Main Dealer Car Prep... Best Avoided???

[Scottty87]

So the wife has just got herself a nice 2018 Mercedes A180 AMG line in gunmetal grey down at Agnews at Boucher and they have suggested adding their Car Protection package at like 300 odd quid.

I'm assuming this is basically a ceramic coating for the exterior and some fabric guard on the interior, probably poorly done with cheap products, completed in a rush id imagine, but I stand to be corrected on that.

Anyone have any experience of whether this would be done to a good standard there or is it best avoided? Also any suggestions on who might be better to take the car to get a minor correction and ceramic coating done would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys

 

[Dave..]

Take it to Pete and have it done right.

 

[MarkM]

Very unlikely to be ceramic, I’d avoid and put a decent wax on there myself, Agnews Merc are the lowest scumbags I’ve ever had the misfortune to be ****ed over by, not to be trusted!

 

[e320mark]

So the wife has just got herself a nice 2018 Mercedes A180 AMG line in gunmetal grey down at Agnews at Boucher and they have suggested adding their Car Protection package at like 300 odd quid.

I'm assuming this is basically a ceramic coating for the exterior and some fabric guard on the interior, probably poorly done with cheap products, completed in a rush id imagine, but I stand to be corrected on that.

Anyone have any experience of whether this would be done to a good standard there or is it best avoided? Also any suggestions on who might be better to take the car to get a minor correction and ceramic coating done would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys

Personally I would avoid like the plague! You would be better getting in touch with PMG (big Pete) and seeing what you £300 would get you with him! I can guarantee a hell of a lot more and done correctly too!

 

[Ben P]

Get a quote from PMG. See what £300 could get you there.

Dealer prep isnt great.

 

[Scottty87]

Very unlikely to be ceramic, I’d avoid and put a decent wax on there myself, Agnews Merc are the lowest scumbags I’ve ever had the misfortune to be ****ed over by, not to be trusted!

Yeah I assumed as much. My Mrs has been dealing with them and they're on the hard sell with it. I'm quite sure they couldn't clean their own holes. Trying to sell her a very expensive gap insurance policy too. I'll tell them not to bother!

 

[MarkM]

Yeah I assumed as much. My Mrs has been dealing with them and they're on the hard sell with it. I'm quite sure they couldn't clean their own holes. Trying to sell her a very expensive gap insurance policy too. I'll tell them not to bother!

Regarding gap, assuming it’s return to invoice, get an online quote and ask them to beat it, they will huff and puff but ultimately do it

 

[Scottty87]

Get a quote from PMG. See what £300 could get you there.

Dealer prep isnt great.

Cheers. Seems Pete is still the main man round these parts, I've been off the site for a while. I'll be sure to give him a shout

Regarding gap, assuming it’s return to invoice, get an online quote and ask them to beat it, they will huff and puff but ultimately do it

Will do Mark, thanks for the advice. Online is coming in at less than half the price of Merc, so I'll see if I can get them to match it.

 

[MarkM]

Cheers. Seems Pete is still the main man round these parts, I've been off the site for a while. I'll be sure to give him a shout

Will do Mark, thanks for the advice. Online is coming in at less than half the price of Merc, so I'll see if I can get them to match it.

Bavarian started off at £750 for the M4, produced an ALA quote for half that and they beat it after some chest puffing lol

 

[SJM2016]

Yeah avoid dealer new car valets..... swirl marks galore

 

[DC.]

Avoid. Save yourself £300

 

[e320mark]

Yeah I assumed as much. My Mrs has been dealing with them and they're on the hard sell with it. I'm quite sure they couldn't clean their own holes. Trying to sell her a very expensive gap insurance policy too. I'll tell them not to bother!

You could also try your insurance company for gap, I have mine through them!

 

[southsky sunrise]

@big_pete how far would the mans £300 get him

 

[Scottty87]

Bavarian started off at £750 for the M4, produced an ALA quote for half that and they beat it after some chest puffing lol

At least they managed to beat the quote for you in the end mate. Bavarian seem dead on to deal with from the few people I know who have dealt with them. My boss get the new 7 Series on every release and they treat him like absolte royalty I must say. Mind you, he's a cash buyer! lol Merc are after £480 for the A180, it's only around £170-£200ish online. I'll have to see what they can do on it!

You could also try your insurance company for gap, I have mine through them!

That actually didn't even occur to me actually, I went straight online. Seems an obvious thought too! Cheers

 

[Jonny_W]

Agnews VW handed my Tiguan over with more marks on it than I could handle. They wanted to paint panels on it but it was sent to the Jedi Pete and PMG, came out better than new.

Avoid like the clap

 

[Chris Mac]

£300 in Agnews is Autglym LifeShine.
Spend a little bit more and let @big_pete cover it in GTechniq

 

[Scottty87]

A fair bit. Give me a call tomorrow on 07905125450 and Ill talk you through all your options and you can pick whats right for you and how the car will be used and maintained

Will do Pete, I'll give you a bell tomorrow mate. Cheers

£300 in Agnews is Autglym LifeShine.
Spend a little bit more and let @big_pete cover it in GTechniq

No comparison really! Cheers for the heads up

 

[Chris100]

Very unlikely to be ceramic, I’d avoid and put a decent wax on there myself, Agnews Merc are the lowest scumbags I’ve ever had the misfortune to be ****ed over by, not to be trusted!

Totally agree with you, I wouldn’t buy a toy car off those ****ers.

 

[pablo]

Try ALA for gap and google for a discount code. I found a 25% off code

 

[Boydie]

Yeah lol avoid like the plague - had a similar conversation with my Dad when they bought their Frreelander - now he isn't one for car cleaning, he would take it to a euro wash or badly wash it himself so told him to save his money then I explained how crap lifeshine is

 

[silliwilli]

I'd pay them £300 not to touch it Speak to @big_pete as said above

 

[a220dms]

Pretend you don’t want the GAP Insurance so they try to push it.. chip a bit off the sale price then take it. You can then cancel within the 14 day statutory period. Same with dealer finance.

 

[Chris_702]

However far your £300 stretches with @big_pete will be night and day to the dealers offerings anyway. And thats coming from a dealer! Main dealers don't apply the products properly never mind asking over the odds for it in the first place.

 

[JH86]

I'll tag @big_pete again just for the craic

 

[Chris100]

I was told the Agnew group had changed their gap insurance provider, I believe it's now underwritten by AXA I think.

This was the excuse for the ridiculous increases, they also had much less discount to apply to the policies presuming you refused the initial price.

I ended up getting the same coverage with a policy from ALA for 4 times cheaper than Agnew's were trying to charge.