So, let’s see... I left off with the devastating news that my car was now a useless hunk of metal.
Remember, I am a silver lining type of girl. There is a silver lining somewhere, let me find it... We only have 1 car to sell when we move to France. I still have money left over from the first car (that is in checks that I can’t cash because I STILL don’t have a British bank account), we can get a rent a long term hire (rental) car for the remaining four months we will be in the UK, hopefully!
I do feel sorry for Super Handsome. He was in France while all this was happening. Just as it was happening he was emailing to tell me how excited he was as he could go back to wearing jeans at the new workplace. I crushed his happy bubble right away with the direness of my situation. Then, later that day, we had a conversation that went like this:
SH: Maybe your car will magically start working again
Me: Love, when the garage man tells you that it is economically beyond repair, it is not going to magically work again. I wish that it would.
SH:You always Whiz in my wheaties, you know that?
Ok, maybe I don’t feel THAT sorry for him... I am the one without a car again. This time there is no free rentals being offered to me. Looking at the paperwork, I am not sure about having a warranty either. Just to put it all in perspective for you, I bought the 2 Feb and it ran until 20 March.
I had a chat with the trader that I bought it from. He was nice and I am hoping for something positive. I am also going to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau and see what they recommend. They do have consumer protection laws here in the UK, I am hoping that there is something that will help me. I don’t understand them and how they will apply in this situation.
As you know, the garage man told me I needed to just scrap the car. He is currently keeping it for me at the garage while I figure out what to do. I am going to drop off some brownies for him and the guys today or tomorrow. They really came through for this damsel in distress.
I hate buying cars, especially used ones. I tried very hard to do my homework on this one, it came with all of it’s past service history and it seemed to run fine until Tuesday. I don’t think that they purposely sold me a dodgy car. I am still puzzling about the warranty on the car when they apparently offer them (he mumbled something about the low price of the car having something to do with it). I did point out to the guy while chatting with him that I was never offered an extra warranty because if I had been I would have taken it AND paid extra. Let’s face it, I know what kind of luck I have and frankly, I am tired of eating "whiz in my Wheaties".
Remember, I am a silver lining type of girl. There is a silver lining somewhere, let me find it... We only have 1 car to sell when we move to France. I still have money left over from the first car (that is in checks that I can’t cash because I STILL don’t have a British bank account), we can get a rent a long term hire (rental) car for the remaining four months we will be in the UK, hopefully!
I do feel sorry for Super Handsome. He was in France while all this was happening. Just as it was happening he was emailing to tell me how excited he was as he could go back to wearing jeans at the new workplace. I crushed his happy bubble right away with the direness of my situation. Then, later that day, we had a conversation that went like this:
SH: Maybe your car will magically start working again
Me: Love, when the garage man tells you that it is economically beyond repair, it is not going to magically work again. I wish that it would.
SH:You always Whiz in my wheaties, you know that?
Ok, maybe I don’t feel THAT sorry for him... I am the one without a car again. This time there is no free rentals being offered to me. Looking at the paperwork, I am not sure about having a warranty either. Just to put it all in perspective for you, I bought the 2 Feb and it ran until 20 March.
I had a chat with the trader that I bought it from. He was nice and I am hoping for something positive. I am also going to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau and see what they recommend. They do have consumer protection laws here in the UK, I am hoping that there is something that will help me. I don’t understand them and how they will apply in this situation.
As you know, the garage man told me I needed to just scrap the car. He is currently keeping it for me at the garage while I figure out what to do. I am going to drop off some brownies for him and the guys today or tomorrow. They really came through for this damsel in distress.
I hate buying cars, especially used ones. I tried very hard to do my homework on this one, it came with all of it’s past service history and it seemed to run fine until Tuesday. I don’t think that they purposely sold me a dodgy car. I am still puzzling about the warranty on the car when they apparently offer them (he mumbled something about the low price of the car having something to do with it). I did point out to the guy while chatting with him that I was never offered an extra warranty because if I had been I would have taken it AND paid extra. Let’s face it, I know what kind of luck I have and frankly, I am tired of eating "whiz in my Wheaties".
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