Sale of Goods Act and final drives

Nice 'n' Fat said:
You've lost me now ....... why did you buy a warranty if you know all about the Sale Of Goods Act?

In buying the warranty you appear to confirm that you have no confidence in the act or are you just pissed off because you've bought a warranty and haven't had the opportunity yet to make a claim? :nenau
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Probably to avoid the bloody hassle I suspect, I too would never dream of buying a warranty for a Jap bike, I do not think they have ever built anything with as many common faults as the GS.

Also legal representation is not cheap and you are never gauranteed a win, if you could easily and cheaply sue BMW for shite FD's / FPC's / EWS :blagblah they would either not be making them so shite, or would probably be out of business by now - as would Honda for the Camchain errors of the 70's and Suzuki for the finish of all their bikes and Harley for the handling of theirs etc. etc.
 
Rasher said:
Probably to avoid the bloody hassle I suspect, I too would never dream of buying a warranty for a Jap bike, I do not think they have ever built anything with as many common faults as the GS.
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Good job the problem you had with you Kawasaki frame was not a common one hey? :blast

As for legal representation what about your other halfs dads mate the barrister? no win no fee wasn't it?

Out of interest just how many warranty claims have you had to make on your GS since buying it? was it "several warranty visits in the first few hundred miles" like it was with your frame snapping Kawasaki?
 
Don't rise to the bait Nice & fat ! Beats me why he's bought a GS in the first place. Might have been " Go Forth!" from Kawasaki.
 
Nice 'n' Fat said:
Can I refer you to your original statement of:

Where I come from we call that back peddling and I reckon your Barrister mate if he did in fact say

" Any failure on a vehicle less than 6 months old would allow you to ask for a new machine and not even let them have a go at repairing "

is talking out of his shitter :augie
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Quite right sir. I've been in the motor trade for most of my working life and I've never seen a vehicle replaced. All the manufacturer has to do is repair the fault and anything else is goodwill. I've been on the end of customers demanding replacement vehicles for all sorts of things up to and including blown engines and we never replaced a vehicle despite all sorts of legal threats.
 
sven said:
Mine's fine (touch wood), but I was just a bit p*ssed off after forking out £200 on an extended warranty on a £10k bike - I wouldn't have dreamt of buying an extended warranty on a Japanese bike :augie
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So, lets get this right.....you are thinking about the sale of goods act because you feel you have to buy an extended warranty due to the alleged high failure rate of the final drive yet you've not had a problem? How very bizarre:eek:

I think you need to get out more, worry less and ride your feckin bike :thumb
 
Rasher said:
If you could easily and cheaply sue BMW for shite FD's / FPC's / EWS they would either not be making them so shite, or would probably be out of business by now - as would Honda for the Camchain errors of the 70's and Suzuki for the finish of all their bikes and Harley for the handling of theirs etc. etc.
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Come again:confused:................ Suzuki for the paint finish & HD for the handling efficiency of the bikes

You are a seriously weird puppy.................as I said before, are you a professional complainer:rolleyes:

How many HD's & Suzukis have you owned
 
Sgt Bilco said:
So, lets get this right.....you are thinking about the sale of goods act because you feel you have to buy an extended warranty due to the alleged high failure rate of the final drive yet you've not had a problem? How very bizarre:eek:

I think you need to get out more, worry less and ride your feckin bike :thumb
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I only started investigating the Sale of Goods Act after I'd bought the extended warranty as I bought a new SLR camera which was defective and got into an argument with the supplier. I eventually got a refund after doing some homework and rejecting the camera under the act and threatening to take them to the small claims court.

This got me thinking about the problems people have been having on low mileage GS's outside the warranty period and whether we were being conned into taking out warranties to cover us against latent defects. Alles klar? :comfort
 
Conned? Maybe I should feel conned for taking out an extended warranty and never having had the need to make a claim against it?

Has anybody got the name and address of someone senior at BMW? I think I need to write and register my disgust at never having had a problem other than a blown headlamp bulb. I know my bike is coming up 5 years old but surely this is grounds for rejecting it and make them bastards giving me a new one? :censor:
 
Nice 'n' Fat said:
Conned? Maybe I should feel conned for taking out an extended warranty and never having had the need to make a claim against it?

Has anybody got the name and address of someone senior at BMW? I think I need to write and register my disgust at never having had a problem other than a blown headlamp bulb. I know my bike is coming up 5 years old but surely this is grounds for rejecting it and make them bastards giving me a new one? :censor:
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sven said:
This got me thinking about the problems people have been having on low mileage GS's outside the warranty period and whether we were being conned into taking out warranties to cover us against latent defects. Alles klar? :comfort
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How the feck can you be conned into taking out an extended warranty:nenau You are being scared by reports of final drives disintergrating left right and centre and in reality, it's a rare thing given the number of GS's out there. I agree shouldn't happen, but at the end of the day it's lots of bits of metal nailed together. The manufacturer generally deals with the issues pretty well even when the bike is out of warranty but that is what we buy in to. The Japs and Triumph would just tell you to feck off.

Extended warranty is something you take on for peace of mind if that's what you want. To say you are forced to have to take it because the bike will fail is nuts.

Mine's nearly 5 years old and done 64k with no real problems. I took the 3rd year extended warranty because I thought it was a good deal but don't bother now as I get my bike serviced by an independant who knows how to look after it. If it goes bang, I'll fix it and not worry too much.
 
Rasher said:
Probably to avoid the bloody hassle I suspect, I too would never dream of buying a warranty for a Jap bike, I do not think they have ever built anything with as many common faults as the GS.

Also legal representation is not cheap and you are never gauranteed a win, if you could easily and cheaply sue BMW for shite FD's / FPC's / EWS :blagblah they would either not be making them so shite, or would probably be out of business by now - as would Honda for the Camchain errors of the 70's and Suzuki for the finish of all their bikes and Harley for the handling of theirs etc. etc.
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Rasher, you are in danger of being 'labelled' mate!

Do you have a BMW?
 
That's why some have been to visit me and I have been to visit some of them, I am meeting up with a few of them next month as well.

In fact I have many real friends, all over the country.Perhaps you should try getting to people before calling them names, you may make a few real friends yourself that way.
 
sven said:
IThis got me thinking about the problems people have been having on low mileage GS's outside the warranty period and whether we were being conned into taking out warranties to cover us against latent defects. Alles klar? :comfort
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It isn't a "con", it's bet, a gamble.

BMW play bookmaker and offer you a bet that their bike won't have any problems --- £300 (or whatever it is), that your bike won't go wrong, if it does they will fix it.

By paying the £300 you think it's a good bet that it will go wrong.

Who wins ??.

Obviously if bmw lost the majority of bets they wouldn't carry on taking them.
 
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