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General Discussion Area / Car Insurance Business Use

« on: 26 April 2008, 10:15:06 »

Just about to change insurers and thought it might be good to share some information:

My son and I have two 3.2 gas gusslers one is an Omega Elite. Because of increased private mileage and need for my son to do business mileage - I changed my wife's Focus for a Signum 1.9 CDTI which does 50 to a gallon. This is now doing 18- 20000 miles a year. Ongoing this will include asbout 4000 personal business miles for the 3 drivers.

This where you have to be careful. Personal business use is for owner and spouse only. Made enquiries of several insurance companies on the web - no joy - all same response. Then went to tailor made insurance broker who has arranged the cover unlimited mileage and 3 drivers personal business use for £450 total annual premium.

Apparently also if you declare more than 12000 miles mileage then they effectively treat this is unlimited. Has anyone heard of this - i.e. do any of your policies show say 20,000 miles ?

Oh, the 3.2s are now relegated to local work - shame!!

3752

General Discussion Area / Re: Gearbox for XK8 1997

« on: 17 April 2008, 22:23:20 »

Found someone to recon and fit for £1200 - thanks everyone - hope it works - car now moved to Kent

3753

General Discussion Area / Re: Gearbox for XK8 1997

« on: 16 April 2008, 23:24:01 »

Yes thanks -saw this but needs a lot of work - could do with something ready to go - cheers

3754

General Discussion Area / Gearbox for XK8 1997

« on: 16 April 2008, 21:54:28 »

Iif anyone has ideas - friend of mine has 1997 4.0L Jag XK V8 - gearbox blew up in Northampton about 80 miles from his place and is in garage up there. Any ideas where to get a new gearbox from - £4000 is cost of full Jag job!!!

cheers

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General Discussion Area / Re: Formal Dialog with Vauxhall Customer Service

« on: 27 November 2007, 11:05:41 »

In response to question re replacement Omega or similar please note article below from Just Auto in September 07 - I think I have posted this somewhere before.

"14 Sep 2007.
General Motors vice chairman of global product development, Bob Lutz,
has ruled out building a coupe version of the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra replacement,
likely to be badged Insignia, which is due on sale in Europe in September next
year.
GMs veteran product guru also declared that future Opel and Vauxhall
lines will not be topped by a long-rumoured larger car.
Asked to comment on reports that GM sales and marketing executives had warmed
to an Insignia coupe after an enthusiastic media and public response to the
Geneva show GTC concept car, Lutz said: There is no review and it is not
for production.
But he promised that the Insignia hatchback and sedan would be pretty
stunning compared to the upright and stiff looking Vectra. He added:
Every line and all the surfaces are harmonious and generate a great deal
of dynamism and thrust. It is about customers putting aesthetics ahead of
practicality in the first place because they want to buy better looking
cars.
Although Renaults Laguna coupe drew rave responses at Frankfurt, GM
analysts point to the small European upper medium coupe market, with the
Peugeot 407s main claim to fame being that it outsells its larger 607
sedan sibling in non-French markets.
The coupe market is largely the domain of premium brands like BMWs 3
Series, Mercedes CLK plus the newly arrived Audi A5, with
Infinitis G37 due next year.
On the decision not to build a successor to the late Opel/Vauxhall Omega
(dropped in 2002), Lutz said: There is no plan to have an ultra-Opel, or
a really expensive top of the line Opel at this time.
Hugh Hunston
Copyright © 2007 just-auto.com"

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General Discussion Area / Re: Formal Dialog with Vauxhall Customer Service

« on: 26 November 2007, 21:54:17 »

I have received a reply from VX which suggests that the matters I raised have been referred to the Technical Department but it is not clear whether I will receive a reply.

I have asked for clarification on this. I will pursue the idea patiently.

3757

General Discussion Area / Formal Dialog with Vauxhall Customer Service

« on: 15 November 2007, 23:19:03 »

My suggestion would be that we try and convince Vauxhall to set up a form of liaison group with a Vauxhall Technical Panel/Customer Service working with representatives of this forum to resolve those issues which forum members find difficult to deal with either because good advice is not in the dealerships or repair costs and spares are disproportionate to the fault.

