Madmark62
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- Sep 28, 2011
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But never arrived homw with her!
Just like JayKay we too broke down on the way home.
We bought her in Devon, 2 weeks ago, she is a Winnebago LeSharo, based on a Renault Trafic , 2 lt turbo diesel engine. Well the bloody fuel pump decided to pack in on the M5. No problem we thought, we took out the breakdown cover when we bought the insurance.
Wrong! Well , yes we did take out the breakdown, but because we did not need to bring the van home till today, I did not start the Insurance till12 midnight this morning, well the breakdown cover does not start until 24 hrs after the insurance policy starts, but when I asked about the insurance and made sure it was in place for this morning , I was told that because the insurance was already paid for, the breakdown cover would be valid from 24hrs after the payment, wrong it is 24 hrs after the policy start!
So we ended up stuck on the hard shoulder for 4 blooming hours while the breakdown and the insurance people argued.
Up shot was we ended up having to pay £145 to be towed off the M5 and to a local garage, we were offered a tow home by the breakdown company, cost of this?
Yep £597 approximate. from Gloucester to Wakefield!
Needless to say we declined, it was a good job we went down in my Peugeot 206 HDI and my other half was following me back home, at least we were able to get home, looks like another trip down to Gloucester next week to pick her up again.
Never mind these things are sent to try us and the nearly bloody beat me today, but I will file it under, SHIT HAPPENS!!
I suppose the moral of my tale of woe and stupidity is, NEVER BELIEVE A WORD AN INSURANCE MAN TELLS YOU and always double, the triple check what you are getting.
Oh by the way I know the Lesharo has had a lot of bad press over the years but my brother in law has had one for 15 years and loves it, I wonder if he will fancy a swap
Just like JayKay we too broke down on the way home.
We bought her in Devon, 2 weeks ago, she is a Winnebago LeSharo, based on a Renault Trafic , 2 lt turbo diesel engine. Well the bloody fuel pump decided to pack in on the M5. No problem we thought, we took out the breakdown cover when we bought the insurance.
Wrong! Well , yes we did take out the breakdown, but because we did not need to bring the van home till today, I did not start the Insurance till12 midnight this morning, well the breakdown cover does not start until 24 hrs after the insurance policy starts, but when I asked about the insurance and made sure it was in place for this morning , I was told that because the insurance was already paid for, the breakdown cover would be valid from 24hrs after the payment, wrong it is 24 hrs after the policy start!
So we ended up stuck on the hard shoulder for 4 blooming hours while the breakdown and the insurance people argued.
Up shot was we ended up having to pay £145 to be towed off the M5 and to a local garage, we were offered a tow home by the breakdown company, cost of this?
Yep £597 approximate. from Gloucester to Wakefield!
Needless to say we declined, it was a good job we went down in my Peugeot 206 HDI and my other half was following me back home, at least we were able to get home, looks like another trip down to Gloucester next week to pick her up again.
Never mind these things are sent to try us and the nearly bloody beat me today, but I will file it under, SHIT HAPPENS!!
I suppose the moral of my tale of woe and stupidity is, NEVER BELIEVE A WORD AN INSURANCE MAN TELLS YOU and always double, the triple check what you are getting.
Oh by the way I know the Lesharo has had a lot of bad press over the years but my brother in law has had one for 15 years and loves it, I wonder if he will fancy a swap
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