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Hi Leighton, you have had a wealth of reasons as to why they do this my car went in for repair for a month at one of the local body shops, guess what they disconnected the dash cam which I knew they would it protects the identity of the staff as well as anyone can patch in to the bluetooth system on the camera and download the footage, all their equipment where its stored, even the Police have to get a court order to seize CCTV footage from inside the workshop, it wont matter how far you pursue this the answer will be the same, I can see their point of view insomuch as how would you feel if anyone was filming your kids on a beach without your knowledge and selling the footage on line. Steve.

In your position I would demand, in writing, a replacement car on the grounds that the car is defective and the dealer has thrice proved himself incapable of fixing it. It could be a long battle so keep records of all communications, which should preferably be written not verbal.

Just a quick update. I've ended up ordering a S3 Saloon Vorsprung. I'm hoping it arrives before the end of the year. Thanks for your advice. ☺️

Go via Motorway or Carwow ..........easy to use. If your happy with sale price offer / sell . If not don't . Very straight forward and professional.

Hi just make sure you clear the faults first then make a note of the original code then when you enter your new code use the old code but change the last two digits [numbers not letters] then press accept. Steve.

Hi Gareth, £40 the pair or best offer. Thanks, Steve

Afternoon Cliff, I much appreciate your advice, the car is currently booked to go in again to the main dealership on the 30th Dec ( the earliest booking) for further investigation, so I will keep you updated as we go…! Thanks again.

Thank you.

I fully agree with Gareth. Reject the car and demand either a replacement or a refund.

Welcome Loraine and thanks for joining. Although we appreciate your enquiry, the solution to your issue doesn’t rest here, and it’s irrelevant if anyone else has the same problem - you have, and the vehicle can be considered to be dangerous to drive. On the ‘any advice’. If it were mine, I would threaten to reject the car. If you are going down that route, address your e-Mail to the Dealer Principal, stating Registration no. and VIN, the issues you have had, and their inability to rectify the faults, even though you have given them them the opportunity to do so. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth,

Welcome Lisa and thanks for joining. First things first - can we pass on our condolences for your Dad’s passing. Not an easy time - they only give us one, so always bad news. A couple or so pointers to hopefully help with your query:- Main dealers will not be interested in the car (as good as it may be), since in general, they do not retail vehicles over 5 years old. If they are going to buy it off you, it will be at a price low enough to resell it into their trade contacts at a profit, so really no point in perusing that route. Ways forward:- Enter the details into Parker’s Guide, and you will come up with a ball park valuation for an average mileage car sold privately. If you want a ‘mileage adjusted’ quote, then I believe you have to pay. Worth doing that?? Search EBay and Autotrader for similar year examples, building up a picture of a number of valuations, some of which might be for lower mileage examples. It is worth noting that (unless you are very lucky) you are unlikely to sell the car at prices that dealers are asking, since yours will not be sold with any warranty. Apologies for being pessimistic, but you are trying to sell very much at the low demand end of the year., and the car will effectively be a year older by the end of the month. Another disposal route could be via. the Motorway advertising route, or similar. I don’t have any experience of this, but you could investigate. On a brighter note, such low mileage cars normally find homes among family and friends, and as such tend not to spread out to the wider market. Anyway Lisa, please come back to us if you think we can help further, or if you wish to advertise it on here. Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth.