My New Van woes.....!

[Flintstone]

well, yesterday while out I noticed the new transit sounded a bit lumpy, it’s been a bit lumpy for a few days but more so yesterday, so after pulling up to go in a shop I noticed it was pretty loud. I called my local garage who i trust who does all my work, managed to fit me in this morning to have a look at it, they diagnosed it.... bottom end knocking! So after some conversations with the garage I bought it off I’ve had it and myself recovered 100 miles to take it back and get a refund and get my old trusty van back!! What a day.
I’m now sinking a few Timmy Taylor’s landlord’s


Andy

 

[LM]

Bloody hell Andy sorry to hear that, what year was it? That’s a strange one!

 

[Flintstone]

2014 Lee, out of warranty by less than 3 months. Full Ford history, 83k miles. One of those things I guess, I feel like a load has lifted from my shoulders. Gonna chill for a few weeks with the old van and see how I feel about things

 

[Dumbo]

Sorry to hear that .

 

[LM]

2014 Lee, out of warranty by less than 3 months. Full Ford history, 83k miles. One of those things I guess, I feel like a load has lifted from my shoulders. Gonna chill for a few weeks with the old van and see how I feel about things

Your making a wise decision Andy.
I hope it works out for you, our our work vehicles are so crucial to our lively hoods. Good luck with it and keep us updated

 

[GoneGuy]

Gutted for you mate.
Might be worth getting one of these

 

[Flintstone]

If all else fails I’ll chuck the trowels in the old vw bus !

 

[Qwerty]

What did you think of it when it was working?

 

[LM]

Was it an oil problem do you know?

 

[Andy Allen]

That's a bummer mate..
Atleast you managed to cut your losses, has it cost you much ?

 

[Flintstone]

I’m out of pocket by £450. Half of which was recovery costs.
Not sure what the cause was really but it’s not a good sign. I liked the van and it’s toys and it’s comfort, but the build quality isn’t great compared to German. I really don’t know what I’ll do next.

 

[Old Mod]

Mate, that’s crap, Sorry to hear that Andy.

 

[Dumbo]

83k is nothing nowadays my old vw when I got rid of it had 170k on it and it only had about 5 oil changes

 

[Blunt Tool]

I’m out of pocket by £450. Half of which was recovery costs.
Not sure what the cause was really but it’s not a good sign. I liked the van and it’s toys and it’s comfort, but the build quality isn’t great compared to German. I really don’t know what I’ll do next.

Garage you bought it from should be paying full recovery costs

 

[Flintstone]

I agree but I was just glad to be able to take it back without too much fuss, I could have argued that but my thoughts were, I can still get back to work on Monday, and I could have easily lost a few days of work time with this happening, so that’s worth taking that cost on the chin for imo.