{"id":32,"date":"2012-11-18T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westonmotcentre.co.uk\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2014-06-02T19:21:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T19:21:32","slug":"but-i-have-to-use-a-main-dealer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/westonmotcentre.co.uk\/but-i-have-to-use-a-main-dealer\/","title":{"rendered":"Warranty and do I have to use Main Dealers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">WARRANTY &#8211; POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">&#8220;I have to take my vehicle to the main dealers to keep my warranty&#8221; or\u00a0&#8220;I have to take my car to the main dealer because it&#8217;s leased&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">NOT TRUE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">Since the EU Block Exemption Regulation 1400\/2002&#8242; (in short BER) came into force in October 2003 the\u00a0Vehicle purchasing and repair industry has undergone a radical change.\u00a0YOU, the motorist, NO LONGER have to go to the main dealer to have your car serviced or repaired, as is popularly believed, to keep up your warranty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">With the introduction of Block Exemption the vehicle manufacturers warranties are NO LONGER reliant on the consumer, taking their\u00a0vehicle to a garage in the main dealer network. The European Commission deemed that this would be &#8220;an unjustified restriction on the consumer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>CHOICE<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">You can now choose the &#8220;quality independent garage&#8221; you wish to take your car to, and provided that your vehicle is serviced using the manufacturers schedules &amp; recorded and repaired within the manufacturers guidelines, with dealer quality parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>IT WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR WARRANTY<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">In most cases this will save YOU the motorist 25% or more on your service and repair bills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 12px;\">The MOT Centre are such a garage. You can bring your vehicle to us with confidence. The confidence to know that, nothing will be done without your precise permission, and you know what your going to pay, before we do the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WE MAY BE THE ONLY GARAGE YOU&#8217;LL EVER NEED.<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARRANTY &#8211; POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS! &#8220;I have to take my vehicle to the main dealers to keep my warranty&#8221; or\u00a0&#8220;I have to take my car to the main dealer because it&#8217;s leased&#8221; NOT TRUE Since the EU Block Exemption Regulation 1400\/2002&#8242; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/westonmotcentre.co.uk\/but-i-have-to-use-a-main-dealer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warranty and do I have to use Main Dealers? 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