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From: Adrian on 6 Aug 2010 07:41
boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> I've often wondered why GM bothers to keep the Vauxhall badge. It has
> zero cache and must cost them more money than if they just badged
> everything here as Opel.

<shrug>
Why?

It's just a search-and-replace on the marketing gumf, which is all
tailored to each country anyway.
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 6 Aug 2010 08:24
On 5 Aug, 17:04, bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> To maintain the lifetime warranty, owners will need to visit a Vauxhall
> retailer annually for a free vehicle inspection.
>
> (Must be a catch somewhere)
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100805/tuk-vauxhalls-to-have-lifetime-w...
>
> Bod

I assume this is lifetime of car and not owner who may well last
another year, this is a vauxhall we are talking about.

Nkosi
From: Dave Plowman on 6 Aug 2010 08:36
In article <1gopbbc66jibw.1xh2pljw0xf9z$.dlg(a)40tude.net>,
Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:04:45 +0100, bod wrote:

> > annually for a free vehicle inspection.

> head of Vauxhall on R4 just said you have to have it serviced there, a
> bit different. Could be a god deal for somebody retiring and buying last
> car to run for ever and only expecting to do 100,000 miles. However, if
> the servicing is going to be like BMW, it could cost more than any
> repairs.

Mate just had a Suzuki serviced (first one) which cost a lot more than my
BMW does for the same mileage service.

--
*The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach *

Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12

From: GT on 6 Aug 2010 09:40
"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:skba7v24dhpb$.1stlwurpcmf0a$.dlg(a)40tude.net...
> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:46:08 +0100, bod wrote:
>
>> I thought that Mike P heard a Vauxhall rep clarifying that point on a
>> radio or tv prog? I'm sure he said that the cars had to be 'serviced'.
>
> thats what he said on Today this morning.

Well that is going to be interesting then because this point has been
legally tested elsewhere and I believe they can't hold you to that. However,
if that is the contract that the buyer signs, then I don't see why not!
Nothing is free in this world.


From: Adrian on 6 Aug 2010 10:46
"GT" <a(a)b.c> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

> Well that is going to be interesting then because this point has been
> legally tested elsewhere and I believe they can't hold you to that.
> However, if that is the contract that the buyer signs, then I don't see
> why not! Nothing is free in this world.

Didn't Merc used to do something similar?

AIUI, it's not a "warranty" - you still get a normal warranty - but a
customer-loyalty add-on.
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