Town and County UPDATE 14/09

[craig mac]

STICKY FOR A WHILE - PLEASE READ ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS REACHED ON PAGE TWO

Firstly let me thank Gordon Lip T&C General Manager, and Kev, we all know him[]

We had a great chat and lots of your points were discussed openly and honestly.

There is still to be further talks between Gordon and his line managers regarding several of the issues talked about mainly hourly rates, service and spares cost.

When i have received my replies to the above i will be sure to pass them on as soon as possible, so as all of us could benefit.

The topics that were openly accepted etc today were as follows

Someone mentioned that they were unaware that T&C offered a 10% discount to club members, they do, however you MUST produce your card at time of booking in and not on collection.

1, The Service of Imported Cars, this includes your JDM Gogs[].....They will service imported cars not a problem, However, some of the older models do not sync with the diagnostic kit they now use.

2, Modified cars, Yes they will service modified cars, if a breakdown etc happens due to a mod during the first three years then your warranty will not cover it (obviously) . This applies to direct failures from said Modifications. However routine serving is not an issue

3, If you are going in with a fault for example with a miss fire at 4k rpm etc, you will be asked what mods have been done to your car, reason you will be asked is that they dont know whats been done to your car, and if they dont know they cant really narrow it down. .....So be open honest and tell them what has been done, It could save YOU a lot of time and at the end of the day money.

4, Customer loan cars, this is being looked at, at this moment in time and they are looking to improve on the amount of available loan cars.

5, More involved/connections with each other, Town and County have a sales trailer that is available to us manned, at any of our future events in and around this area. When asked about getting it to Knockhill etc, it was mentioned that Perth dealership may be better suited to attend.

6, Flyers, They have no issue with giving out flyers to all service and sales cars. We talked about Co Branding of these and this is something that they would be willing to accept.

7, Club Membership Applications, I have asked if they would also issue these with all sales and services, On this topic i have PMed Phil with possible thought of any completed forms returned with a T&C subaru stamp on it, Will give them the chance to join at a reduced rate of £29.99 instead of the normal £35(approved cheers Phil[])

8, Tyre deals, as they get there tyres from Kenway there is little to no mark up on these, and they can not compete with internet prices.

So things may be looking up and lets hope they come back to us with some nice propsals re costs.

I will keep you informed

 

Craig

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

Good work fella [] - let's see what evolves

Regards

Cal

[phil]

Well done mate

 

I have responded to your PM ;o)

[thefastone]

Happy with all that mate! [y]

Ind GOOD ON YOU for going out of your way to do all this... Admittedly its in your interests, but if nobody bothered then nothing would get done... 

Thank You.

[craig mac]

Happy with all that mate! [y]

Ind GOOD ON YOU for going out of your way to do all this... Admittedly its in your interests, but if nobody bothered then nothing would get done... 

Thank You.

Thank you for your thank you,

The hourly rate discount that was bantered around, will be a welcome figure for members if its all oked[][]

Craig

[kloon]

Nice one Craig and good on you for taking this on, hopefully some good stuff to materialise from it. [Y]

[craig mac]

Nice one Craig and good on you for taking this on, hopefully some good stuff to materialise from it. [Y]

Ari,

 

Good stuff has come from it already m8, they will service imports and modded cars....that's a step forward already

All we need now is someone to rattle up a flyer with SIDC and T&C Subaru Aberdeen on them advertising cheaper membership etc? Do you know anyone who can do this?[](cough printer cough)

Also Phil if you read this, can you send me an application form to my email address so we can get some printed up and in to them as soon as possible

 

Craig

[kloon]

Nice one Craig and good on you for taking this on, hopefully some good stuff to materialise from it. [Y]

Ari,

 

Good stuff has come from it already m8, they will service imports and modded cars....that's a step forward already

All we need now is someone to rattle up a flyer with SIDC and T&C Subaru Aberdeen on them advertising cheaper membership etc? Do you know anyone who can do this?[](cough printer cough)

Also Phil if you read this, can you send me an application form to my email address so we can get some printed up and in to them as soon as possible

 

Craig

Oh i'm sure I can think of someone []

Give me an idea of what sort of wording yer looking for, and i'll knock something up. Also would I be ok to use the SIDC and T & C logos ?

