5.0 wrote:

Bl4ckD0g wrote:

Really? What about if they were at Waitrose would that be better? 🤣

Of course! That would have been perfectly acceptable. My Waitrose is full of Bentaygas, Cullinans and DBXs parked across two spaces each, so no risk at all.

Exactly. It was the same at mine, it was Land Rovers at first, but nowadays mainly Tesla and the odd Jaguar iPace and Polestar..

chris_read wrote:

As my granny used to say; if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.

stan wrote:

someone is missing the point here

OP's fatty should not have been driven to tesco's whilst in for a service ...its a violation of customer trust and dealer policy....
hopefully the dealer principle will apologise profusely to the OP..

Not necessarily, depends on the reason. The destination is just a red-herring and causes for a confusion and the discussion to go in an unnecessary direction. It is actually immaterial.

I find even the Sales Manager agreeing that it shouldn't happen come across like the stock sorries, pleases, and thank you's that actually have no meaning. Plus it is not the Sales Managers job to comment on another teams work, nor apologise on their behalf.

I take it that there are some differences of opinion as to whether a test drive prior to the service is required or not, and whether it was a test drive at all. If it wasn't a test drive then sure I agree that is not right. But I like a test drive prior to the service. I have no issues with that at all, especially not if it can prevent having to get another booking in because they find out stuff prior to running out of time.

Violation is a strong and emotive word. It doesn't help or change the situation though. Nor do apologies. Taking your business elsewhere when you aren't happy would be my preference as if something so minor annoys one, then I'd be more concerned about the actual work to be done.

Just my views.

PS. Points have many different angles, thinking there is only one point is a classic mistake

Bmax01 wrote:

Unless the trip formed part of the service this looks like taking a vehicle without consent, a criminal offence. So the least I’d expect is either an explanation or an apology.

Quick report it to the Police https://www.police.uk/pu/contact-the-polic...-incident/

Now that is an overreaction

I’m afraid that ‘cultural differences’ is a poor excuse for rudeness.
The misunderstanding appears to be that Bl4ckD0g is unaware of the difference between ‘voicing an opinion’ and ‘refusing to respect the opinion of others’.
The former would not lead to a sarcastic comment about how another member feels about a situation involving their personal property, whilst the latter shows a complete lack of respect for their feelings.
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