Some dealers don't help themselves

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You would think that with the market position JLR believe they are in their dealers would at least make the effort to present their cars in a half-decent condition.

Although a light coat of rusty brake disc is nothing to bother about a very short drive up and down the road would make it look a lot better - however I can't believe that they would present a car with such an appalling bonnet fit as this.

It's embarrassing to owners, let alone to other dealers that still try hard - come on guys, make a bit of effort.

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Not to mention the misalignment of the wheel centre cap and locking wheel nut. And they're much easier to do than the bonnet!
But if they think it's a sellers' market and can crank up the prices .... :o
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Looks like it needs a good clean!
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Can the dealer be named please. Or at least the town!
I arrived at a main dealer in Crawley a while back. It was midday. One apparently AUC had a flat tire and another was being polished even though it had a door handle hanging off. Incredible. The car I went to test drive had major electrical gremlins. I didn’t (couldn’t) leave the forecourt in it. I later had a follow up call asking for feedback. Imagine how that went! Have they improved? I’ve not been back!
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Captain Midlife wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:45 pmOne apparently AUC had a flat tire and another was being polished even though it had a door handle hanging off. Incredible.
Maybe the door handle fitter was busy but the polisher was at a loose end? ;)
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Let’s assume the guy polishing it hadn’t left the door handle out and given it a whack with the polisher 🙄
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Lunar wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:02 pm Let’s assume the guy polishing it hadn’t left the door handle out and given it a whack with the polisher 🙄
It was an XF with handle hanging on by wires. :oops:
scm wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:48 pm Maybe the door handle fitter was busy but the polisher was at a loose end? ;)
Busy maybe but by midday both these cars should have been either removed from display or fixed. Had I arrived at 9am then I'd understand. You wouldn't find a torn suit on display in the window of Moss Bros would you? This first impression left me feeling I was not entering a prestige manufacturer main dealer forecourt.
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The trouble is the "main" dealers are all franchises aren't they? And a very mixed bag in my experience. I won't name them but one very local to me couldn't be bothered to arrange a demo for the model I was after, and another left me waiting for 20 minutes for an arranged appointment when the salesman was late - didn't even offer me a brew, Needless to say they didn't get any business. If you're in the SE, the one at the top of the M3 is decent.
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