Rob

What a joint!

Car looked nice in the photos and price was good so drove over 100 miles to check it out. Seller was all fun and games and car was showroom like...kudos to the valeter. And that's all the good things about this bad overall experience. At first glance found a missing bulb in one headlight and the other had a cheap aftermarket led which was flickering. Licence plate also had a bulb dead. Took a while for them to replace the bulbs but they got it sorted eventually. Then noticed absolute zero brake pads on the front and all 4 discs were worn and coroded. Somehow this didn't came up on MOT and this was their life line when pointed out. Rocker cover was full of oil and later when i removed the injectors found all seals gone and injectors holes full of oil as well. Driver electric seat moves back and forth nicely only if you dream about it, but in any other day it's a real struggle. Because the car had being moved around prior to my arrival, couldn't hear the worn timing chain which can be heard only when the engine is stone cold. Then, because it was a rainy day and engine was washed, didn't noticed the cracked radiator. Drove home and next day noticed the empty expansion tank. Provided them with lots of pictures and videos with the leaking radiator but they wanted the car to be checked by a garage. Local garage confirmed and gave a repair price. By the time they decided to bust a move in this direction, their supplier closed for holidays, my garage closed as well and i had no car for the rest of the year, 'till Jan 4th. Eventually we agreed to use my garage radiator to save some time and they were suppose to pay a chunk of the bill...if only things were that easy. After the mechanic changed the radiator we waited the whole day for the seller to pay his part. That didn't happened. I had to pay the whole bill and spam them for 3 days with emails until they finally çracked and paid the garage who then refunded me. After this, since i could actually drive the car i noticed the timing chain was making noise. They didn't wanna hear about it and said it was not covered by the warranty.. Replaced the timing chain and leaky water pump and as i replaced the front discs noticed that both inner cv boots were split. They didn't express any interest in that either. Not long after, right side handbrake shoes got detached and glued onto to brake disk locking the wheel. Even to this day i wonder how this car passed MOT. Unless they have their own garage for that. While i was replacing oils and filters, as i do not trust any dealer who says that the car had been serviced, found air filter packed with bees, leaves, dirt and all sorts of other creatures, which puts the last maintenance date just after the dinosaurs extinction. After more than 1000£ spent on repairs i ended up selling the car just to forget about this bad episode.