New car damaged by dealership

dodzy · 29-01-2023 8:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120171218#Comment_120171218

OP, as usual Boards doesn’t disappoint. Structural engineers & coating experts in abundance as usual. All BS. You can pretty much bet your ass that the repair job will be perfect and, contrary to other opinions, you will see nothing. This crap about the paint fading away to reveal a botch job in 2-5 yrs and/or your car driving on a jelly-like chassis is just more scaremongering BS. Look at the car when you’ve been informed the repair work has been carried out. I have you heavy odds-on to keep it. Good luck with the purchase. You’ll have forgotten all about it in a few days.

sligopaul · 02-02-2023 10:58am

Hi OP,

Did you manage to meet the garage, how did it end up

Thanks

CantThinkOfANam · 02-02-2023 11:09pm

Yes. I decided to go ahead and accept it. The damage is relatively minor and the work was carried out by a very reputable bodyshop and I spoke to them. The alternative was to wait for a replacement and it wasn’t worth the wait.

elperello · 02-02-2023 11:23pm

Thanks for getting back.

All the best with it.

slipperyox · 02-02-2023 11:47pm

The one thing not mentioned was...

The dealership could have said nothing. Repaired it, and given it to you.

And I bet 100%, some of the people here that said not to accept. Bought a new car at some stage that was repaired.🤣

Fair play to the dealership.

C3PO · 03-02-2023 10:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120194529#Comment_120194529

A good friend of mine bought a new Golf GTI from a main dealer a few years ago. He’s a perfectionist (and a designer) and from day one he was convinced that one of the doors was a fractionally different shade to the rest of the car. Eventually the garage admitted that the door had been damaged and repaired by their approved repairer. He insisted that the car should be replaced with a new one and the garage was left with a 6 month old car which had been repaired. Much better to come clean and take it from there!