not driving it for nearly a year (ill fix a few niggles then its for sale). The Series III is for sale and the Elise is waiting till racing season, the Grey Fergie is ok, but id like to get the brakes 100% and a roll bar on it.

So despite having 6 vehicles only 1 actually works properly touch wood).

[discomummy]

Hi,

whilst in spain last week we were very pleasantly surprised to be advised by our extremely helpful garage that they have persuaded peugeot to pay for all the parts for the blown turbo.  all we have to pay is £600 & vat for the labour out of a £2100 & vat bill

big, BIG sigh of relief

regards

ela

[thermidorthelobster]

And Pugsley the Peugeot was bought to save you from bankruptcy? :D

[Range Rover Red]

Ela, I'm really pleased for you.