adolf said...

Mark _australia said..

Adolph give us a price for a head on a Charade vs a head for the BMW you suggest?

I know they are more reliable, but for old cars anything is possible so lets pretend he bought the Beemer and the head went?

How about consumables like brake pads etc? C'mon do a real comparo...

Replacing a head/gasket is a labour intensive job. If it is the head, it could cost upwards of $1.5K, most of that would be labour

On a BMW yes, not on a charade.

Some pretty sh!t advice/comments on here.
As previously said unfortunately you don't apply for stat warranty. Cars in WA need to be over 4k to apply. Technically the dealer doesn't have to do anything. Anything they do for you will be out of good will. As p!ssed off as you are a friendly approach will probably get you further in this situation.
If you bought an extended wty that might cover it but read the contract/covered items carefully. You will generally have to pay the first x amount and they don't usually cover things like coolants, oils etc so that will be out of your own pocket.
If it's not covered and the dealer doesn't want to play the game you'll be able to get head done for under a grand on a charade easy.
If you haven't got a decent mechanic let me know. I know a good one who does the right thing.
Good luck.

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Woodo said..

adolf said...

Mark _australia said..

Adolph give us a price for a head on a Charade vs a head for the BMW you suggest?

I know they are more reliable, but for old cars anything is possible so lets pretend he bought the Beemer and the head went?

How about consumables like brake pads etc? C'mon do a real comparo...

Replacing a head/gasket is a labour intensive job. If it is the head, it could cost upwards of $1.5K, most of that would be labour

On a BMW yes, not on a charade.

Some pretty sh!t advice/comments on here.
As previously said unfortunately you don't apply for stat warranty. Cars in WA need to be over 4k to apply. Technically the dealer doesn't have to do anything. Anything they do for you will be out of good will. As p!ssed off as you are a friendly approach will probably get you further in this situation.
If you bought an extended wty that might cover it but read the contract/covered items carefully. You will generally have to pay the first x amount and they don't usually cover things like coolants, oils etc so that will be out of your own pocket.
If it's not covered and the dealer doesn't want to play the game you'll be able to get head done for under a grand on a charade easy.
If you haven't got a decent mechanic let me know. I know a good one who does the right thing.
Good luck.

I thought it was 3k and under= no warranty. 4k, thats poor.

Just tell the dealer that if he don't fix the car, no Seabreezers will ever buy a car from him and will bag his name all over the net.

He will crap his pants, shiver in his boots, beg forgiveness and either fix it or take it back and give you a better car.

That is the power of Seabreeze!!

Next subject????

myusernam said..

Woodo said..

adolf said...

Mark _australia said..

Adolph give us a price for a head on a Charade vs a head for the BMW you suggest?

I know they are more reliable, but for old cars anything is possible so lets pretend he bought the Beemer and the head went?

How about consumables like brake pads etc? C'mon do a real comparo...

Replacing a head/gasket is a labour intensive job. If it is the head, it could cost upwards of $1.5K, most of that would be labour

On a BMW yes, not on a charade.

Some pretty sh!t advice/comments on here.
As previously said unfortunately you don't apply for stat warranty. Cars in WA need to be over 4k to apply. Technically the dealer doesn't have to do anything. Anything they do for you will be out of good will. As p!ssed off as you are a friendly approach will probably get you further in this situation.
If you bought an extended wty that might cover it but read the contract/covered items carefully. You will generally have to pay the first x amount and they don't usually cover things like coolants, oils etc so that will be out of your own pocket.
If it's not covered and the dealer doesn't want to play the game you'll be able to get head done for under a grand on a charade easy.
If you haven't got a decent mechanic let me know. I know a good one who does the right thing.
Good luck.

Is this true? I thought warranty laws applied to everything you buy. period. Even though its a cheap car, it should last a little while. I dont know if I agree about not being covered by consumer law. It has changed recently and become even stronger (and the term 'statutory' has been dropped. I would check out the federal consumer law website.

For once I agree with myusername , read up on the ACCC website as a great starting place, you do have some protection here.

Mark _australia said..

^^^ being in the trade I'd like to hear what you reckon?

Regardless of warranty I think any big dealership would do the morally right thing and take the car back - it only made it a few km and it was not even hot weather and it farked up badly. I bet it would have failed cylinder leakdown and/or comp tests but I also bet they didn't bother. Change the oil, shonky paint touchup (if you're lucky) polish and out the door at triple $$$ that they traded it for.

Uphill isnt a big dealership, Im not sure on the warrenty side of it, I think they only have to warrent a car if its 5k or more and under 5k you have to buy one?? Not sure I havnt looked at the rules for a while and they change a bit. It should be all online anyway, I sell parts not cars

Buying second hand is a risk no matter how you look at it. Doing the research and buying smart are the ways to go but hindsight is a wonderfull thing.

Woodo said..

Haha.

WA71 said..

Woodo said..

Sorry my bad. You should be able to claim under 'implied warranty' see below.

http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumerprotection/content/motor_vehicles/Buying_and_selling/Buying_a_vehicle/Implied_warranties.html

And you should bloody know

Haha! You'd think so wouldn't you Doggie

Tbh they change the rules a bit so yea Im not suprised that ya didnt know off the top of ya head

Mark _australia said..

Carantoc said..
The whole sorry episode sounds like one giant charade

Your quip regarding a giant Charade............


demands some Applause

good to see you were Swift with your Civic duty

Focus guys focus!

add plenty of sugar and your lemon will become lemonade

You guys Audi be ashamed of yourselves.

All we need now is a Ranger to police all this Countach

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thePup said..

Time for some Volks to hitch their wagens

I would but I have Polo in the morning followed by Golf in the afternoon, and there'll be no Holden' back......

Ok, on sat i signed a stat dec saying i was returning the car within 24 hours due to problem. Today spoke to and lodge a complaint with consumer protectuon.
Then i called dealership informing them the car was unfit for its purpose and saftey issue if it breaks down in traffic and demanded the mechanics number that the car was at. They did not give it and They got a little pissed. Then they called back said it was a head issue and have given me a cheque with the full amount of cash back. So all worked out well. Big thabks for the advice, especially as many of you giys are pole dancers!! (i did return a wave sail and boom i found at bombing range last year so good karma i giess!!)

Great Wall of news Jono .... hope it all Bavarian Motor Works out for ya in getting another set of wheels champ