Advertisement
Message Forums |
|
 Topic: Help - alignment issue, caravan stuck!
|
Page: 1 2 3
  |
 via mobile 25/7/2019 at 4:04pm
Location: None Entered
Outfit: None Entered
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 25/7/2019 Standard Member
Forum Posts: 11
| Site Reviews Total: | 0 |
|
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0  |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2018: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2018: | 0 |
|
I'm hoping someone here might have some advice to help me out. My dad had to come home from his holiday in Austria early due to illness, and his breakdown cover had agreed to repatriate both the car and caravan. However about a week after taking the caravan, they decided that they weren't happy with the alignment and the driver wouldn't bring it home. So then they double checked the length and discovered that it was 20cm longer than we thought it was, and over the length limit of the policy that we were not aware of, and decided they were no longer going to assist us with it at all. By which point we'd all come home... They persuaded my dad (still ill) to declare it a write-off as what they would charge it to store and repatriate was in their opinion more than the caravan was worth. However we were then told that the breakdown company was interested in our caravan and asked if we could just give it to them instead of scrapping it. (and maybe they might just pay us a few hundred pounds for it if we're lucky).
To say I am livid is an understatement. But trying to be practical for now... Does anyone have experience with alignment issues and an idea of what a likely repair cost could go up to? My dad is concerned that it might be the chassis rather than wheel alignment if there is a genuine issue, which he has been told could be very expensive to fix, although whatever problem there may be didn't stop him driving it all the way to Austria in the first place... I'm in the UK at the moment so can't check it out, have discovered that it wasn't even looked at properly by a garage (we'd been told it had been taken to a garage at first, but then it turns out there was no official diagnosis at all since the garage didn't have the right experience). I'm trying to work out whether it's worth trying to fight to get it back. One of the problems we have is that even if we ask them to take it to a garage to get a quote instead of scrapping it now then we instantly start getting hit with bills for storage etc. (!!!!)
It's a 5berth 2005 Adria Adora (532LD), in beautiful condition internally, and it seems crazy that we've been put in this position where we're just going to lose our caravan.
Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.
|
| Discounted Insurance Quotes for UKCampsite.co.uk visitors! Up to 12.5% off! |
|
|
|
|
|
4783 Visitors online !
Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker - Recommend to Friend - Add a Missing Campsite
[Message Forums]
[Caravan Sites & Camping]
[Company Listings]
[Features / Advice]
[Virtual Brochure]
[Shop!]
[Reception]
[Competitions]
[Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]
[Event Diary]
[Contact Us]
[Tent Reviews]
Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024 |
Advertisement
|
|
|
