At present a key European legislation gives you the freedom to repair and maintain your vehicle at an independent repairer which enables you to keep your costs down as opposed to taking it back to the manufacturer’s dealer. The independent repairer can keep the price down because their hourly labour rate is generally half of a franchised dealers, it is not only us saying that, the source of this information is GIPA UK Ltd.
If this legislation changes, which is known as block exemption, YOU will be forced to take YOUR own vehicle to the main dealer’s whilst the vehicle is under its warranty period. Failure to comply with this will mean the manufacturer will simply invalidate YOUR warranty!
We can work together now to avoid this happening. The first step is to visit www.r2rc.co.uk and register your support by signing the online petition. This will only take a few seconds of your time but could go a very long way in helping to make the campaign a success and helping us stop the European legislation being passed. You will also find a template of a letter already written for you to follow or download which, if you feel strongly enough, simply sign it and send it to your local MP or MEP to show that you demand the right to freedom of choice.
Remember, it is YOUR car and YOUR choice where you take it for repair, you are one click away from stopping the bureaucrats in Brussels driving YOUR vehicle running costs up and putting independent service and repair garages out of business!
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