Portfield Car Sales
Station Approach, Fairmile Rd, Christchurch BH23 2LJ, United Kingdom
4.4
96 reviews
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P6Q8+QH Christchurch, United Kingdom
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Monday: 9–17
Tuesday: 9–17
Wedneasday: 9–17
Thursday: 9–17
Friday: 9–17
Saturday: 10–16
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 9–17
Wedneasday: 9–17
Thursday: 9–17
Friday: 9–17
Saturday: 10–16
Sunday: Close
Used car dealers rarely get praise, however Portfield were a pleasure to deal with. The only small criticism I could make was that a couple of calls weren't answered but they promptly called me back. I spotted on the test drive that the sat nav on the car I was buying was not connecting. I reported this and this got it sorted out before I collected the car and they did this at their own expense. I highly recommend them.
Bought this Audi A7 from PCS, after a couple months I picked up on a coolant loss and a heater issue.
Due to having a baby around the same time PCS understood and allowed me some extra time before taking the car to be sorted.
They brought to me, and provided, the curtesy car.
After they honoured their warranty policy and had the car repaired by a Audi specialist, they kept in touch for a few weeks after to make sure the car was okay and not playing up after such a big repair.
Lesley, who works at the dealer said it must have been a 'loose connection', which I didn't think was the case. He also said I was starting the car wrong, which I took his word for as my experience with this generation of A6 is limited but I later found his statement was not right.
I had my place of work (German Car Specialist Repair Garage) test the battery and found it was knackered (technical term) which meant having to dish out money for a new one. Since fitting it I've found the car actually has a battery drain, which is disappointing but not currently a terminal problem. Not ideal, but such is life.
When driving the car home I found there was a vibration at motorway speeds, leaving me to believe the wheel balancing was out. It turns out ALL four wheels were out of balance, so good thing I had that checked.
Also, when the V5C arrived (that came very quickly actually, especially given the time of year) and the name is wrong and also spelt incorrectly. This makes no sense as Lesley at the dealer took my driving license and took the details of that. So that means I need to send the V5C off again to have it rectified.
To give balance and fairness, Stephen, at the dealer was quick to respond to emails and was very helpful when I queried the lack of locking wheel nut key (it turns out there was one place I hadn't looked) although he completely disregarded my grumble about the battery and did not make any kind of apology.
Also had the car health checked and considering how much use it's had, it's in quite good health, so it's a credit to its previous owners of which it's only had two.
***TL,DR: Car seems to be decent, especially for the price, age and mileage, but I think there are room for improvement from the dealer - perhaps it's because this car is a PX? Mind you, whether the car is £1,500 or £15,000 the level of customer care shouldn't make a difference.***