NEVER VISIT ARNOLD CLARK

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: Service staff

...I went to Arnold Clark to buy my first car and was very pleased with the service i recieved from the sales staff, i spoke to 4 different people and all were helpfull and friendly. I signed up for a used 55 reg Ford Focus, which i recieved a great deal including 6% finance including 12 months warrenty, 6months MOT and 12 months autocare mechanical warrenty (which i later found out i was paying for and they weren't free as i was lead to believe) I picked the car up on tuesday and drove it home and then found that the bonnet would not open, I phoned them up and was told i wouldn't be able to take it back until Saturday, my dad then phoned and i was told to take it back immediatley. I dealt with the servicing manager Ian (who you would assume would look after customers to his best ability.... wrong!) It then took until...

made_in_wigan 01.10.2008 (30.09.2008) · Read review
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Arnold Clark

Advantages: Help you to avoid
Disadvantages: You may be ripped off as well

...My Husband purchased a Vauxhall Omega in June 2005 from Arnold Clarks Newcastle Stoke-on-Trent, After 16 days my husband had to take the car back as the engine management light had come on, they had the car for 1 week, and told us that it was now fine. It was fine until February 2006 when again the engine management light came on and the car (It is Auto) went into what they call get you home mode, whereby the gearbox sticks in high gear meaning the car has to be driven manually. It was taken to a Vauxhall garage of Arnold Clarks, and was there for 3 days. We were told that they had changed the Cam Belt and Water Pump, Why we do not know as it had nothing what so ever to do with the problem. The problem had not been resolved at all. We took the car back as the problem was getting worse, they had the car for 4 days and we were told that...

pvfc1876 06.09.2006 (13.09.2006) · Read review
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Adrian Mole Grows Up

Advantages: Satirical look at modern life
Disadvantages: Adrian Mole doesnt work as an adult character

...Adrian Mole starts the new millennium at a low point in his life; his previous career as an offal chef and TV presenter has come to an end, he has developed a bald spot the size of a jaffa cake and he is forced to live amongst the underclass on the Gaitskell estate. Adrian is now a single father to his two boys Glenn and William and parenthood brings new challenges for him. William wants a Barbie hairdressing salon for Christmas and Glenn forges notes from home to the PE teacher asking that he be allowed to wear long trousers for cross country running to spare him the humiliation of having his skinny legs on show. Modern parenthood can be a minefield, especially when your children have two different mothers and you are forced to bring them up on a tough estate with bad influences all around them. All the old characters from...

wigglylittleworm 03.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 - Sue Townsend

ARNOLD CLARK THE CONMEN

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: everything

...i think this letter perfectly discribes how arnold clark treat their customers after the sale I am writing on behalf of my partner Richard Clark concerning a complaint he would like to pursue regarding your branch in Newcastle-under-Lyme.On Saturday 20th of June at around 9.30am Richard arrived in his Alpha Romeo 147 to get, what he understood, a free service as he thought it was part of the contract upon purchasing the car in June 08. Once there he was told he did not have a free service on the vehicle and so would have to pay. My partner kindly refused and was advised to see the sales manger a Mr Chris Hargreaves. My partner took the advise and did see him. At this point he was shown a contract which did not match his own. Upon discussion the sales manager agreed with Richard that something was wrong and he would see what he could do...

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Adrian Mutu - the new Hagi

Advantages: Great speed and dribbling abilities
Disadvantages: Agressive

...Adrian Mutu (born January 8 1979, Călineşti, Arges) is a Romanian football player, supranumit The Diamond. He is a talented attacker for the football national team of Romania. He bears the classic number 10, which took the predecessor, Gheorghe Hagi. FC Arges Pitesti (1996-1998) Mutu began his career in professional football player at FC Arges Pitesti, where he scored 11 goals in 41 games, until it was sold on ? 600,000 ($ 760,000) at Dinamo Bucharest. Dinamo Bucharest (1998-1999) His big performance Mutu began to see at Dinamo. He scored 26 goals in 37 games with a very important role in winning the championship and the romanian cup by Dinamo, but in return, he has been transferred to Inter. Internazionale Milano (1999-2000) After he was transferred to Inter for ? 1,200,000 ($ 1,500,000), Mutu did not impose...