This liaison group could be web based but with say a face to face every 6 months or so . It may be that this group also works with the Vectra/Signum forum and maybe others as long as we avoid duplication.

We should take care that it does not become a complaints panel for forum members to complain about individual dealers - it is more to do with VX understanding that the people who buy their products deserve fair treatment and I think my dealer would be the first to admit that they would benefit from info from this site but they are not allowed web access from service reception!!

I think that this forum has a big part to play in shaping an improved VX service to loyal customer base.

Any views. I have already written to VX with the suggestion without naming any websites or forums.

I just feel there is a big gap and hopefully not between my ears!!

3758

General Discussion Area / Re: omega mileage

« on: 22 November 2007, 21:56:52 »

October 2001 with 73000

3759

General Discussion Area / Re: Sony out of warranty claim

« on: 17 November 2007, 10:13:15 »

sorry I touched a raw nerve on that one!!

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General Discussion Area / Sony out of warranty claim

« on: 17 November 2007, 10:03:17 »

Just a bit of info that might be of use if you act quickly.

Some of the early Sony Digital cameras and other makes using the Sony base suffered from a faulty CCD  - this manifests itself as a distorted image in the screen. THEY ARE STILL FIXING THEM OUT OF WARRANTY SOME 4/5 YEARS ON!!

Postman arrived this morning with my T1 direct back from Sony - no charge.

Sony said the final date for these repairs was 1st October 2007 I but did not send mine to them till 1st Nov when it went faulty. I only had the original 12 months guarantee from 2003 - this does not matter.

All you do is download the repair form and free post voucher from the Sony site and send off to Wales - the secret words to put in the fault box are simply "I2 fault" you can add distorted image. You then get a confirmation of recipt and a warning that if the repair is not under warranty you have to pay a fixed charge.

Maybe VX could learn a thing or to about loyalty?

Quote from Endgadget
"What can you say when a manufacturer finally comes clean about a product defect, three years after the fact? If that manufacturer is Sony, and the defect is a CCD problem that affects over 100 different models of digital cameras, camcorders and PDAs made from 2002 to 2004, you might say, "gosh, no wonder your market share is slipping!" According to Sony, the defect, which affects both the recording and displaying of images "only occurs to a limited number of units" (ain't that always the case?). The company is offering free repairs to anyone whose camera is still experiencing the problems, though we have to wonder how many owners of long-discontinued digicams like the 2 megapixel DSC-P31 have been hanging onto their defective cameras just waiting for this announcement — and how many have moved on to newer (and probably non-Sony) models in the interim."

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General Discussion Area / Re: Very nice

« on: 16 November 2007, 21:40:05 »

This was in Just Auto - read to the end

14 Sep 2007.
General Motors vice chairman of global product development, Bob Lutz,
has ruled out building a coupe version of the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra replacement,
likely to be badged Insignia, which is due on sale in Europe in September next
year.
GMs veteran product guru also declared that future Opel and Vauxhall
lines will not be topped by a long-rumoured larger car.
Asked to comment on reports that GM sales and marketing executives had warmed
to an Insignia coupe after an enthusiastic media and public response to the
Geneva show GTC concept car, Lutz said: There is no review and it is not
for production.
But he promised that the Insignia hatchback and sedan would be pretty
stunning compared to the upright and stiff looking Vectra. He added:
Every line and all the surfaces are harmonious and generate a great deal
of dynamism and thrust. It is about customers putting aesthetics ahead of
practicality in the first place because they want to buy better looking
cars.
Although Renaults Laguna coupe drew rave responses at Frankfurt, GM
analysts point to the small European upper medium coupe market, with the
Peugeot 407s main claim to fame being that it outsells its larger 607
sedan sibling in non-French markets.
The coupe market is largely the domain of premium brands like BMWs 3
Series, Mercedes CLK plus the newly arrived Audi A5, with
Infinitis G37 due next year.
On the decision not to build a successor to the late Opel/Vauxhall Omega
(dropped in 2002), Lutz said: There is no plan to have an ultra-Opel, or
a really expensive top of the line Opel at this time.
Hugh Hunston
Copyright © 2007 just-auto.com.