We punched in details of our Lunar delta TI caravan and also that of the "proposed" new car into "Whattowcar" and it came back with a 100% match. Based on this we arranged to
meet the dealer and sign for a new Antara 2.2L auto however Janet on another forum
raised the issue of nose weight which then made me dig a bit deeper.
I then went to the CC website and punched in the same details
however the caravan was 40 kgs heavier and a total mismatch for the
car. I then checked in the owner's service manual and it stated MTPLM
of 1695kg. I then raised the issue with the CC technical team and eventually they confirmed that Lunar had told them the MTPLM for the 2011 Lunar Delta TI was 1735kg.
As I was convinced I was right as I had the owner's handbook, I decided to check my archives and found a copy of the 2011 Lunar sales brochure. Gleefully I looked up the MTPLM expecting to be able to prove I was right, but to my horror the MTPLM was confirmed as 1735kg!
We
purchased our caravan in October 2011 and I am assuming that the dealer
lost the original owner's manual and service book and substituted it
with the 2012 manual. This also explains why we were overweight by
40kgs on the weighbridge even after double checking every thing and
weighing each item. The weight of all the contents added together plus
the MIRO should have had us within the MTPLM, but we were always over by
40kgs on the weighbridge and I could not figure it out.
If we had signed for the new vehicle we would have been thousands of pounds out of pocket! Thanks to the CC this never happened. all this time wasted because the dealer supplied the wrong handbooks. To compound matters the original manufacturer's plate befroe wwe upgraded it to 1800kgs showed the MTPLM of 1695kg. We assume that they took the figure from the handbook which of course was for the 2012 model.
meet the dealer and sign for a new Antara 2.2L auto however Janet on another forum
raised the issue of nose weight which then made me dig a bit deeper.
I then went to the CC website and punched in the same details
however the caravan was 40 kgs heavier and a total mismatch for the
car. I then checked in the owner's service manual and it stated MTPLM
of 1695kg. I then raised the issue with the CC technical team and eventually they confirmed that Lunar had told them the MTPLM for the 2011 Lunar Delta TI was 1735kg.
As I was convinced I was right as I had the owner's handbook, I decided to check my archives and found a copy of the 2011 Lunar sales brochure. Gleefully I looked up the MTPLM expecting to be able to prove I was right, but to my horror the MTPLM was confirmed as 1735kg!
We
purchased our caravan in October 2011 and I am assuming that the dealer
lost the original owner's manual and service book and substituted it
with the 2012 manual. This also explains why we were overweight by
40kgs on the weighbridge even after double checking every thing and
weighing each item. The weight of all the contents added together plus
the MIRO should have had us within the MTPLM, but we were always over by
40kgs on the weighbridge and I could not figure it out.
If we had signed for the new vehicle we would have been thousands of pounds out of pocket! Thanks to the CC this never happened. all this time wasted because the dealer supplied the wrong handbooks. To compound matters the original manufacturer's plate befroe wwe upgraded it to 1800kgs showed the MTPLM of 1695kg. We assume that they took the figure from the handbook which of course was for the 2012 model.