you take your car in for some work to be done / servicing etc and when you get it back there's less fuel in the tank...

they have them running for a while and often test drive-so its to be expected,to a certain degree anyway....

Audi “lost” 1/3rd of a tank diagnosing a gearbox leak on my RS6 many years ago!

I was extremely unimpressed, with both the dealer and the customer services department of Audi uk. Not touched he brand since.

My Skoda Octavia vrs once lost over a quarter of a tank of fuel and gained a load of dead insects all over the windscreen / bumper when it went into Skoda to diagnose a rattle in one of the rear doors!

Many years ago I put a Vauxhall in for a gearbox change at a garage and 'lost' the spare wheel, and of course didn't know for some time later.  Previously......
Series 1 80, Series 3 88, Turbo 90, 300tdi 90, 110's with 200, 300, TD5
TD5 Disco, Disco 3, 200Tdi Disco - probably the best vehicle Landrover ever made,
Now 3x FFRR, some would say I should have learned by now......

Dashcam 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Foz01 wrote:

Audi “lost” 1/3rd of a tank diagnosing a gearbox leak on my RS6 many years ago!

I was extremely unimpressed, with both the dealer and the customer services department of Audi uk. Not touched he brand since.

well, since I started this post I decided to replace the battery in my 2010 SLK which I've had from 2 months old, it was a Mercedes demo car.

for about the last 2 years the battery has been iffy when the car has stood for more than a week and to my surprise the battery has been replaced at some point with a Lion battery which is slightly too small and a big nut was fitted to space out the battery clamp to ensure it located properly.

as I do all servicing myself the car has only ever been in one place for any work done which was 3 years ago (not a Merc dealer) so the garage in question must have removed the genuine battery and put a cheap one in its place

This is extremely annoying

I reckon 60% of customers these days have dash cams and/or trackers...

Mine was in a MD's recently and they told me three times it was on a ramp being diagnosed Not according to my tracker & camera kit it wasn't

Very frustrating!

The specialist I've taken mine to for the last couple of jobs has a prominent notice in reception stating that dashcams must be disabled/switched off whilst in their care. It does make me wonder why, although they don't seem to have actually enforced it on any of the visits. 2010 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE

its private property and maybe they dont want trade secrets leaking to their competitors...

Gives away the layout and location of any expensive equipment, as well as any security systems in place

I also switch them off in my workshop, but leave them in place while road testing etc

My fatty went in for some lpg work and rocker cover gaskets and lost the engine acoustic cover.
Didn't notice for over a week. Luckily it has just fell down the back of their tyre rack.  2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 on Gas
1961 88" 2.25 diesel - George
Gone - 1997 3.9 V8i Discovery - Burt