car check
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If you go onto Carzone, check dealers in the 26 counties. Check SIMI approved main dealers used stock and in the general you will see most cars are from '03 on. Any older ones usually have small milage or are odd cars. Ring the dealer and ask what sort of warranty you get.
You won't get many 12 month bumper to bumper warranties on those cars.
You won't get many 12 month bumper to bumper warranties on those cars.
Well whaddya know? Go a few miles outside Dublin and look what happens...
Indeed thanks for the advice, now just have to wait and see what they have.
Dunshaughlin, as in Meath?! Depends on where you live in Dublin but it's hardly a few miles for most. Think how much money you could have saved by not ringing all the garages in Dublin and surrounding counties to find one.
I never said you won't find a garage but I said you won't find many.
Is it a SIMI, franchise dealer?
Also is it a full warranty covering shocks, bushings etc?
24h Roadside assistance is a great thing if you do breakdown, however if it's just a noise in the rear of the car/ radio not working/ bulb gone etc you know you have to drive back to that dealer you bought the car from, your not actually "a breakdown case" and not entitled to "Breakdown Ass".
Best of luck with your new car.
I never said you won't find a garage but I said you won't find many.
Is it a SIMI, franchise dealer?
Also is it a full warranty covering shocks, bushings etc?
24h Roadside assistance is a great thing if you do breakdown, however if it's just a noise in the rear of the car/ radio not working/ bulb gone etc you know you have to drive back to that dealer you bought the car from, your not actually "a breakdown case" and not entitled to "Breakdown Ass".
Best of luck with your new car.
What in your eyes is a proper warranty? What do you want covered be specific?
A new car, comes with a full warranty, if any item is damaged by the customer/driver or the part is deemed wear and tear it's not covered. Some Manufactures differ slightly but most are the same. If you had a two year warranty, and a shock goes in the second year. It would not be covered on a new car (most times).
You wonder why? Because it's not a manufacturing fault that the shock went, it's the driving on the roads that does it, bumps, speed ramps, potholes etc.
When you buy a second hand car, most palces will give up to a year as far back as '03, incl shocks etc.
On an older car '02 or more we usually can't give that so we don't retail them. If we were to, we would only give 3/6 months. We would cover everything but it does not make sence for us as a garage to do it any longer.
We could sell you a new car right now, give you a 10 year warranty, and argue for you to show us a clear manufacturing fault on any problem you may have that has no outside influences. There is nothing you wouldn't pay for.
A new car, comes with a full warranty, if any item is damaged by the customer/driver or the part is deemed wear and tear it's not covered. Some Manufactures differ slightly but most are the same. If you had a two year warranty, and a shock goes in the second year. It would not be covered on a new car (most times).
You wonder why? Because it's not a manufacturing fault that the shock went, it's the driving on the roads that does it, bumps, speed ramps, potholes etc.
When you buy a second hand car, most palces will give up to a year as far back as '03, incl shocks etc.
On an older car '02 or more we usually can't give that so we don't retail them. If we were to, we would only give 3/6 months. We would cover everything but it does not make sence for us as a garage to do it any longer.
We could sell you a new car right now, give you a 10 year warranty, and argue for you to show us a clear manufacturing fault on any problem you may have that has no outside influences. There is nothing you wouldn't pay for.