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Dear Colleague,
My name is Alan and I am a hackney driver based in Hampshire.
In November of 2007 I bought the new model Peugeot E7 from Cab Direct of Glasgow.
Since that time I have suffered unacceptable losses due to very poor domestic quality parts ranging from many clutch and flywheel replacements to a completely blown engine and items that you would not expect to break down so quickly after replacement on a vehicle supplied for very heavy daily use as a taxi.
It is now apparent that there are many other E7 owners with exactly the same problems as myself and frustrated with the service received from the suppliers, they feel that alone they can achieve nothing to recompense them for their losses. This is absolutely correct and alone you will achieve very little.
Due to the appalling build quality of this vehicle which requires extremely expensive maintenance at an unacceptable frequency, I am now in contact with Trading standards who are advising that there is a possibility that I can claim that this vehicle is NOT FIT FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IS WAS SOLD FOR. But in order to make this happen (not only via consumer direct but maybe taking other direct action as a group via the national and motoring media) there needs to be literally hundreds of other disgruntled E7 owners with similar complaints as myself.
With an unbelievable service history spanning the past 31 months, some quite worrying safety issues and a completely negative response from Allied vehicles and Peugeot, I am not prepared for this situation to continue.
If you would like to join myself and others to resolve this problem please contact me via aktaxiservices@yahoo.com and maybe together we can achieve something.

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