GTAHHH

Im glad noone here has had the same experance with Famous Insurance that i have. Lets begin the story... Frist of all im 20 living in sydney driving a 1990 GTR. - On the 5/08/2005 called Robyn Clements got a quote for $3500 + 10% for pay by the month. This was cheeper than just car so i went for it. - Robyn took my account number over the phone to direct debit my account. ( Would have given her someones account number that i hated if i knew what was going to happen next) - 8/08/2005 My account is debited $770 with no authority. I had filled out no direct debit form and i hadent read or recieved the policy yet. - 10/08/2005 I acctually recieve the pollicy and read the fine print. ( bullshit like , In the event of a single vehicle accident a report must be made to the police and a blood or brethtest or alcohol must be conducted with in 2 hours.) - That night i call just car and get a quote for $2900, with a better pollicy and excess. - Then i realise that they have already debited my acount, so according to them they need it in writting. -11/08/2005 I send an express post letter cancelling my pollicy.... -12/08/2005 I call and they have recieved the letter and robyn tells me it will be cancled straight away. - I then call and check every day and each time they assure me its going to be cancled and my money returned. - 25/08/2005 $385 is debited from my account.... WTF. I call and the pollicy still hasent been closed. - I then spend the next week trying to speek to the guy thats incharge of cancelations. After being put on hold for 30min on mre than one occasion and being hung up on and told his on lunch (for over 2 hours) i finally speek to him. He was extreamly rude and tells me it will be done. - Now its september and still nothing. I manage to call and get onto the boss Jerry or whatever his hame is. Finally he writes me a check and its all solved. -I get the check for $326.04.... after fees thats what was left of the 770, no sign of the 385 that was taken a month later. Im currently fighting a legal battle to get my money back as they never should have taken anymoney from my acount and the contract should have never even started. Famous are unprofessional and semingly commit fruad on a daily basis, I can't recomend more that you stay away from them. I sure as hell wont ever have anything to do with them ever again.

$1600.oo later... There was a spring that stops the gearbox going into reverse wile your moving forward, this also controls the engagement of reverse. This small inexpensive spring was the cause of ALL of my dramas. o well, atleast now its getting a full reco, new bearings ect.. should run really sweet, pluss fifth gear was getting sticky. I thought it was a bit weird my gearbox failing only 76,000 ks. If thats really only all its done

Don't bother with a secured loan, you get every excuse in the book. To old, to fast, to imported... Unsecured with the Commonwealth, approved with in 20min over the net (in pincipal) in about 3-4 working days the branch you nominated calls you and makes an apointment to view all your payslips ect to back up what you said in the online application, the next day you have the money in your account. Done. Unsecured is the way to go, only asked what it was for out of general interest of the loan officer. Shes like, "o yah kool a skyline..." Then you get the car and a week later it needs a new gearbox... its all good...