Shiny red R32
The good news is that I still have a lovely little black172, the bad news is that I wont be getting the V6 because it isnt full UK spec as was described to me the first time I went to see it.
Initially it was priced at £21,995 and I told the salesman I saw that day, that I had seen an advert for one at Motorpoint for only £18,995, which was £3,000 cheaper than his. I asked him if it was an import to which he replied "Yes, but it isnt your usual import, because it is a full UK spec and has everything a Renault dealer supplied V6 would have, whereas the Motorpoint cars are very basic etc etc"
About three weeks later I passed by the show room and noticed that the car had been reduced to £19,995 so I went in and saw a different sales guy who repeated what the other had said and I gave him a deposit of £500 to take it out of the show room.
After speaking to Jeremy who gave me a few questions to ask about this car, I found out that it isnt a UK spec at all, contrary to the guy running down Motorpoint! For a start it doesnt have the RAC Tracker, the windows are not etched with the chassis numbers, which all cars are these days, the type of alarm they fitted isnt classed as a Cat 1 according to my insurance company, there are no locking wheel nuts and I didnt bother to check anything else.
All Renaults now come with a three year warranty, and one year of this warranty has already expired as they have had the car sitting for a year, but the salesman told me that it only has one year, which is from when it is registered to me but I now know that it began when it left the country of origin.
First of all when I told them that I wanted to cancel, the guy said that I couldnt have my deposit back, because he had put things in motion so I rang the card company and told them to withhold payment, so they put my details into their dispute diary and that was no problem.
The major thing which concerned me was the lack of Tracker, which costs about £1,000 and should have been fitted to the car because of them saying it was full UK spec and becuase I was going to have to park it outside, and I explained that it wouldnt go down the slope to my garage, even though you guys had come up with solutions and ideas.
Anyway, I told the salesman that he had made a false representation about this car and that I was formally cancelling it and told him that I had contacted the card company. (It is always best to pay this sort of thing and holidays with a card, then if something goes wrong, you are covered by the card company, whereas cash could be lost).
The sales guy rang me late yesterday to say that he would make sure that it had a Cat 1 alarm fitted and would I still take it, to which I replied that I wouldnt, as it is the RAC Tracker that I need, and I reminded him that the company had led me to believe that it was better equipped than it actually was. I wouldnt have minded if they had knocked another £1,000 off it and given it a fresh three year warranty, but they wouldnt, so that is that.
I would like to thank the lovely Jeremy cool name Townsend for his help.
Thanks Jeremy.
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