Chris, I think we need to establish a couple of things here, firstly accusing a forum user of abuse is pretty strong language in my book, if you feel that you have been abused by myself, then I certainly apologise. I fail to see where any of my posts have been less than courteous, I do not deal in bad manners, I speak as I expect to be spoken to, all I have been doing is asking a series of questions to establish some of the issues you hit during the whole debacle, I have done so in a courteous manner as far as I can tell, if you feel otherwise then please take the poinst you feel have overstepped a mark with the moderators.
Moderators, with respect, can you please review my comments and questions on this thread and if I have been abusive to physiochris, then please sanction me as the rules of the forum decree, I personally find these accusations of being abusive and being a “spoiler” offensive myself. I use a number of MX5 forums and I have a reputation of fairness, politeness, a level of geniality and a certain amount of knowledge of these cars. The OPs accusations I feel are unfounded and perhaps misguided, are we perhaps now in a world where to challenge and ask extremely pertinent questions on such a serious subject are viewed as abuse? I sincerely hope not. Perhaps it is a good job that the OP did not put this post up on the likes of MX5n**z, now there is a forum that thrives on abuse and attracts many a “spoiler”.
Chris, my goal here has been to establish a number of facts regarding the issues you have had with your car, some of which you seem reluctant to part with. If you care to look at some of my earlier posts I asked for the VIN or if you couldn’t find that then the reg number would do. My concern is that you say that your Kuro that you bought brand new, after four months was in such a bad way with rust on a number of the panels that you eventually got the dealer to organise a buy back from you. The very non commital attitude of MMUK is typical of them although it must always be remembered that when you buy a car, or any goods for that matter your contract lies with the seller not the manufacturer, the seller must legally act as a conduit between you and the manufacturer.
My gut feel is that this appears very much to be a rogue car, this I have already stated politely, bearing in mind I am now on my third Mk3 variant of the car, my previous two were run until they were three years old with circa 30k miles on both of them and there were no corrosion issues on either of them.
I am an established and competent detailer and knew every cm of those cars, if there was any corrosion on those cars it would have been spotted and the issue taken up with the dealer. My present Sport Black model that I bought in September last year if finally going through a thorough detailing. I finished day three of this process last night and due to your post I have been especially thorough in checking for any issues with rust or indeed any flaws in the paintwork at all. I intend to get into the final stages of the detailing works today and will again be checking every cm of the bodywork to see if I find any issue, if I do, a trip to the dealer will be on the cards.
