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nlel1975 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:03 pm

brixtonboy wrote:

Might be worth waiting a bit until Winter is over just in case anything else comes along.

Apparently I’m covered for more than one visit. At least that was what I was led to believe.

nlel1975 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2020 4:23 pm

I wonder how it works, the main dealer took the £ 600 off me for the 3 year cosmetic car care plan at time of purchase and have given me the name of the body shop who do the work.

Do they pass the money taken onto the body shop and take a cut themselves or simply pass it all onto the body shop giving them some business?

PetrolDave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:52 pm

nlel1975 wrote:

I wonder how it works, the main dealer took the £ 600 off me for the 3 year cosmetic car care plan at time of purchase and have given me the name of the body shop who do the work.

Do they pass the money taken onto the body shop and take a cut themselves or simply pass it all onto the body shop giving them some business?

I'd be very surprised if the dealer didn't take a cut.

nlel1975 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:06 pm

PetrolDave wrote:

I'd be very surprised if the dealer didn't take a cut.

The other option is that the dealer takes all of the money and the body shop charges them preferential rates on the work they carry out.

PetrolDave · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:12 am

nlel1975 wrote:

PetrolDave wrote:

I'd be very surprised if the dealer didn't take a cut.

The other option is that the dealer takes all of the money and the body shop charges them preferential rates on the work they carry out.

What happens if/when the work required reaches the £600 paid?

And is the work done at a 'trade' rate per hour not the normal 'customer' (or the even higher 'insurance') rate?

nlel1975 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:09 am

PetrolDave wrote:

What happens if/when the work required reaches the £600 paid?

And is the work done at a 'trade' rate per hour not the normal 'customer' (or the even higher 'insurance') rate?

If it reaches the £ 600 that’s their risk and I’d expect the work to be carried out at the trade rate per hour.

Steve107 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:20 am

If it helps, you could try clay bar to remove the stubborn tar, worked for me in the past, I've got a bilt hamber clay bar which needs only water to work.

nlel1975 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:17 pm

Steve107 wrote:

If it helps, you could try clay bar to remove the stubborn tar, worked for me in the past, I've got a bilt hamber clay bar which needs only water to work.

I’ve tried some of that special tar remover stuff and it didn’t work. I’ll claim on the special insurance I have.

Roc · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:10 pm

Meguiars Ultimate Compound would probably remove it

nlel1975 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:07 pm

Well I've used some shampoo and a bug shifter pad on the scrape on the wheel arch and its come up nicely...

Before...

After...

I can still feel it but can't see it, one less thing for the body shop to look at.

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