this is my concern and may be the very thing that stops me buying my new Cupra 
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I live in Fife in Scotland, I only have the option of 3 dealers to take my car to and they're all 25 - 40 miles away. None of the dealers are all that close to a train station or anything in their respective towns. If, for whatever reason they can't (or won't) give me a courtesy car and can't drop me off / pick me up from the train station I would have the following scenario:
1. drive the car to delaers.
2. get taxi from dealer to train station (fare could be £5 - £10.)
3. train home (f*ck knows what a return ticket would be from dealers town, let's say £10, could be more.)
then a repeat of the above in reverse to collect car. Putting my car in for a day could cost me £25 - £40 in travelling if no courtesy car available. Obviously this ain't a massive issue for routine services (once / twice a year) and maybe one or two warranty visits a year, but should my car have more than its fair share of probs the above could become very boring ... and expensive
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perhaps the biggest thing over and above is, if no car was available for me, I'd probably have to use a day off from work for each visit ... problem car means my entire holiday allocation could be used up
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obviously if I raise these concerns with a dealer they will very probably say something along the lines of it won't be an issue, we'll give you a loan car or drive you to train station to ensure I buy a car. The reality of what then happens could be very different.
This is what's f*cking me off, Leon is my fave car above all else, but the potential inconvenience of multiple dealer visits would be a prob, especially using days holidays every time. And before you start moaning at me saying stuff like small price to pay for a great car the reality of having to do it could really get you down.
.I live in Fife in Scotland, I only have the option of 3 dealers to take my car to and they're all 25 - 40 miles away. None of the dealers are all that close to a train station or anything in their respective towns. If, for whatever reason they can't (or won't) give me a courtesy car and can't drop me off / pick me up from the train station I would have the following scenario:
1. drive the car to delaers.
2. get taxi from dealer to train station (fare could be £5 - £10.)
3. train home (f*ck knows what a return ticket would be from dealers town, let's say £10, could be more.)
then a repeat of the above in reverse to collect car. Putting my car in for a day could cost me £25 - £40 in travelling if no courtesy car available. Obviously this ain't a massive issue for routine services (once / twice a year) and maybe one or two warranty visits a year, but should my car have more than its fair share of probs the above could become very boring ... and expensive
.perhaps the biggest thing over and above is, if no car was available for me, I'd probably have to use a day off from work for each visit ... problem car means my entire holiday allocation could be used up
.obviously if I raise these concerns with a dealer they will very probably say something along the lines of it won't be an issue, we'll give you a loan car or drive you to train station to ensure I buy a car. The reality of what then happens could be very different.
This is what's f*cking me off, Leon is my fave car above all else, but the potential inconvenience of multiple dealer visits would be a prob, especially using days holidays every time. And before you start moaning at me saying stuff like small price to pay for a great car the reality of having to do it could really get you down.
