Fpv - Ford Thievin` Bastards

[mercuryturbo]

I dont think your the only one on here with the same problem. You would expect 5 months on a Lambo or Fazza but not on a Falcon.

[Rootster]

do you know the panel beater...if so get him to write you a bill and hit ford with the storage fee....That's just got to sux....feel for you spin...

[_Spin_]

Mate realistically all I can do is piss and moan and maybe kick the dog.

They got me and they know it.

[JETURBO]

just quietly have u rang motortraders and inquired on the part and how avaliable it is?

the plastic inner guard (wheel arch) I got from motortraders same day $33.00

never had any probs with parts and waiting times mind u I dont have a pfv but try geting a hold of 1 your self and charge it to the insurance mob?

[arronm]

  _Spin_ said:

The repairer.. I felt for him. He had a lot of coin in my car and doesn`t get paid till its finished. When we got the last ETA I said look I can`t see the point in this car sitting here sucking up bog dust and getting driven 50 feet a day out of the shop.. Stick it on a tilt bed its coming home..

I got in touch with the Insurer and they agreed to pay him out for what he`d done so far.

Its not just FPV stuff either, they waited a couple months for the wheel cover inner guard thing. that's just a Falcon piece.

I`m fortunate its not my only car.

If it wasn`t some kind of intricate part, or Chirst only knows what, but its not.. Its a big peice of plastic, made in Asia some where.

lol, anymore big hearted comments get in before the lock

I have just gone through the same thing with other FPV parts.

1) FPV dont care , they sold you the car and have your money.

2) they will come up with any excuse (especially when it comes to warranty) " Iam sorry sir we found you had inflated the front left tyre to 42psi, ford recommended 39.5 so unfortunately we are unable to honor your claim for a failed turbo"

3) many of the companies that produce parts for FPV are based in china and have gone broke due to the economical climate and material supply. They now have supply and quality control issues. Last week I was so angry if you had put the ford guy in front of me , I would have killed him on the spot. THE BOTTOM LINE IS< THEY JUST DONT CARE. FPV HAS NO CUSTOMER CARE,

[_Spin_]

LOL, I`m recalling the times I`ve rung FPV, Months ago I called them to ask wtf goes on, and the guy said ooooh it`d be a big help if you had the part number for the front `bar` thingy is it?? ( his words )

I`m like: mate youse made it, you don`t have access to the ford data base or what ever??

Ooooh no sir I`m sowwy..

I tracked down who the parts had been ordered through ( Metro Ford ) and got the numbers off the parts guy.

I tried an FPV dealer in Vic, I forget their name but they got shops in Frankston and all over.. The parts guy was a legend and searched around and found a front bar complete in Rockhampton, I got pretty excited and rang them, no deal it`d been sold and not taken off the listings.. lol guy was pretty freaked out when I said: you got a Tyhoon bar there, sell it too me!!!

I tried Ferntree Gully, they told me yep we can get you a new one easy peasy.. I hooked them up with the repairer but it fell through..

I`m guessing but maybe they turned up the one that I found that`d been sold in Rocky..

I`ve got a borrowed BA typhoon bar on there, its a shell, no grills, spotlights or the top bit. Not under trays etc.. I`m really gratefull for the loan of it ( thanks Steve, carn the blues!! )

But its a real bust.. It holds a number plate and that's about it. Cops are reeeeeeal interested in the car when they go the other way.

So, I don`t drive it.. Okay I`ve snuck out the drags with it couple times but I`m done with that.

After 4 months its irrelevant how the car came to be how it is. Yeah I shoulda been more carefull but sh!t happens.

Edited 29/06/09 09:11 AM by _Spin_

[Erko]

  azasturbo said:

you did it so you cant be to angry at them.

are you fair dinkum???

5 months for a Bar on a 2 year old car is a farking JOKE. These cars sell for 60k+ and FRAUD/FPV have an obligation to stock body consumables such as the front farking bar.

this bloke has a right to be ropable. someone has farked up big time and its not the OP.

[gu4800]

  azasturbo said:

Should have been more careful then I fail to see how that makes them thieving bastards though. If it was a faulty part and you were waiting under warranty I can understand your anger but you did it so you cant be to angry at them.

How it happened is irrelevant. They should have sufficient supply or be able to produce the part in a reasonable time. We are talking about a car that was "current model" 12 months ago - not a 1970's restorer!

I agree with Spin - simply not good enough!

Cheers

Dan

Edited 29/06/09 09:16 AM by gu4800

[J0sh]

I feel for u mate....that's a joke and a half, half the guys in the parts department dont know what there selling. or doing.

[bjviper]

That sux big time! As a prospectivebuyer, it's experiences like these that make me think twice about purchasing a FPV, and to go with just a plain xr6t or something else

Best of luck dude.