Erolkus 25.11.2008 · Read review
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Arnold Clark Accrington

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Appalling

...Arnold clark appalling! Accrington branch Arnold Clark - Accrington DO NOT BUY A CAR OR GET INVOLVED WITH THESE PEOPLE WELL TODAY WE HAVE AN UPDATE - STILL HEARD NOTHING FROM ARNOLD CLARK SO 7 DAYS IS UP. I SURFED THE NET AND FOUND A LADY IN THE PRESS OFFICE AT A.C - HER NAME WAS LUCY FULLER AND COULDNT HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL - WITHIN TEN MINUTES I HAVE HAD A CHEQUE IN THE POST AND AN APOLOGY FROM HER SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT - AND YES I EMAILED TO TELL HER THAT AS WHEN SOMEONE IS GOOD I TELL THEM.......IF ANY OF YOU NEED HELP ID RECOMMEND HER - EMAIL LUCY.FULLER@ARNOLD.CLARK.CO.UK - P.S I DID SAY I WOULD BE GOING TO THE NATIONAL PRESS TODAY Have today gone to trading standards about this outfit. A week ago i put £100 down on a car that was on their website in scotland - the £100 was to secure them bringing it down...

Karenwinter 14.04.2008 (21.04.2008) · Read review
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If you love one of life's triers, go and find Adrian Mole

Advantages: Would suit teenagers and adults alike
Disadvantages: Today's teenagers might have to look up the 1980s references

...Introduction I can't help but warm to Adrian. One of fiction's hopeless cases - socially, he he partakes of all the usual teenage things (kissing, flirting, going to the odd party, sneaking a bit of illicit alcohol here and there) but there's something about his personality that isolates him. I think it's quite telling that he gets bullied by the school's "hard case", Barry Kent and his gang - Adrian comes across as someone who is always going to be different, and not quite accepted - but then again he believes himself to be an "undiscovered intellectual" so in a way, he carries on regardless, thinking that he is more sophisticated and educationally superior to Barry. Yet in some ways, Adrian is from a very average, working-class world and despite his lofty ambitions he is overwhelmingly concerned with the body worries and popularity...

KateHurst 02.06.2009 · Read review
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DO NOT BUY FROM ARNOLD CLARKE!!!!!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Everything, Poor Customer Service, Poor Products, Poor After Sales Care

...I had heard of Arnold Clarke (AC) as their show rooms are local to where I live, and my research indicated they offered competitive finance deals. On arrival the staff were friendly and pleseant, and the show room seemed very professional. I chose to buy a used 03 peugeot 206 cc. After having the car for two days I noticed noises from the exhaust, brakes and the roof squeaked, I approached AC immediately regarding this, stating I was unhappy and wanted the car exchanged. At first they said they would repair any problems but I did not want any repairs undertaken, as my point was the car should have not been sold in that condition. They carried out repairs to the exhaust but the problem still remained. AC advised me if I wanted to swop the car I would have to trade the car back in at a considerably reduced price. The manager who was...

RKhanum 30.12.2007 · Read review
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Great deals and service with Arnold

Advantages: Cheapest deals and great after service
Disadvantages: None

...I have recently bought a new car from Arnold Clark and felt I should write about how great a deal I got and on how excellent the after sales service has been for me with arnold in the past. It seems that people are more likely to write a review when they have had poor service and I think it's time to give people an idea of the good side of Arnold Clark- who are the UK's biggest and clearly this is down to sales and service. I bought my car recently (my 2nd from Arnold) in the Real Sale after seeing it on the Arnold Clark website. I ended up getting a great trade in on my old car and managed to get my new car for even cheaper than I thought. I think the main thing is that I gladly returned to buy my new car from Arnold Clark after assistance I received after some damage sustained to my previous car. The service department were very...

gh1122 15.01.2007 · Read review
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Arnold Clarke in Short; Bad Cars, Bad Service

Advantages: Reasonable initial pricing
Disadvantages: Poor products and aftersale service

...3 years ago I purchased a Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 diesel from Arnold Clark with approximately 16k miles on the clock. At the time the car cost £10,500. Initially I was very happy with the car. Before the car reached 20k  and I had owned the car 8 months the clutch began to fail. The pedal going down to the floor but not returning. I approached the Stoke on Trent where I bought the car from but I was told the car was still under dealer warranty and it was down to Vauxhalll themselves to repair. Fair enough; this made sense I had purchased a car under 3 years old for this reason and had purchsed it from a car supermarket. Vauxhall asked for a large amount of money before they would strip the car down. Money I hadn't got.  I was forced to part ex the vehicle and went back to AC's thinking it was just a one off bad car and I had been unlucky...

ArfurDaley34 23.02.2009 · Read review
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