Clkrichard
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- Joined
- Dec 30, 2010
- Messages
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- Location
- Chichester
- Car
- 2011 CLC 220cdi 2004 CLK 320 cabriolet, R230 SL500, A class Sport AMG now arrived.
My wife has just returned her CLC Sport to MB Finance as that was a better deal than trading it in for her new A Class.
The people who inspect and collect are BCA ( i think thats British Car Auctions).
The inspection was extremely thorough, including using a gauge to meaure paint thickness. I was confident he would find nothing as we have owned the car from new.
I was therefore very surprised when I was told to remove the " illegal window tinting ". The car had factory fitted "privacy glass" which I think was standard on the sport spec. I invited the inspector to show me how to remove this and told him it wasnt aftermarket tinting film and was factory fitted glass. A bit of a disussion followed about the legality of the tint but there was nothing I could do short of smashing the windows !
All very odd ......
BCA have just confirmed that the car is acceptable and the outstanding financing is fully repaid.
The people who inspect and collect are BCA ( i think thats British Car Auctions).
The inspection was extremely thorough, including using a gauge to meaure paint thickness. I was confident he would find nothing as we have owned the car from new.
I was therefore very surprised when I was told to remove the " illegal window tinting ". The car had factory fitted "privacy glass" which I think was standard on the sport spec. I invited the inspector to show me how to remove this and told him it wasnt aftermarket tinting film and was factory fitted glass. A bit of a disussion followed about the legality of the tint but there was nothing I could do short of smashing the windows !
All very odd ......
BCA have just confirmed that the car is acceptable and the outstanding financing is fully repaid.
