Wow! Sure sounds like you got a late Friday afternoon Christmas Eve long weekend model!

Glad it all got sorted in the end though, but still it's the stress and inconvenience along the way from a new car which just isn't worth it sometimes.

If it makes you feel any better, a workmate of mine bought a brand new Holden Monaro CV8Z and one year later with 18,000km on it, he sold it. During that time, he's been thru two gearboxes, two clutches, a sunroof motor replacement, and misaligned rear exhausts. All under warranty of course, but he just got jack of it.