Looie

Had a letter this morning from Wilson's of Chadwell Heath saying that from 1st Jan 2007 they would not be selling new Subarus anymore.

They are going to be a Subaru Authorised Service & Repair Agent and Parts Dealer and still sell used Subarus, so they will still be useful, but it's a sad day now they have deciced to stop being a "proper" Subaru Dealer like this.....

I found them to be one of the better dealers.......

TimmyboyWRX

yeah i bought mine from them 2nd hand off Ben S. Seemed a nice knowledgable bunch of guys there and gave me a fair PX price against the car and kept me informed of everything as the deal progessed

PPPRob

I thought their subaru knowledge was crap personally

Took my car there twice for simple warranty things and had to physically point out one of them on the second occasion.

Much better off with specialists IMHO

And not selling new scoobs anymore, who wouldn't use the net these days anyway

TimmyboyWRX

well the guy i dealt with knew his stuff, and all bout the aftermarket tuning pakcages available and things, mind u he was only about my age lol

Nate

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I was looking on Subaru UK website the other day looking at the RB320 and couldn't find them listed on their agents list.

That is the reason I could not find them then !

I'd choose Wilsons over Days, any day of the week !!

cookstar

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I have bought three cars from Wilsons, and found them to be superb.

Apart from one thing, when i bought my Civic Type R from them, they serviced it and forgot to tighten the sump bolt up, screaming down the road and it came out pi$$ing every last drop of oil on the road

JohnD

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Between us, my son and me have had 4 new Imprezas and an EVO IX from them.
Have had some issues with them in the past and could relay an amusing tale or two. Never really found them particularly knowledgable, but then, I have a morbid distrust of ALL garages!
JohnD

TimmyboyWRX

as do i lol... but il take a place at face value and they did well for me so im happy

itworldwide

I used to work there for over a year

Adidas

I got my letter yesterday as well.

TBH, I think the writing must be on the wall regarding them keeping an official Subaru status. I can't believe they would have taken the decision to withdraw selling new cars, as that what will attract new customers into the showroom in the first place. Once that starts to happen, less and less people will go, IM will then say that they are 'failing' and will withdraw their support all together.

I give them 2 years tops until they'll only be Lotus & Mitsubishi dealership only. Which is a pity for me, as I've always found the servicing side quite good and very conveniant.

Pro Boy

Lets hope we get a new dealer, with better service as all the ones round that way only get 3 out of ten, but sales in the two mentioned 10 out of 10. But find that in all dealers mainly

Ring>0<Stinger

Yeah. got my letter yesterday too.. I had two SEAT's from there previously too, which they also dropped dealership of!!
I always found them reasonable,Day's were poor on sales/model knowledge, so i bought @ Wilson's, but in future i'd probably look towards an import (litchfields) anyway....
IMHO many aftersales 'specialist's' are also very suspect, mentioning no names, but as johnD says, i find it hard to trust anyone 'tinkering' with my old lady....

spally

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now i dont know the full details so am not going to say to much. But i have heard there could be a new subaru dealership/franchise coming to southend soon.

Will see if i can find out a little more.

Joooooooooo

I bought my baby from Wilsons , Clive one of the dealers stayed late so i could pick up my car they have always been good to me . For parts and advise i always talk to Paul who seems to know his stuff he even arranged for my car to be delived back to me at Billericay after a sevise, when my ex b/f was in a serious RTA .

SirFozzalot

Always had all my servicing and warranty work done at Wilsons, never had any problems.