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Hey all,
I want to start off on a positive note, and say that I love the forums you have set up here, and I'm loving my new Golf. I picked it up last week, and it's been a pleasure to drive.
However, I've had a couple of nasty surprises over the weekend that have left me bitter.
First up, I found out that the car was incorrectly advertised. The dealer said it was a 1.8L GLE, but it's actually a 1.6 GL. Silly me didn't pop the bonnet at the dealer or during the test drive, so when I did open it on Saturday I saw a big '1.6' written on the engine cover.
What do you think I should do about this? Can I go back to the dealer and ask for some money back? The contract is written for a 1.8 GLE, not a 1.6 and is therefore incorrect.
To add insult to injury, I was in a car accident on Sunday. I was on the Pacific Motorway outbound, and I saw a Commodore in the hard shoulder. The shoulder was narrow and so it was slowing traffic around it. I slowed as I approached it, but then they decided to pull into 100km/h traffic
I slammed on the brakes (the new ABS works very nicely) and narrowly avoided hitting them. I thought we were in the clear until a Camry piled into the back of me. We popped the hazards on and hopped out. A giant Hilux with a bullbar had wrecked up the back of the Camry, and they had hit me. I'm not sure who hit who first.
The car could be worse, the rear bumper is cracked up and will need replacing, but other than that it seems okay.
I'm now having to deal with the Camry's insurance company, and they are going to take a while to get statements of the accident and determine who was at fault.
Just what I needed
I want to start off on a positive note, and say that I love the forums you have set up here, and I'm loving my new Golf. I picked it up last week, and it's been a pleasure to drive.
However, I've had a couple of nasty surprises over the weekend that have left me bitter.
First up, I found out that the car was incorrectly advertised. The dealer said it was a 1.8L GLE, but it's actually a 1.6 GL. Silly me didn't pop the bonnet at the dealer or during the test drive, so when I did open it on Saturday I saw a big '1.6' written on the engine cover.
What do you think I should do about this? Can I go back to the dealer and ask for some money back? The contract is written for a 1.8 GLE, not a 1.6 and is therefore incorrect.
To add insult to injury, I was in a car accident on Sunday. I was on the Pacific Motorway outbound, and I saw a Commodore in the hard shoulder. The shoulder was narrow and so it was slowing traffic around it. I slowed as I approached it, but then they decided to pull into 100km/h traffic
I slammed on the brakes (the new ABS works very nicely) and narrowly avoided hitting them. I thought we were in the clear until a Camry piled into the back of me. We popped the hazards on and hopped out. A giant Hilux with a bullbar had wrecked up the back of the Camry, and they had hit me. I'm not sure who hit who first.
The car could be worse, the rear bumper is cracked up and will need replacing, but other than that it seems okay.
I'm now having to deal with the Camry's insurance company, and they are going to take a while to get statements of the accident and determine who was at fault.
Just what I needed
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