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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: BazaJT on 13 April 2017, 19:49:13
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There's an advert on tv about checking your vehicle before setting off on a journey.Well today a chap went to the local Ford dealers and asked them to do a "pre long distance safety check" :o They did tell him there would be a charge for this and asked if there was anything about the car which was concerning him[rough running/warning lights/messages etc]he said no it seemed all fine he just wanted it safety checked before going on holiday in it.Anyway they did it for him[don't know the cost]It was a '16 plate Mondeo.So the advert must to working to some extent!
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That's the power of advertising :y
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Most Franchise dealers will do a cursory check for free ::)
Also, if you show someone how to do the basic bits and bobs then that might give people the confidence to carry them out more often.
Perhaps a couple of hours at hand over time running through these checks and how to change a wheel, if it has one of course ::), would be prudent too.
That said, people could always Please read the manual... ;D
Perhaps reading lessons might be more appropriate :-\
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I know they do a free "courtesy check" shortly after the customer has taken delivery of a new car.But yes checking of lights/levels and tyre pressures is hardly rocket science,although if they're anything like my dad used to be they won't even know where the bonnet release catch is!
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That said, people could always Please read the manual... ;D
I tried on my new ride, as I couldn't work out how something worked. Wasn't even covered in the manual, so still none the wiser how to turn something off ;D
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Talking to my BIL a couple of days ago and he admitted that of five years of Focus ownership that he had only just found out where the bonnet release was. :o I asked if he ever checked his fluid levels, tyres etc. and he said no. What about screen wash, again no. Haven,t you ever run out of screen wash i asked, again no, it,s all done during the service was his reply. He is from Norfolk so i suppose it,s to be expected. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Talking to my BIL a couple of days ago and he admitted that of five years of Focus ownership that he had only just found out where the bonnet release was. :o I asked if he ever checked his fluid levels, tyres etc. and he said no. What about screen wash, again no. Haven't you ever run out of screen wash i asked, again no, it's all done during the service was his reply. He is from Norfolk so i suppose it's to be expected. ;D
I found it so common that I gave up asking the customer to open the bonnet of their car, and always did it myself. Ford's idea of a bonnet release operated by a lock in the grille was bloody silly; they're notorious for seizing solid.
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That said, people could always Please read the manual... ;D
I tried on my new ride, as I couldn't work out how something worked. Wasn't even covered in the manual, so still none the wiser how to turn something off ;D
If it's what I think it is, then you can't ::)