A very sad day. a long storey
08-24-2007, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Dembo,Aug 24 2007, 11:42 AM
When did you get rid of it?
Interesting story... I bought my Primera off a trader in South Wales in August 06 and when I said that I had an S2000, he said he'd just got a silver 05, but was going to "send it back" as it was obviously accident damaged and badly repaired, even though it wasn't listed as written off.
This was just somebody who sold the odd car and got rid of stuff the proper dealers got as p/x, you know the type. I think he was honest enough, certainly I've no complaints. Perhaps somebody had p/x'ed it for something else at a main dealer and they were trying to get rid of it. Hmmm.
Interesting story... I bought my Primera off a trader in South Wales in August 06 and when I said that I had an S2000, he said he'd just got a silver 05, but was going to "send it back" as it was obviously accident damaged and badly repaired, even though it wasn't listed as written off.
This was just somebody who sold the odd car and got rid of stuff the proper dealers got as p/x, you know the type. I think he was honest enough, certainly I've no complaints. Perhaps somebody had p/x'ed it for something else at a main dealer and they were trying to get rid of it. Hmmm.
08-24-2007, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pip,Aug 24 2007, 03:25 PM
Further proof that an HPI check is not guarantee that a car has not been in a big smash. 
08-25-2007, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Neil.H,Aug 24 2007, 05:28 PM
did it go to a Honda garage or the insurers approved repairer? If the later, then there's you answer as to why it was repaired.
I made sure mine went to an expensive Honda dealer in order to make the bill as large as possible.
I made sure mine went to an expensive Honda dealer in order to make the bill as large as possible.
A Honda dealer bodyshop is exactly that. A bodyshop in a franchised dealer. They have no additional training to any other bodyshop. They have no different equipment to any other bodyshop just because they are a honda dealer, there is no additional quality control just because they are a Honda dealer and the paint they use will not be Honda OEM paint.
In my experience, you get no benefit from using a honda dealer bodyshop to a decent independant. We all know how flakey the dealers can be with mechanical faults, some are better than others. Exactly the same applies with bodyshops.
I've seen some shocking honda bodyshops and some excellent independants. I'd be far more interested in their attitude to you as a customer, the cleanliness of the workshop, how modern the spraybooth is, and the quality of the work they produce.
08-25-2007, 01:21 AM
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and ultimately comes down to the skill and patience of the person actually doing the work on the car..
I recently saw a car that had been repaired at a honda bodyshop.. and the issue with the panel gap was visible from 20 metres away..
08-25-2007, 01:33 AM
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I've experienced similar things with cars I have owned.
Basically, and I think this extends to many 'trades,' there seems to be this bodge mentality where you pay good money for a job to be done, they screw it up and then try to fobb you off and tell you that the sub-standard work is 'alright' and you should be pleased that they did a less than average job.
After years of putting up with 'average' service from a variety of companies it's actually a shock when someone gives me good service these days.
In the end, if they can't do it right in the first place, they shouldn't start the job.
Needless to say I sympathise!
Cheers,
James.
Basically, and I think this extends to many 'trades,' there seems to be this bodge mentality where you pay good money for a job to be done, they screw it up and then try to fobb you off and tell you that the sub-standard work is 'alright' and you should be pleased that they did a less than average job.
After years of putting up with 'average' service from a variety of companies it's actually a shock when someone gives me good service these days.
In the end, if they can't do it right in the first place, they shouldn't start the job.
Needless to say I sympathise!
Cheers,
James.
08-25-2007, 01:43 AM
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Sorry to hear about all that - 13k is very very cheap for that damage; mine was estimated at 12k to repair, and it was just hte rear nearside quarter and a jig.
08-25-2007, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by TheStoat,Aug 24 2007, 04:29 PM
the more it costs insurers to use half-arsed bodyshops the more likely they are to start using decent ones
Most body shops who work for major insurers only earn around