Originally posted by Kinster
The dealership have got back to me and are willing to pay half of the admin fee of £1500, down to £750. Do you think I should pay this amount?

I suppose that is better than paying 1.5k!

£750 will be minimal depreciation for the use that you had of a car - remember that you will be getting a new car. I suppose if I was rejecting a nearly new car a rate of £100 per 1000 miles is reasonable.

I had to haggle with the Dealer Principle on this matter and he was grateful and offered to pay half because the depreciation costs were not mentioned at the time of negotiation :)

Dealers ain't that bad after all :)

Why should you have to pay at all? They are not doing you a favour by reducing the fee by half. Do not accept this.

hmmmmm.... I've had my car for 15 months now and have done 13000 miles. Do you think I should not be paying a penny at all?

Originally posted by Kinster
hmmmmm.... I've had my car for 15 months now and have done 13000 miles. Do you think I should not be paying a penny at all?

Check out willibobs post here:
http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=415202#post415202

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:confused: I'm confused now. I hear that some people have paid for usage. willbob say's he rejected it but doesn't mention if he paid any costs for usage or if he's getting a replacement? He does mention that his car still had faults. My current one doesn't anymore!

Originally posted by Kinster
:confused: I'm confused now. I hear that some people have paid for usage. willbob say's he rejected it but doesn't mention if he paid any costs for usage or if he's getting a replacement? He does mention that his car still had faults. My current one doesn't anymore!

LOL. The power of the internet - more info does not necessarily help!;)

Well I saw in your other post that you had your Cooper for over a year and 13k miles. So, yes, some people are getting better deals than others, but maybe they've had worst experiences/faults than you?

But, realistically Kinster, it's a balance of being greedy and ******ing you dealer principal off or accepting a reasonable deal.

£750 for a car a years motoring is peanuts. You're getting a new car for £750 plus the cost of the S. Not bad. Hiring a Group A car would cost that for a month at Hertz. And if you bought a Mondeo, for £15k, you would have lost £6k after a year.

I had a chat with the dealer this afternoon and was going through a few options. Compensation was brought up instead of a replacement, but I thought it was a bit late for this as my new car will be ready today (25th). I don't really have much of a chance of haggling down to £0. :)

.. by the way do you know if the dealer accepts a Motor Insurance Certificate by fax?

It depends on situation (maybe PM Willibob for more information). I had a classic mini with loads of problems, returned it in a 'buy back' manner, lost a few hundred quid, but seemed fair at the time.

If it seems fair to you, go for it.

Originally posted by Kinster
:confused: I'm confused now. I hear that some people have paid for usage. willbob say's he rejected it but doesn't mention if he paid any costs for usage or if he's getting a replacement? He does mention that his car still had faults. My current one doesn't anymore!

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How can you reject a car that has no faults :confused:

I thought that if you gave the dealer a chance to fix a fault and they did succesfully you would have no grounds for rejection?

I rejected the car when it had faults. Then waited for my replacement to come while driving the faulty car. So during the wait I kept going back to the dealership to get the faults fixed over a period of 9 months. So when the replacement arrived, the current car is near enough fault free.

You get it?

Originally posted by KenL
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How can you reject a car that has no faults :confused:

I thought that if you gave the dealer a chance to fix a fault and they did succesfully you would have no grounds for rejection?

Kinster £750 for 13,000 miles/15 months of driving seems like a fair deal to me.

Originally posted by Kinster
hmmmmm.... I've had my car for 15 months now and have done 13000 miles. Do you think I should not be paying a penny at all?

If I understand it correctly, the car you are currently driving is faulty; you have asked for a replacement which was on order; in the meantime you are now driving the faulty car (that you have paid for already), otherwise you will be without a car (and you would have had to have hired a replacement, another cost to you). Why should you pay more for a faulty car that you have already paid for?

So whilst I appreciate that it is unlikely you will get this car for free, i would try and reduce the cost even more. Out of principle. Or get a full refund.

Originally posted by Kinster
I rejected the car when it had faults. Then waited for my replacement to come while driving the faulty car. So during the wait I kept going back to the dealership to get the faults fixed over a period of 9 months. So when the replacement arrived, the current car is near enough fault free.

You get it?

Ahhhhh, gotcha :D

No longer :confused:

Cheers, KenL

I know what your saying :) While waiting for my replacement I have been to the dealers to get the car's recurring faults fixed. So now the car is running pretty good.

The dealer did mention a few other options (compensation, Cooper). But I didn't fancy them as the replacement car is already here. I could have picked it up today, but because of this I have to wait until Friday now.

Originally posted by Prav
If I understand it correctly, the car you are currently driving is faulty; you have asked for a replacement which was on order; in the meantime you are now driving the faulty car (that you have paid for already), otherwise you will be without a car (and you would have had to have hired a replacement, another cost to you). Why should you pay more for a faulty car that you have already paid for?

So whilst I appreciate that it is unlikely you will get this car for free, i would try and reduce the cost even more. Out of principle. Or get a full refund.