GrumpyGel
Well-Known Member
Jesus wept, are you being deliberately obtuse? What system? I repeat....what system should any garage be checking for information? Serious question - tell me where they will find this information.
Please let me know where every piece of information about every car on the road is available in a simple, searchable database, accessable by any garage in the country. Manufacturers do not provide this sort of information to other garages - its not exactly in their best interests to do so is it?
Do you think that Kwikfit have a little room out the back with huge sheving systems holding thousands of Owners manuals and Haynes manuals? or do you believe that they have a conputer and they just look up www.everythingyoueverwantedtoknowaboutanycareverbuilt.com?
It doesnt exist! this is my whole point, which you seem unable to grasp....any garage simply can not know everything.
It goes back to the point you made earlier about going to a solicitor for legal advice, dentist . The tyre company entered into a contract when they accepted his money to provide fit for service erm service - and they didn't - you MUST see that, or is it to OBTUSE?
Heck, you mention Kwikfit - their website home page says "Kwik Fit are experts in automotive repair including tyres..." Their own sales moto is/was "We're the boys to trust" !!!
Does it get any clearer?
You mention they can't run a database of all cars, well they basically do. If you do a tyre search on their website, you can drill down from loads of manuafaturers to pick Land Rover, then Freelander, then model to find the right tyre size for the car. So they have "trawled enough Haynes manuals" to gather enough information to take people's money off them as quickly as possible.