What To Do With RT MEchanic's?

[yellowt5r]

i HATE garages all of them i dont trust them one bit. but because of that i have learned alot about my car so a big thank you to all the bad reports/volvo bodgers i have saved myself a bloody fortune and can only blame myself if something goes wrong.

nice and easy.

[gmain1967]

No such thing as adverse publicity?

This sorry saga may knock that idea right on the head, going by the findings reported...

[pjaystar]

the internet make it very easy to be horrible to each other so like always on a topic like this it gets out of hand and silly it seems to be worse on this volvo site than any other car forum i have been a member of

[t5_monkey]

Originally Posted by pjaystar

the internet make it very easy to be horrible to each other so like always on a topic like this it gets out of hand and silly it seems to be worse on this volvo site than any other car forum i have been a member of

Maybe because we have to 'drive sensibly' people need to let off steam on the forum ?

[gmain1967]

Originally Posted by pjaystar

the internet make it very easy to be horrible to each other so like always on a topic like this it gets out of hand and silly it seems to be worse on this volvo site than any other car forum i have been a member of

Try looking on the volvoforums site. Do a search in the 850/ s and v70 section and a thread on "what power will I get from a V70 T5 R AWD". That is silly....

[streaky744]

interesting topic, with 20 yrs motor trade / warranty claims / motor sport experiance regards your drop links. what warranty do you get with these. thats easy NONE.

regardless of who fitted them the item carries no warranty as you say they are adjustable drop links. these therefore are a non standard item which sole purpose is intented really for track use not road use. any parts that are designed for a race track carry no warranty as can be damaged by so many things. even though they can be fitted and used on the road.
many parts i've bought over the years that are more than up to road use as designed for a track and have a disclaimer on the packet that states for motorsport use which means no warranty has to be offered.

if however if these are designed just for road use then you only get 12 months warranty if fitted by a garage ( VAT registered at that) and they are a direct replacement for orginal part. if not fitted as standard then its a modification and manufactuer can bow out of replacing it as yet again its non standard.

not nice but has always been like this i'm afraid. you can argue the toss all you want but thats it.

companies can choose to replace them if they see fit or to uphold good customer service but are not obliged to on any occasion as said by many before this item is wear and tear and carries no real warranty due to so many factors.

hope you get gist of what trying to say and feel for your loss in the pocket but if you took this to court as felt that strongly about it think you would be loosing even more money due to above reasons.
but best of luck whatever way it goes

[GregE102]

Hi Streaky

I Was sold these as an upgrade there was never any mention of track use only! The garage supplied & fitted them with recommend settings set to their specification and they failed with in 12 months! in fact a lot sooner than 12 months then the guy told me it could well be the front subframe mounts luckily for me my local volvo dealer found the problem!

Greg