Team-BHP stands for the TRUTH. But Skoda wants to “instigate” Team-BHP and its users!

vineethvazhayil · 31st March 2009, 15:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkr2k2

Tell me that was a joke

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My god what these folks think that Indian consumers are such gullible people. Are we(I am referring the majority of the car buyers)??

Going by that yardstick, Tata and Mahindra would be the only cars that will have horns that work all the time, wiper blades that survive the dust, ac that cools effectively etc etc. How dumb could Mercedes or Skoda think Indians are, when they say their cars are made for european conditions!

ambujlal · 31st March 2009, 15:19

Thank God I read this thread in time! I was about to gift my mom a Skoda car! Woosh... man this is scary... Cheap Skoda... throw them out of this country... playing with people's life for some bucks... Harish we are with you in this fight...

finneyp · 31st March 2009, 15:25

Height of Quality obsession: The Dealers are so obsessed with Skoda's quality that they decided to Swap original parts in a car with Spurious ones!

zerocritical · 31st March 2009, 15:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by finneyp

Height of Quality obsession: The Dealers are so obsessed with Skoda's quality that they decided to Swap original parts in a car with Spurious ones!

May be they feel that the spurious parts work better than their original ones!! Hence, they are maintaining quality standards this way!!

scooby05 · 31st March 2009, 15:31

My friend bought a Fabia on my recommendation 8 months back for his daughter. The car has been in and out of the service centre 5 times, and problems dont seem to get resolved!! The last reason being, The central locking/immobiliser system is malfunctioning. Autobahn has kept the car for 2 weeks and no solution. They even swapped some components from another Fabia as per advice from Skoda, but still could not solve the problem. Skoda and Autobahn seem to be least bothered. They have not responded except for assurances whenever a call is made. I guess I will also have to follow up on this thread.
Its sad that I advised my friend for the Fabia, am Cursing myself since. My Friend calls the car a 8.00lac piece of Junk! No one in the family wants to use her, since every now and then the alarm goes on!! and the ignition does not operate!! Sad, Very Sad!!

thiyags22 · 31st March 2009, 15:33

Can we have SKODA METER which will display the number of cars / amount of business lost by Skoda because of this episode...

Thiyags

Suraj · 31st March 2009, 16:14

I read an article about an year back on BBC Online edition.. the article talks about a survey among women ( 20 - 35 age group) about their preferred pick up / date car..The list was exhaustive running into 100 cars or so...

Well the most preferred car was a Porche 911

and the least preferred cars were

Skoda's

So gentleman if you want to drive with pretty women avoid Skoda's

Just my 2 cents peace

wanderernomad · 31st March 2009, 16:20

Holy ****. When i was thinking *** of FORD and TATAS is bad this is an eyeopener. I am not buying a SKODA ever and will ask all my friends not to. Who wants to fight over trivialities and such a patheitic attitude from SKODA. Plus please remove the red skoda from the banner ASAP. Also if you guys who have already fought with skoda on avrious issues can you post thier email addresses, maybe we can all write in what we think of this episode to SKODA.

S_budhiraj · 31st March 2009, 16:28

I Think it's money only in this world who teaches the lesson

, Skoda never learned the lesson bcoz their products were selling but after the move from Team-Bhp Skoda would be learning a huge lesson.

After this thread, I have cancelled my Superb and there are many related Bhpians who have dropped the Idea of Laura's or Superb's and that turns out to be crores of money.

So think Skoda want to learn this way!

mnhegde · 31st March 2009, 16:31

2 bhpians voted negatively

. I would like to know the reason for negative vote by QUICK DRAW (even though its personal).

Request to Mods: If this post is against any rules, Please delete the post.

Tejas@perioimpl · 31st March 2009, 16:32

I think all those people who have cancelled their skoda bookings should write a letter to the skoda HQ saying why they have cancelled their cars. This may give them a bigger jolt or else they will just assume you got a better deal with another car and went ahead with that.

MKRAFT · 31st March 2009, 16:37

Have been following these threads very closely and it’s shocking to see more and more information coming out on unethical practices being followed in this industry, in turn playing with lives of people under some crap quality commitments! We BHPians are doing a great job and creating the much required awareness and supporting a good cause. In most developed countries action would have been taken immediately but unfortunately even foreign brands in India have adapted themselves conveniently to the “chalta hai”, “manage karenge” attitude. I would love to see how this company would react if this incidence were to take place in Germany.

I have found some more information and wish to share this with you. At least we all know who is on the other side of the court.

Taxindiaonline.com - one stop destination for taxman & taxpayer
DNA: Mumbai: 'Should FBI be told to guide our cops?'
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/apr/1103874.htm

deetee · 31st March 2009, 16:42

A case of consumer court asking Skoda to pay the customer for faulty car:
Skoda told to replace faulty car or pay Rs 11 lakh - The Financial Express

I don't know if Skoda went to the state commission,like it did with Mr.Harish, to further delay the fine payment.

And look at the comments, one poor elegance customer is struggling with a faulty Skoda which stops anywhere. Am sure the heated rear windows might be of good use to him when he pushes the car.

GTO · 31st March 2009, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by scooby05

The car has been in and out of the service centre 5 times, and problems dont seem to get resolved!! The last reason being, The central locking/immobiliser system is malfunctioning.

Didn't you read up on our Fabia discussions before recommending the car to your friend?

Quote:

Autobahn has kept the car for 2 weeks and no solution. They even swapped some components from another Fabia as per advice from Skoda, but still could not solve the problem.

Skoda advices its dealers to swap parts!

