Well I live in Dorset where tractors are common


On 20/7/07 08:49, in article SNZni.13$ie3.7@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net, "Dave"
<a@b.com> wrote:

>
> "Mick x" <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2C42D51.2EE7%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk...
>> In all fairness and stating the obvious there are millions of happy Audi
>> drivers that can rightly sing Audi praise from the roof top - I have just
>> been unlucky and currently have a bad taste.
>>
>> From faulty boot locks, intermittent starting problems, oil and EPM issues
>> it seems my second home home has been the dealership and I or the car have
>> been a Jonah over the last nine months
>>
>> Never owned a beamer, like the X5 and think the change will flip my luck.
>>
>> Happy motoring......
>>
>
> Oh joy! Another Chelsea tractor clogging the roads.
>
>

 

Well I live in Dorset where tractors are common


On 20/7/07 08:49, in article SNZni.13$ie3.7@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net, "Dave"
<a@b.com> wrote:

>
> "Mick x" <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2C42D51.2EE7%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk...
>> In all fairness and stating the obvious there are millions of happy Audi
>> drivers that can rightly sing Audi praise from the roof top - I have just
>> been unlucky and currently have a bad taste.
>>
>> From faulty boot locks, intermittent starting problems, oil and EPM issues
>> it seems my second home home has been the dealership and I or the car have
>> been a Jonah over the last nine months
>>
>> Never owned a beamer, like the X5 and think the change will flip my luck.
>>
>> Happy motoring......
>>
>
> Oh joy! Another Chelsea tractor clogging the roads.
>
>

 

Well I live in Dorset where tractors are common


On 20/7/07 08:49, in article SNZni.13$ie3.7@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net, "Dave"
<a@b.com> wrote:

>
> "Mick x" <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2C42D51.2EE7%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk...
>> In all fairness and stating the obvious there are millions of happy Audi
>> drivers that can rightly sing Audi praise from the roof top - I have just
>> been unlucky and currently have a bad taste.
>>
>> From faulty boot locks, intermittent starting problems, oil and EPM issues
>> it seems my second home home has been the dealership and I or the car have
>> been a Jonah over the last nine months
>>
>> Never owned a beamer, like the X5 and think the change will flip my luck.
>>
>> Happy motoring......
>>
>
> Oh joy! Another Chelsea tractor clogging the roads.
>
>

 

Am hearing you, sometimes you just loose faith with your wheels and have no
confidence in making the local shops let alone a long haul.


On 21/7/07 12:25, in article
mcmurtri-4BE413.04251821072007@sn-ra....supernews.net, "Kevin
McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> In article <iqtL3rAleVnGFwNv@charlecote.org.uk>,
> Dave N <nospam@charlecote.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <C2C2E533.2C96%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk>, Mick x
>> <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> writes
>>> Well the oil issue seems to be resolved, however, on a round trip to
>>> Manchester on the first day of picking it up (had been 10 days with the
>>> garage) it broke down - a worn coil.......
>>>
>>> So that's it, is now is fixed and sold.
>>>
>>> I am going to the dark side - BMW
>>
>> Hmmm - less than 3yrs old A6 3.2V6, problems just fixed (under
>> warranty?). Perhaps whoever bought it has got a bargain.
>
> I'm here because I lemon-lawed my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid. It averaged
> maybe 6 hours a month in dealership labor plus it had the occasional
> replacement of a major engine system. Can you imagine paying for that
> when the warranty runs out? I couldn't have even sold it because any
> decent test drive would have brought up OBD codes that would fail a smog
> check. It scared the crap out of me. Sometimes you have to get rid of
> a car.

 

Am hearing you, sometimes you just loose faith with your wheels and have no
confidence in making the local shops let alone a long haul.


On 21/7/07 12:25, in article
mcmurtri-4BE413.04251821072007@sn-ra....supernews.net, "Kevin
McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> In article <iqtL3rAleVnGFwNv@charlecote.org.uk>,
> Dave N <nospam@charlecote.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <C2C2E533.2C96%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk>, Mick x
>> <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> writes
>>> Well the oil issue seems to be resolved, however, on a round trip to
>>> Manchester on the first day of picking it up (had been 10 days with the
>>> garage) it broke down - a worn coil.......
>>>
>>> So that's it, is now is fixed and sold.
>>>
>>> I am going to the dark side - BMW
>>
>> Hmmm - less than 3yrs old A6 3.2V6, problems just fixed (under
>> warranty?). Perhaps whoever bought it has got a bargain.
>
> I'm here because I lemon-lawed my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid. It averaged
> maybe 6 hours a month in dealership labor plus it had the occasional
> replacement of a major engine system. Can you imagine paying for that
> when the warranty runs out? I couldn't have even sold it because any
> decent test drive would have brought up OBD codes that would fail a smog
> check. It scared the crap out of me. Sometimes you have to get rid of
> a car.

 

Am hearing you, sometimes you just loose faith with your wheels and have no
confidence in making the local shops let alone a long haul.


On 21/7/07 12:25, in article
mcmurtri-4BE413.04251821072007@sn-ra....supernews.net, "Kevin
McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> In article <iqtL3rAleVnGFwNv@charlecote.org.uk>,
> Dave N <nospam@charlecote.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <C2C2E533.2C96%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk>, Mick x
>> <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> writes
>>> Well the oil issue seems to be resolved, however, on a round trip to
>>> Manchester on the first day of picking it up (had been 10 days with the
>>> garage) it broke down - a worn coil.......
>>>
>>> So that's it, is now is fixed and sold.
>>>
>>> I am going to the dark side - BMW
>>
>> Hmmm - less than 3yrs old A6 3.2V6, problems just fixed (under
>> warranty?). Perhaps whoever bought it has got a bargain.
>
> I'm here because I lemon-lawed my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid. It averaged
> maybe 6 hours a month in dealership labor plus it had the occasional
> replacement of a major engine system. Can you imagine paying for that
> when the warranty runs out? I couldn't have even sold it because any
> decent test drive would have brought up OBD codes that would fail a smog
> check. It scared the crap out of me. Sometimes you have to get rid of
> a car.

 

Am hearing you, sometimes you just loose faith with your wheels and have no
confidence in making the local shops let alone a long haul.


On 21/7/07 12:25, in article
mcmurtri-4BE413.04251821072007@sn-ra....supernews.net, "Kevin
McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> In article <iqtL3rAleVnGFwNv@charlecote.org.uk>,
> Dave N <nospam@charlecote.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <C2C2E533.2C96%x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk>, Mick x
>> <x@mickx.eclipse.co.uk> writes
>>> Well the oil issue seems to be resolved, however, on a round trip to
>>> Manchester on the first day of picking it up (had been 10 days with the
>>> garage) it broke down - a worn coil.......
>>>
>>> So that's it, is now is fixed and sold.
>>>
>>> I am going to the dark side - BMW
>>
>> Hmmm - less than 3yrs old A6 3.2V6, problems just fixed (under
>> warranty?). Perhaps whoever bought it has got a bargain.
>
> I'm here because I lemon-lawed my 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid. It averaged
> maybe 6 hours a month in dealership labor plus it had the occasional
> replacement of a major engine system. Can you imagine paying for that
> when the warranty runs out? I couldn't have even sold it because any
> decent test drive would have brought up OBD codes that would fail a smog
> check. It scared the crap out of me. Sometimes you have to get rid of
> a car.