BUYER BEWARE
Our experience with Ashridge Vehicles after-sale service.
We bought a 4 year old BMW i3, along with £400 "Williams Ceramic Coat" paint protection.
After a few months, following a car wash, we found a scratch mark and peeling paint on our car. With no idea where it had come from, we assumed someone had scraped it and spent £250 to get it repaired. The next time we had a car wash, several more areas showed peeling paint and scrapes. It seemed clear that the car had a (cheap?) coat of paint over the top of some damage, which was quickly wearing away - unclear whether the dealership or the previous owner were responsible.
I tried to claim on the paint protection which clearly hadn't helped, only to be told that despite costing £400 and being called "paint protection" on the invoice, it didn't cover this issue. Frustrated, I phoned Ashridge Vehicles. I was told by the person I spoke to that I should "email complaints" as they don't deal with this kind of issue over the phone. He also said (verbatim) that
GrahamH
2022-09-16