Car in body shop. How long is reasonable?

[mitch84]

I get that this is really annoying, but I think that your MD is being a bit of an ≈≈≈≈.

How old is the Fiat 500, and what does your contract actually say?

I was a Financial controller of a very large well known company, and I drove a 3 year old Fiat 500, as that was what I wanted to drive at the time. I since sold it because i was doing more motorway driving, but still, I would have been furious if they commented.

I managed to get away with a salary uplift at my new company rather than a car allowance, but if I had a car allowance, my car would have to be of a similar age to the company cars provided, 0-4 years old. I think that is harsh, as my current car a Seat Leon is 5 years old and in great nick, but those would be the rules. In that instance I would probably take a company car rather than selling perfectly good cars. But I digress.

I would dig a copy of my contract out, and get very firm with your MD, so that he doesn’t have the cheek to even mention stopping your car allowance

[Pino_Spetzberg]

Originally Posted by Universal VR

The same thing happened two years ago in another supermarket car park! So, this will be the second new wing and bumper I’ve had on it.

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I almost posted yesterday that your front wing doesn't match your bonnet.
Red can be a difficult colour, especially with all the different shades and types of paint.
If the same people are repairing your car this time don't accept it until you are happy.

[Universal VR]

Originally Posted by Pino_Spetzberg

I almost posted yesterday that your front wing doesn't match your bonnet.
Red can be a difficult colour, especially with all the different shades and types of paint.
If the same people are repairing your car this time don't accept it until you are happy.

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To be fair, that has happened over time. I think red paint fades worse than other colours and it has faded at different rates. It also looks worse in the picture than it is. I’d say it’s only become noticeable in the last few months.

[novocastrian]

seems massively over long time

not sure why you would call the RAC after a bump & not your insurance though?
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not a criticism but i assume you have informed your insurance company

[Universal VR]

Originally Posted by novocastrian

seems massively over long time

not sure why you would call the RAC after a bump & not your insurance though?
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not a criticism but i assume you have informed your insurance company

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I phoned the RAC as there was something leaking and I didn’t know whether I could drive it home. So it was my RAC breakdown I was calling and they put me through to SGS. They delivered the hire car within half an hour. I notified my insurance company on the Sunday by email then phoned on the Monday and explained what had happened. They said they wouldn’t process the claim at that time but to call again if there were any issues getting it sorted.

[400ixl]

Originally Posted by Universal VR

To be fair, that has happened over time. I think red paint fades worse than other colours and it has faded at different rates. It also looks worse in the picture than it is. I’d say it’s only become noticeable in the last few months.

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Since the move from 2 pack to water based paints over 10 years ago the red colour fade has not been an issue thankfully. So unless.it is an old car then matching is no harder than for any other colour.