Recent content by keith

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    Dealer lost my service book!

    Shocking! How did the original get lost? I’ve spoken to the dealer and as I suspected they’ve lost the book. Now of course the hassle of nagging to get a new book and have it stamped and the history recreated. Whilst the service manager has offered to do this, I think it’s a fair assumption that...
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    Dealer lost my service book!

    I would be interested in opinions on the following. I took my DS3 to my local Stellantis dealer for its annual service today. When I collected the car I was told the service book was stamped and left in the car. I drove away and after 10 minutes I thought where did they ,eave the book. It was...
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    THE FUTURE vs THE PAST!!

    I think your way off the mark when you say ten years. There are still plenty of electric cars a **** of a lot older still being perfectly viable. Also a point that seems to be forgotten is, in the future the aftermarket battery replacement business which is still in its infancy, will by...
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    THE FUTURE vs THE PAST!!

    But I suppose its how you define the past...some would say anything produced in the last 20-30 years is total ****, and you have to go back further to get decent quality. All I can do is look at the evidence from owning 'the future' for twenty months in the shape of the Genesis, and compare it...
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    THE FUTURE vs THE PAST!!

    Rite, I was visiting the Wellington hospital with my wife...
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    THE FUTURE vs THE PAST!!

    The other day I was parked in St John’s Wood in London. Like so many drivers, I was taking advantage of the benefits of having an EV. For me to park for four hours less than a Pound, plus no Congestion Charge. For the driver of the Maserati parked behind, unless he was a resident - considerably...
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    Expensive cars!

    Yep my point exactly. I wonder what car(s) that person is now lucky enough to have. Perhaps to widen my point, both at a national and infinitely more so, at an international level we have seen what can only be described as an explosion of wealth that the world probably hasn't seen for a hundred...
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    Expensive cars!

    Whilst I have no doubt this newly amassed wealth is created by honest means in the overwhelming majority of cases, you do have to wonder how many have profited from lousy national and local government spending decisions. PPE being the obvious example, but how many local councils...
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    Expensive cars!

    Following on the previous post regarding cheapest cars, I thought I would make mention of something I've mentioned before, relating to the ever increasing price of new cars particularly EV's at the 'upper end'. It's wel, known thanks to battery costs a new EV in a relative class, usually costs...
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    Joining the electric car club

    Who cares if it's Chinese... there cars are as good if not better than the western mainstream manufacturers, who are increasingly becoming owned and produced in China. The new MG Cyberstar looks to be great!
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    Opinions please!

    To be honest the standards of Customer Service in the States from my experience is so much better than what we have to put up with here in the UK… Customer Service in the UK is only apparent in high end stores, anywhere else the staff are doing you a favour to serve you…
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    Opinions please!

    Fortnum’s were shut…
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    Opinions please!

    Very valid comment!!
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    Opinions please!

    So the basis of making an accusation of shop lifting is - a customer who leaves from the wrong door!!!!! Then said customer asking to speak to the manager, and asking for the security guards name!!!! Well if I was clearly identified as a shop lifter, what was the point of assaulting me, when I...
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    Opinions please!

    If there were a vote for best reply, I think you would win! I can imagine that I was many of what you describe, but and as I alluded to before with my Victor Meldrew comment, I perhaps remember a time when 'the customer is always right' and staff would treat them accordingly. His manner from...