i had seat insurance for a few months, they initially quoted 1700 odd quid (Cordoba SX late '99), when the salesman (i know him personally) typed in a lower figure, it accepted it, so i eventually got the insurance for 1450 so there is a fair amount of haggling to be had there, if it wasnt for the company that SEAT uses, who were pretty ruthless with their direct debits etc i would certainly use them again. As it is , im back with Sabre through a province wide broker over here, paying 1750 but way happier with their service as i have used them for a couple of years before the SEAT incident.
My local Seat dealership is pretty much spot on.
Under warranty i had the following work carried out,
1. New gearbox .. original box had done less than 10k before missing gears ie wouldnt go into second gear above 20 mph and 3rd was so notchy it hurt. It was tested and replaced inside a week, very happy with that as it was just before my trip across to curborough to visit some hooligans off here.
2. ABS sensors x 3 (front left each time!)
3. ABS control Unit (fixed
problem of ABS cutting in at all sorts of speeds and was pretty dangerous as it wouldnt let me stop, even in slow moving traffic, or on the opposite side of the coin, locking up at will!)
Also under warranty, i had the following (non warranty?) parts replaced.
4. new skirt jack point covers as old ones were a bit loose !
5. number plates (sticky pads kept failing!)
6. reverse lights sorted twice (first time under warranty, sensor failed/moved out of placing. Second time was done inside a year of it being repaired.
7. i got a customer service call from the dealer asking how the repairs went ( a fortnight ago) i told them that my handbrake light and sidelight lamps were dead, straight away peter, the servicing manager phoned me back and said that next time i'm passing they will sort it.
8. also got a spare dash bulb for nowt when i was in buying a new PAS belt.
All in all im pretty happy with the dealer, brand and cars i've had.
