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Previously on "Un-believable discounts at Halfords Autocentre (Nationwide) on MOT for AA members.!!"
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Whenever I drive through France I'm always struck by how empty the autoroute is. It's only after having driven a Peugeot that I realised it's because people are worried by the distance between exits being slightly greater than the MTBF.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIf it was new it would have been under warranty.
Didn't 5 year old Mercs had a lot of quality problems with electrics and some such costing a fortune to fix?
Mercs (now 7 years old) did have problems, but happily the first owners sorted that out under warranty. The service contract Merc sell for second hand cars in Holland is superior to any new car service, all repairs are covered by a guarantee contract and basically you get a better car on a better deal. Not cheap, but cheaper than a new car and one hell of a lot better than anything from France.
If anything, a young used German car is better than a new car from anything other than some new Japanese cars.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI 'downgraded' from a new Peugeot which kept breaking down to a 5 year old Benz E-Class
Didn't 5 year old Mercs had a lot of quality problems with electrics and some such costing a fortune to fix?
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I have 2 cars and neither are any good. The one I use down here is an old pug 206 that I bought off my cousin for £400 14 months ago. So far its cost me £140 for repairs to the brakes and the cost of a MOT and that's pretty much it. It looks sh1t and nicely lowers the tone at Beaconsfield train station where it lives.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Posthe's been polishing the silver.
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostThat's all very well, but doesn't the butler organise the MOT ?
HTH
DimPrawn
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI have a car that requires an MOT as a cost cutting measure introduced during the 2008-9 banking crisis. I 'downgraded' from a new Peugeot which kept breaking down to a 5 year old Benz E-Class and have decided I'll probably drive it until it dies, quite simply because I like it and it doesn't keep breaking down.
HTH
DimPrawn
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostWhy does a contractor have a car that requires an M.O.T. ?
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So you get the cheap option and then pay 500 pounds for unnecessary repairs, or pay 10 pounds more for the AA option and then pay 490 pounds for unnecessary repairs. They're all bloody conmen anyway.
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Un-believable discounts at Halfords Autocentre (Nationwide) on MOT for AA members.!!
You will not believe this...What AA members are getting from Half**ds Autocentre (Nationwide) ...!!
If you are NOT AA member MOT cost - £ 27.42
If you claim to be a AA member MOT cost (after 'discount' ) - £ 36.75
Woooooooow...!! .......Un-believable........!!Tags: None
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