[craig mac]

Ari,

PM Phil re the SIDC and Scottish Scoobies logos

Am sure he will be fine with the use of them but just best check with him first, tell him what its for too[]

Pretty sure i can get the T&C logo from them on disc or via email

Also it be best you run the flyers by Phil and also a copy to me to show T&C before we go and get them printed up

So screw on your creative wurzel heed and have a crack m8

Craig

ps

note for flyer, complete the SIDC membership application form issued to you with this flyer and you can join for £29.99

Put web address on etc[]

[kloon]

Ari,

PM Phil re the SIDC and Scottish Scoobies logos

Am sure he will be fine with the use of them but just best check with him first, tell him what its for too[]

Pretty sure i can get the T&C logo from them on disc or via email

Also it be best you run the flyers by Phil and also a copy to me to show T&C before we go and get them printed up

So screw on your creative wurzel heed and have a crack m8

Craig

Nae bother Craig, already on the case, Blue Thunder in the background perhaps lol, i'll give Phil a pm because i'll need decent resolution copies of the logos for printing, same goes for the T & C logo.

[craig mac]

Picture of there showroom front SIDC banner in window

Shaking hands with da management food for thought............[]

Craig

[kloon]

Sounds like a plan, could even hae Kev in the background looking under a bonnet []

[craig mac]

Surprised we are not getting more feedback on this one,

Makes you wonder is it all worth while?[]

Craig

[st3ph3n]

4hero made a really professional looking flyer a few months back. Think he's away on Holiday this week though.

[philip_wilson]

4hero made a really professional looking flyer a few months back. Think he's away on Holiday this week though.

Stephen,

I think you'll find Kloon is working on this as he does it for a living m8 [] so it will be professional looking []

[craig mac]

Folks

We are open to all suggestions, not a case of he is doing it, no he is...

We are a community remember so lets all get some ideas down[]

Craig

[duncan_stephen]

Well done Craig,

 

A good outcome already, hopefully more good to come from this. []

[gogsie]

Good on you Craig, That's a great step in the right direction. It will be great to get more new blood into the Aberdeen area. As someone said before when in Aberdeen "Couldn't believe the amount of Scoobies up there" So we should be able to attract more people.

Also good to here they will service JDM and modded cars. Now I won't feel like a Leper when I drive in with my JDM.

I must remember to mention the SIDC discount, I always seem to wait until the guy has put it through the system before I remember to mention it. Then I feel it's to late and don't bother saying [:$]

[craig mac]

Cheers Lads

Well i am hoping to have some news in the next few days regarding some GREAT hourly rates etc[]

Will keep you all posted

Craig

 

[johns]

Well done Craig, sounds like a very productive meeting []

We've had a few people do flyers etc in the past, and I can easly print on A4 using a colour laser printer. Don't have time at the moment to do the creative design work though. Happy to print if someone else can do the design etc.

John

[scoobyseller555]

there is also more than t&c in the dealer network trying to work with the sidc,you just have to look at the efforts that Russell at Eden and myself at Ian Grieve put in,why cant we also offer a discounted membership to our customers,i myself would be all for this and as i sell in excess of 150 used imprezas per year myself,this would greatly increase the profile for the club.

lets get working together

Gav

 

[craig mac]

there is also more than t&c in the dealer network trying to work with the sidc,you just have to look at the efforts that Russell at Eden and myself at Ian Grieve put in,why cant we also offer a discounted membership to our customers,i myself would be all for this and as i sell in excess of 150 used imprezas per year myself,this would greatly increase the profile for the club.

lets get working together

Gav

 

Gav

Lets get working together? Who is not trying to work together? We are one all under the same flag no them and us

There is also more than t&c in the dealer network trying to work with the sidc???? And no one is saying otherwise is there?[*-)]

I asked the forum what they would like brought up at the ABERDEEN DEALER and i have communicated with Phil regarding all the idea's as you can see in the thread.

Am pretty sure that Eden and Grieve's could ask for similar things, no?

These were just things that i was asked to put on the table at t&c ABERDEEN and i did

Dont TRY and shoot the messenger please[]

Its the ABERDEEN Subaru dealership, that we in ABERDEEN are trying to build bridges with and we are heading in the right direction.

No one is trying to get one up on anyone here, I/we are making a conserted effort to improve on servicing and other deals available to members here in the ABERDEEN area.

I am sure similar ideas at other dealerships would also be encouraged

So no negitive why they getting were not[] attitudes please, we can all work together, and am sure you can approach your GM about deals you too can offer to your client base, and also Phil "Da Boss" and JohnS, with similar ideas of your own to promote your respective companies and SIDC[]

Craig

[johns]

Gav,

that's superb. I know that many members use yourselves, Eden, S&S etc, and all get great service. No reason at all why you can't offer the same deals on membership etc, and I'd be happy to modify the flyers etc to suit each dealer.

It can only be a win-win situation for everyone if we all work together []

John

[wrxmania]

100% agreed - great idea.  Let's roll it out if we can.  There are not that many Scottish Subaru dealers and I am sure most (maybe except one I know) may sign up to it.

Brian []

[redscoobydoo]

good effort craig,  [Y]