Nadenza
Free Member
Hi
I am new to this website, but in my frustration, I thought I would join, just to air my views.
We bought our new Swift Kon-tiki 625 last week, all 8mtrs of it, and within an hour we had hit it.
We had drove into a car park, and parked away from others, but on coming out of the restaurant, we found that some had parked quite close, not giving us much room for reversing, my partner reversed back, into a 2 bay space, and all ok, but on pulling away, he hit the car with the back corner as it turned and kicked out, it slid all the way down the side. doing about 2k worth of damage to the car. although used to driving a motor home that was 7.5 mtrs long, this he miss judged it, with the extra 2 ft.
My moan is, that given that a motorhome is mostly very long, why the hec, is there not parking sensors around the thing ? On querying this with the dealer, asking how much it would cost to fit some on, he told me about £250 - £280 ! IS THAT ALL ? We would have had them fitted had we known they were so little. I expected £500 - £1000.
2 moans, this would cost next to nothing, when fitted during manufacture, and why, if they cost so little are they not offered, as an extra ? ALSO - spending around, 70k WHY is there not a Sat Nav fitted as standard ??? surely these two items, are a must on such a vehicle. I have duly pointed this out to Swift, and have had no reply. we will be having the sensors fitted now, when the van goes back for repair. So, if you are buying new, please make sure you have them on, its money better spent than fancy gadgets etc, taking in all the hassle, loss of no claims etc. I am disappointed that Swift has not made a comment, I know we are to blame, but if the van that cost nearly 70k had them on, we would not have had this accident, also, the lady whose car it was, is very distraught, having also suffered some personal trauma only the week before, all this would not have happened, had we had them on.
I am new to this website, but in my frustration, I thought I would join, just to air my views.
We bought our new Swift Kon-tiki 625 last week, all 8mtrs of it, and within an hour we had hit it.
We had drove into a car park, and parked away from others, but on coming out of the restaurant, we found that some had parked quite close, not giving us much room for reversing, my partner reversed back, into a 2 bay space, and all ok, but on pulling away, he hit the car with the back corner as it turned and kicked out, it slid all the way down the side. doing about 2k worth of damage to the car. although used to driving a motor home that was 7.5 mtrs long, this he miss judged it, with the extra 2 ft.
My moan is, that given that a motorhome is mostly very long, why the hec, is there not parking sensors around the thing ? On querying this with the dealer, asking how much it would cost to fit some on, he told me about £250 - £280 ! IS THAT ALL ? We would have had them fitted had we known they were so little. I expected £500 - £1000.
2 moans, this would cost next to nothing, when fitted during manufacture, and why, if they cost so little are they not offered, as an extra ? ALSO - spending around, 70k WHY is there not a Sat Nav fitted as standard ??? surely these two items, are a must on such a vehicle. I have duly pointed this out to Swift, and have had no reply. we will be having the sensors fitted now, when the van goes back for repair. So, if you are buying new, please make sure you have them on, its money better spent than fancy gadgets etc, taking in all the hassle, loss of no claims etc. I am disappointed that Swift has not made a comment, I know we are to blame, but if the van that cost nearly 70k had them on, we would not have had this accident, also, the lady whose car it was, is very distraught, having also suffered some personal trauma only the week before, all this would not have happened, had we had them on.
