Do you pay for your courtesy Car...? PLEASE READ

[wibbly]

Robert Stern, MINI's 'flagship dealer of the year' want to charge me £18.80 for a courtesy car for my inspection 1 service....

Do your dealership charge you for their courtesy cars and if so how much. The Service Manager at RS tells its a common policy.....

[simeds]

I was told ar Wellsway that there would be a charge of about 20 quid, and also it would delay my service appointment for about 2 weeks as the car(s) was booked up for a while ie I would have to wait about 3-4 weeks for a service appointment.
Didnlt take them up on their offer.....

[Paul]

Nope.

[fergusor]

The dealer I bought my S off doesn't charge for loan cars, but another local dealer does.

I think it depends on the dealership!!

[laura f]

i've never been charged at either of the 2 dealers near me

[Roofas]

The charge is for the insurance cover, your own insurance co might cover you FOC for the time you have the loan car. I'll post a bit more detail in a bit...............

[Fevs]

mine has now started charging for a loaner whilst the car gets serviced

but i have found a way round that i just book it in for a service and say its got that bloody rattle back again

suddenly it goes from service to warrantiee work in one move and the car is free

thay will suss me one day

[Roofas]

sorry, my post was connected to warranty work not service. Should learn to read.........

[paul wheadon]

You should try getting your MINI serviced at Lloyds Carlisle. Excellent service, no charge ever for MINI courtesy cars and have even been given brand new 3 series and an X3 before as courtesy cars.

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by fevs

mine has now started charging for a loaner whilst the car gets serviced

but i have found a way round that i just book it in for a service and say its got that bloody rattle back again

suddenly it goes from service to warrantiee work in one move and the car is free

thay will suss me one day

don't teach everyone that trick

[SiBradbury]

Quote: Originally Posted by Roofas

The charge is for the insurance cover, your own insurance co might cover you FOC for the time you have the loan car. I'll post a bit more detail in a bit...............

The last time i needed a courtesy car, my dealers told me i had to insure myself on it for the few days i would have it.

Fair enough i thought, but when i called my insurance company they told me that if the courtesy car was already insured by the dealers (very likely) then I wouldn't be able to put it on my policy as it is ILLEGAL to have two insurance policies on one car!

Courtesy cars must be already be insured as they have road tax on them.

So does this mean that technically a main dealer shouldn't be asking you to insure a courtesy car?

Anyone know what the score is with insuring courtesy cars???

[wibbly]

Quote: Originally Posted by fevs

but i have found a way round that i just book it in for a service and say its got that bloody rattle back again

suddenly it goes from service to warrantiee work in one move and the car is free

Thats what I've done with them... miserable feckers UK dealer of the year my a*$e... they weren't like this before they moved to a fancy new building they now have to pay for

Damon Hill doesnt charge if you insure the car yourself

[duncanbanana]

My dealer charges £11 plus VAT for using their loan cars , or they arrange for a taxi to drop you off and pick you up again

[Fevs]

Quote: Originally Posted by sibradbury

The last time i needed a courtesy car, my dealers told me i had to insure myself on it for the few days i would have it.

Fair enough i thought, but when i called my insurance company they told me that if the courtesy car was already insured by the dealers (very likely) then I wouldn't be able to put it on my policy as it is ILLEGAL to have two insurance policies on one car!

Courtesy cars must be already be insured as they have road tax on them.

So does this mean that technically a main dealer shouldn't be asking you to insure a courtesy car?

Anyone know what the score is with insuring courtesy cars???

they are insured on the dealers main policy not individually
i can have a car from my stealer on there insurance with a grand excess or it can go on mine no probs or questions asked

[Loui]

My dealer has started to charge but they didnt charge me woo hoo, but they have recently been bought by knights