Quote:

Skoda and Autobahn seem to be least bothered.

Unsurprising since you were, in effect, communicating to the same person. The owner of Auto Bahn is also an employee of Skoda India.

Quote:

My Friend calls the car a 8.00lac piece of Junk!

Wait till he tries to sell it.

Aston.Martin · 31st March 2009, 16:49

It was my dream to buy a Skoda, but no more....We are with you Harish.

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31st March 2009, 15:19	#602
ambujlal BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 316 Thanked: 328 Times View My Garage	Thank God I read this thread in time! I was about to gift my mom a Skoda car! Woosh... man this is scary... Cheap Skoda... throw them out of this country... playing with people's life for some bucks... Harish we are with you in this fight...
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31st March 2009, 15:25	#603
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,762 Thanked: 403 Times View My Garage	Height of Quality obsession: The Dealers are so obsessed with Skoda's quality that they decided to Swap original parts in a car with Spurious ones!
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31st March 2009, 15:31	#605
scooby05 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,146 Thanked: 194 Times	My friend bought a Fabia on my recommendation 8 months back for his daughter. The car has been in and out of the service centre 5 times, and problems dont seem to get resolved!! The last reason being, The central locking/immobiliser system is malfunctioning. Autobahn has kept the car for 2 weeks and no solution. They even swapped some components from another Fabia as per advice from Skoda, but still could not solve the problem. Skoda and Autobahn seem to be least bothered. They have not responded except for assurances whenever a call is made. I guess I will also have to follow up on this thread. Its sad that I advised my friend for the Fabia, am Cursing myself since. My Friend calls the car a 8.00lac piece of Junk! No one in the family wants to use her, since every now and then the alarm goes on!! and the ignition does not operate!! Sad, Very Sad!!
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31st March 2009, 15:33	#606
thiyags22 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Madras / Bangalore Posts: 149 Thanked: 19 Times	Can we have SKODA METER which will display the number of cars / amount of business lost by Skoda because of this episode... Thiyags
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31st March 2009, 16:14	#607
Suraj Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: HYDERABAD Posts: 3 Thanked: 0 Times	I read an article about an year back on BBC Online edition.. the article talks about a survey among women ( 20 - 35 age group) about their preferred pick up / date car..The list was exhaustive running into 100 cars or so... Well the most preferred car was a Porche 911 and the least preferred cars were Skoda's So gentleman if you want to drive with pretty women avoid Skoda's Just my 2 cents peace
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31st March 2009, 16:20	#608
wanderernomad Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,552 Thanked: 1,296 Times View My Garage	Holy **. When i was thinking * of FORD and TATAS is bad this is an eyeopener. I am not buying a SKODA ever and will ask all my friends not to. Who wants to fight over trivialities and such a patheitic attitude from SKODA. Plus please remove the red skoda from the banner ASAP. Also if you guys who have already fought with skoda on avrious issues can you post thier email addresses, maybe we can all write in what we think of this episode to SKODA.
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31st March 2009, 16:28	#609
S_budhiraj BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 275 Thanked: Once	Losing crores of Money! I Think it's money only in this world who teaches the lesson , Skoda never learned the lesson bcoz their products were selling but after the move from Team-Bhp Skoda would be learning a huge lesson. After this thread, I have cancelled my Superb and there are many related Bhpians who have dropped the Idea of Laura's or Superb's and that turns out to be crores of money. So think Skoda want to learn this way!
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31st March 2009, 16:31	#610
mnhegde BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: B E N G A L U R U Posts: 473 Thanked: 2 Times	2 bhpians voted negatively. I would like to know the reason for negative vote by QUICK DRAW (even though its personal). Request to Mods: If this post is against any rules, Please delete the post.
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31st March 2009, 16:32	#611
Tejas@perioimpl Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 4,428 Thanked: 9,765 Times View My Garage	I think all those people who have cancelled their skoda bookings should write a letter to the skoda HQ saying why they have cancelled their cars. This may give them a bigger jolt or else they will just assume you got a better deal with another car and went ahead with that.
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31st March 2009, 16:37	#612
MKRAFT BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mumbai.. Posts: 45 Thanked: 0 Times	shocking facts Have been following these threads very closely and it’s shocking to see more and more information coming out on unethical practices being followed in this industry, in turn playing with lives of people under some crap quality commitments! We BHPians are doing a great job and creating the much required awareness and supporting a good cause. In most developed countries action would have been taken immediately but unfortunately even foreign brands in India have adapted themselves conveniently to the “chalta hai”, “manage karenge” attitude. I would love to see how this company would react if this incidence were to take place in Germany. I have found some more information and wish to share this with you. At least we all know who is on the other side of the court. Taxindiaonline.com - one stop destination for taxman & taxpayer DNA: Mumbai: 'Should FBI be told to guide our cops?' http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/apr/1103874.htm
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31st March 2009, 16:42	#613
deetee BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mangalore Posts: 505 Thanked: 1,632 Times View My Garage	A case of consumer court asking Skoda to pay the customer for faulty car: Skoda told to replace faulty car or pay Rs 11 lakh - The Financial Express I don't know if Skoda went to the state commission,like it did with Mr.Harish, to further delay the fine payment. And look at the comments, one poor elegance customer is struggling with a faulty Skoda which stops anywhere. Am sure the heated rear windows might be of good use to him when he pushes the car.
	() Thanks

31st March 2009, 16:49	#615
Aston.Martin BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 149 Thanked: 37 Times View My Garage	It was my dream to buy a Skoda, but no more....We are with you Harish.
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