sworkscooper

It's been a bad year personally, having lost my dear Sister Trish after the dreaded big C struggle. On the 21st of last month my wife and I were due to travel to Cornwall to intern my sister's ashes. A good trip in good weather. Should I take the TF or our brand new KIA Stonic ?
We set off and got as far as the M42 Where the traffic ground to a standstill. Within 2 minutes on a hot day the temperature gauge was bending the stop , followed by warning lights as I pulled over to hard shoulder. Cooling fan not working ! Engine blisteringly hot ! This is a tale that many on here would assume is going be me asking the best place to buy a replacement K series engine . The thing is ,this was not the TF that had failed, it was a KIA Stonic with less than 500 miles on the clock and just three weeks old ! In moving traffic there was no problem so RAC advice was to carry on to destination and be cautious if in standing traffic . Destination reached and car left with KIA dealer in Plymouth . The car is still with them and as I had commitments back home we returned by train ! The car is STILL in Plymouth as they 'can't find the fault' ! Extending our stay in the South West has left us out of pocket by a good amount and KIA Assist are USELESS and the dealership in Plymouth even suggested I have the car recovered to Yorkshire to my dealer so they can fix it !!!! Cost of transfer £600+vat and I would have to pay. Err, yeh ,like I'm gonna fall for that ! Lesson in all of this , well I should have taken the TF which insidently passed its test today with flying colours .

John