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How good is the PDI normally on a Noble?
My car (R101) is great but came with the following problems:-
Stains on leather, defect in carpet, chips on sill, speckly silver paint on instrument panel, missing dummy Allen bolt on one wheel, twisted harnesses with brackets interfering with rearward seat travel, and a mis-alligned 3R badge on the steering wheel. The dealers have said they will sort this out but when they returned the car after applying armourfend, the number plate was at an angle with one bracket the wrong way up. On removing the plate I found a large chip in the paintwork neatly armourfended over, so I am not confidant.
The car is otherwise stunning and handles well despite keeping below 3 thou. , but it is these little niggles that are spoiling the honeymoon.
My car (R101) is great but came with the following problems:-
Stains on leather, defect in carpet, chips on sill, speckly silver paint on instrument panel, missing dummy Allen bolt on one wheel, twisted harnesses with brackets interfering with rearward seat travel, and a mis-alligned 3R badge on the steering wheel. The dealers have said they will sort this out but when they returned the car after applying armourfend, the number plate was at an angle with one bracket the wrong way up. On removing the plate I found a large chip in the paintwork neatly armourfended over, so I am not confidant.
The car is otherwise stunning and handles well despite keeping below 3 thou. , but it is these little niggles that are spoiling the honeymoon.
The dealer is now the Southern Regional Sales centre. One of their guys seemed a little annoyed the day after the dealers were all sacked, but they have cheered up after becoming the exclusive dealer for the South. I have yet to cheer up having taken delivery the week before the price drop. Took the car back for its first service - its been there 10 days and still not ready - I hope they put everything right. Don't get me wrong, the car is great fun to drive, and mechanically seems fine. I am missing it! It looks absolutely stunning, and everyone wants to talk about it. Complete strangers photograph it - I was chased by a guy trying to get a shot on his mobile phone/camera - he could only keep up as I am running it in.
Re running in, my dealer gives out a separate more stringent running in advice sheet, which they reckon pays off in the long term.
Re running in, my dealer gives out a separate more stringent running in advice sheet, which they reckon pays off in the long term.
Please remember this is a hand built car by humans, not robots.
Whilst the PDI will pick up any serious faults, MV AFAIK have always left the smaller things until the 1000 mile service. Things have had a chance to settle down and bed in better, and a full and complete check can then be done.
If you wander over to www.lotus-elise.org.uk/noble and check out my diary you'll find a long list of things that were wrong with mine that were all fixed at the 1000 and then the subsequent re-vist once the factory had sent the bits.
It's horses for courses of course, but the work MV have done for me has always been impecable, and they have always fixed up any of the "niggles" (because, lets face it, trim etc. doesn't really stop you driving it!) without any issues whatsoever.
The time the car is in is a direct correlation to the amount of time they spend on the first 1000 mile going over absolutly everything.
J
>> Edited by joust on Tuesday 29th June 09:14
Whilst the PDI will pick up any serious faults, MV AFAIK have always left the smaller things until the 1000 mile service. Things have had a chance to settle down and bed in better, and a full and complete check can then be done.
If you wander over to www.lotus-elise.org.uk/noble and check out my diary you'll find a long list of things that were wrong with mine that were all fixed at the 1000 and then the subsequent re-vist once the factory had sent the bits.
It's horses for courses of course, but the work MV have done for me has always been impecable, and they have always fixed up any of the "niggles" (because, lets face it, trim etc. doesn't really stop you driving it!) without any issues whatsoever.
The time the car is in is a direct correlation to the amount of time they spend on the first 1000 mile going over absolutly everything.
J
>> Edited by joust on Tuesday 29th June 09:14
I presume the chip got there though by the car being driven on the road before the amourfend was added (as the original post says that the amourfend was added later...)
Hardly the dealers fault if that's the case - if you are going to armourfend something I would have thought you would have waited until it was done before driving it on the road?????
J
Hardly the dealers fault if that's the case - if you are going to armourfend something I would have thought you would have waited until it was done before driving it on the road?????
J
I got my Armourfend put on at the factory by Armoufend themselves. They made a great job. I had Armourfend before on a Lotus and it looked to have a few ragged edges. I was told now that they laser cut the film.
Peter Smith's in Derby weren't too impressed with my need for Armourfend on the car as it would spoil the looks, but I must say they were dead impressed with the finished coverings.
Jaz 34
P.S Tried to get bullet proof glass and an armour plated shell but for some reason they laughed!?
>> Edited by jaz34 on Wednesday 30th June 09:34
Peter Smith's in Derby weren't too impressed with my need for Armourfend on the car as it would spoil the looks, but I must say they were dead impressed with the finished coverings.
Jaz 34
P.S Tried to get bullet proof glass and an armour plated shell but for some reason they laughed!?
>> Edited by jaz34 on Wednesday 30th June 09:34
The chip is behind the number plate and so is unlikely to come from the road. The armourfend was supposed to be on the car when I picked it up, but when I arrived full of enthusiasm, I was told that the fitter had made a bad job, and so it was removed. When you are sitting looking at the car, it's a bit difficult not to drive it away! I had to return the car to have the job done. It looks like the chip is damage from putting the number plate on.
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