You couldn't make this stuff up !!

[Panther]

Where to start.....

I ordered my XPower through my employers salary sacrifice scheme back in mid April, after some initial delays, 3 month delivery turned into nearly 5 months, but eventually the car was delivered to the dealership on September 4th.

Then the fun really began, firstly our company Chief Financial Officer refused to electronically sign the finance documents, this dragged on for a number of weeks until they were provided with printed copies.

Then because of these delays the leasing company then decided to put the lease price up, which then let to arguments between the lease company and the electric car scheme, finally this got sorted out with no cost increase.

Finance signed, lease signed and delivery arranged for Today (Dec 1st), some seven and half months later.

Got a phone call around 10.30am this morning from the lease company, the car had broken down on the motorway on its way to me , so they were recovering it back to the dealership in Crewe !!

Last I've heard is that the dealer is going to get it on the ramp ASAP and I should know more later today.

I have now reached the point where I feel like I no longer want the car, apart from the shenanigans with the CFO, my employer has been very supportive as I should have handed my company car back in September but they have allowed me to keep it.

If I cancel the car I have a £500 cancellation fee and I then still need to sort a car out. Just what I wanted before Christmas

 

[tsedge]

That's awfully bad luck. Hope you have a good resolution.

 

[LenEV2016]

That's awfully bad luck. Hope you have a good resolution.

It's bad luck but your chief finance officer needs a swift boot to the arse, it all went wrong from there

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Please don't say you bought a "lucky green " one ! as above hope its all good from here on in.

 

[Rolfe]

It seems a shame to reject the car and go back to square one just because some people can't shuffle paperwork. If you're worried that the breakdown during deliver is a harbinger of things to come, you do have some time to test it out before you make any irrevocable decisions.

 

[LenEV2016]

It seems a shame to reject the car and go back to square one just because some people can't shuffle paperwork. If you're worried that the breakdown during deliver is a harbinger of things to come, you do have some time to test it out before you make any irrevocable decisions.

The only issue with that is there are some well documented issue with members trying to deal with leasing companies in relation to faults rejections

 

[Panther]

Please don't say you bought a "lucky green " one ! as above hope its all good from here on in.

That could be the problem as indeed it is green

 

[Rolfe]

If it's any consolation, a neighbour of mine has a green X-Power and she's over the moon with it.

 

[LenEV2016]

If it's any consolation, a neighbour of mine has a green X-Power and she's over the moon with it.

Having one so close are you tempted

 

[Bam Bam]

Perhaps after all this ordeal you'll appreciate the car all the more?!?

We got ours back from three weeks at the fixers recently and it is nice to have it back on the drive.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

That could be the problem as indeed it is green

Well I'm flummoxed , I didn't know my online mechanical diagnosis service extended into ESP. Most likely that was the reason for the extended delays. ?

 

[LenEV2016]

Perhaps after all this ordeal you'll appreciate the car all the more?!?

We got ours back from three weeks at the fixers recently and it is nice to have it back on the drive.

Fingers crossed it doesn't have the vibes

 

[Bam Bam]

Fingers crossed it doesn't have the vibes

It was bodywork after a prang.

Brake pedal seems strange but it works fine so I guess I just got used to the very different brake action on the hire car.