Does anyone know the price if you cant get it free ?
General Free servicing for new 500s and Punto Evos?
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General Free servicing for new 500s and Punto Evos?
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So even bought before 1st jan but not received yet (feb), you reckon I'm good?
Any dealer here to confirm, pleeeease?
Summer I think I read somewhere.
I didn't know that, quite sure a salesman could get round this for a 'sale'
Would he need to though?Summer I think I read somewhere.
I didn't know that, quite sure a salesman could get round this for a 'sale'
So even bought before 1st jan but not received yet (feb), you reckon I'm good?
Any dealer here to confirm, pleeeease?
Ring up your dealer and ask.
Paul Kossoff
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Thats just what i want to know..im expecting my car next week and so far have only put £200 deposit down [9th october]..so in effect i have not brought it yet .
elation
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Feel3 is applicable to all retail (ie, normal sale, not scrappage, fleet, motability etc), registrations between jan and march. regardless of when you ordered your car.
My guess, is that its designed to appease some of the customers that have been delayed in collecting their car. Can only be a good thing though!
My guess, is that its designed to appease some of the customers that have been delayed in collecting their car. Can only be a good thing though!
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I understand you're a dealer and I hope you're right, but I contacted my dealer AND Fiat customer service and they are both adamant that the car has to be bought in 2010. Now the Fiat customer service guy will contact me back to check with his management as he only started having doubts when I mentionned what I read here on this forum.
The thing is I have to pay the vat increase because I signed in october 2009 (fair enough) but now I'm told I can't get the Feel3 because too I signed in 2009, they change the rules when it suits them or what?
The fact the 2010 Fiat 500s have an increase price of £600 has been mentionned to explain the Feel3 offer.
Elation, sorry to be a pain but do you mind me asking you too check with your colleagues and managers or to direct me to where it states what you said in your post?
Cheers mate.
elation
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I will double check, but that's what we took it to mean. If not then I can only apologise. I'll check and come back.
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Is it me? or does this look like a half-baked TLC package for the 500?
Mini offer 5 years, 50,000 for £185
Surely if Fiat want some extra customers, then matching this would be the way to go
Mini offer 5 years, 50,000 for £185
Surely if Fiat want some extra customers, then matching this would be the way to go
Yes but Mini have already comprehensively fleeced you on purchase price so they can easily afford to give you discounted servicing. Now of course Fiat is still making money on the 500 but I doubt it's as much as Mini so they're probably trying this out for a few months to see what the impact is on sales as scrappage has probably slowed down a bit.
I do wish that Fiat would fix a universal guarantee for all their cars, and provide a universal fixed rate servicing regimen, so that customers would know where they stood.
How many times do we read of five year guarantees on some models, if bought between.... and now this new teaser that's once more totally confusing to punters.
I think this confusion diminishes brand confidence, and not the opposite.
C'mon Fiat.
How many times do we read of five year guarantees on some models, if bought between.... and now this new teaser that's once more totally confusing to punters.
I think this confusion diminishes brand confidence, and not the opposite.
C'mon Fiat.
Agreed, i was still hopeing for a 5yr warranty on the 500
I think 5 year warranties are window dressing mostly. Most faults are most likely to occur in the first year and the cost of the extra 2 years only ends up getting passed onto the buyer.
which many are happy to pay for the piece of mind.
Don'y forget the whole cost of the warranty is paid for by the buyer!
But it's a waste. Most cars are pretty reliable from after the first couple of years till they start to get into their teens as long as they're properly serviced and maintained. I never buy extended warranties for anything and anyone who does is a bit of a chump tbh, buy something which is not going to break in the first place rather than buying something which is going to break and then paying extra to cover it for failures.
Other than relatively minor problems the Panda platform is very robust and the Panda forum is testiment to this. Some people have had minor problems like clutch master cylinders and power steering problems but there have been precious few people with any showstopping problems. Heck there are 500's getting on for 3 years old and other than Grimwau's DPF problem, some early issues with suspension droplinks, washers, start&stop issues there really aren't many problems with the car that are common. A good deal of the "issues" people have are simply operator error, not reading the manual and just basically not understanding how things work.
elation
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I've had another look, and it looks like its registration. Thing is, if it has to be ordered and registered this quarter (ie between jan and march), Fiat would have to sharpen up their delivery times. And also, if you order now you're too late.
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In other words that was a 2 week promotion (1 to 15 jan)
And since it takes 4 months to get a car (for most) it is close to impossible to get this offer. Thanks for that Fiat.
what was wrong with the old days...no offers, promotions,haggling, price on display was priced you paid or you didn't get it simple as that....certainly stops confusion/arguments!
