Honda Courtesy Car...
10-04-2004, 01:27 PM
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Honda Courtesy Car...
My local dealer needs the S for 3-4 days to complete a list of minor warranty items. I couldn't face being without the car in the summer months, so have only just got around to booking her in!
Arrive at the dealer for 9am, outside is a rather tasty looking Civic Type R. Excited at the thought of some trendy courtesy transport I drop the keys with the service manager. He proceeds to say "we'll bring the car around the front". The Type R was a little hopeful, but I at least expected a Honda, but no that is the service manager walking toward me with the keys to a pale blue Nissan Micra!
I would have been more than happy with a groovy little Jazz, but a Nissan Micra, please! Whats that all about then? Anyway what is it they say in the advert "simpology", simple technology or whatever! It's bonkers, you don't need a key to start it, the trip computer draws wacky mpg graphs and memorises your wedding anniversary, pointless.
It's going to be a long week
Have I just recieved the worst courtesy car from Honda or can anyone beat me?
Arrive at the dealer for 9am, outside is a rather tasty looking Civic Type R. Excited at the thought of some trendy courtesy transport I drop the keys with the service manager. He proceeds to say "we'll bring the car around the front". The Type R was a little hopeful, but I at least expected a Honda, but no that is the service manager walking toward me with the keys to a pale blue Nissan Micra!
I would have been more than happy with a groovy little Jazz, but a Nissan Micra, please! Whats that all about then? Anyway what is it they say in the advert "simpology", simple technology or whatever! It's bonkers, you don't need a key to start it, the trip computer draws wacky mpg graphs and memorises your wedding anniversary, pointless.
It's going to be a long week
Have I just recieved the worst courtesy car from Honda or can anyone beat me?
10-04-2004, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by euan,Oct 4 2004, 10:30 PM
eibutler had a Skoda for a couple of weeks (but I think that was divine retribution for parking his S in a field 
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Ssshhhh!
10-04-2004, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LTB,Oct 4 2004, 10:41 PM
You've got me worried now, mine goes in for a service tomorrow.
God only knows what they are going to give me ????
God only knows what they are going to give me ????
I am just so confused, it's a Nissan. I took my car to a Honda garage? It's not like the Nissan comes from a garage with the same franchise name either.
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A Vauxhall would have been a much better courtesy car. 
10-05-2004, 02:44 AM
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Alright, no need to rub it in! I usually get a civic, why why why
I had trouble starting the bloody thing this morning, opened the car and left the remote in my pocket as before. That didn't work so waved the key around a little bit, locked and unlocked the doors etc. None of which seemed to make a blind bit of difference, eventually got it started, but I was just about ready to ring my dealer and have a moan at that point.
Fingers crossed leaving work this evening doesn't present the same problems....
I had trouble starting the bloody thing this morning, opened the car and left the remote in my pocket as before. That didn't work so waved the key around a little bit, locked and unlocked the doors etc. None of which seemed to make a blind bit of difference, eventually got it started, but I was just about ready to ring my dealer and have a moan at that point.
Fingers crossed leaving work this evening doesn't present the same problems....