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Offline Thom89

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #10 on: 02 April 2012, 23:53 »
Water in the electrics perhaps :lipsrsealed:
Sorry to hear about your problems, hope it works out for you, and leads to a better car

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #11 on: 03 April 2012, 18:17 »
garage is refusing a refund,

they have taken the old immobiliser partially out, and now thats whats cutting the power, but they are saying the car is bought without warranty or guarentee, despite one of their staff admitting to me the car had a problem when he mot'd it, He has also dopne the invoice as a trade sale, although when I bought the car nothing was mentioned as it was advertised on the forecourt at the sold price.

its going to get messy I think, he's sold me a car thats not fit for the purpose it was bought (in this case driving), and apparently I'm being dramatic because it cut out at 50 dual carraige way ), and that the mechanic who looked at it first cant be a decent mechanic as we got the replacement ht leads and sparks from Halfords (he has trade discount),

this guys quite clearly itk that hes sold a duff car..

currently its parked at the auto electricians after the RAC guy that towed it there confirmed its the immobiliser thats cutting the power.

fricking great !

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #12 on: 03 April 2012, 18:19 »
and that the mechanic who looked at it first cant be a decent mechanic as we got the replacement ht leads and sparks from Halfords (he has trade discount),

Well, it's no good a mechanic looking at it when it's an electrical fault.
80% of your posts are total tripe, as they are mostly replies to sh1te posts created by the morons that, unfortunately this forum attracts.

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Offline markswan

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #13 on: 03 April 2012, 18:23 »
and that the mechanic who looked at it first cant be a decent mechanic as we got the replacement ht leads and sparks from Halfords (he has trade discount),

Well, it's no good a mechanic looking at it when it's an electrical fault.

to be fair we didnt know it was that at first, Rob just offered to come round and see if he could figure it out, and we got its started, oput it down to a bad connection across the leads..

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #14 on: 03 April 2012, 19:54 »
No joy from garage? Trading standards. Statutory rights. Merchantable quality etc.

Failing that burn their garage to the ground.

Hope you get it sorted. :evil:

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Offline markswan

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #15 on: 04 April 2012, 08:13 »
yup, i'm playing their game purely incase it goes down the trading standards route, the autoelectrician started on it yesterday afternoon reckons he will have it sorted for this morning.

They're bascially taking apart the fuse box and removing anything thats aftermarket, i.e. all the alarms/immobilisers

its got a push button start under the dash board too !!

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #16 on: 04 April 2012, 08:22 »
yup, i'm playing their game purely incase it goes down the trading standards route, the autoelectrician started on it yesterday afternoon reckons he will have it sorted for this morning.

They're bascially taking apart the fuse box and removing anything thats aftermarket, i.e. all the alarms/immobilisers

its got a push button start under the dash board too !!

did you even look under the bonnet when you bought it?

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #17 on: 04 April 2012, 09:38 »
of course,

full test drive about 10 miles, push starts hidden right under so wouldnt have seen that,

just had someone tell me through facebook there was guy outside the garage with a sandwich board saying dont buy from here.. why couldn't he have been there last week !!

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #18 on: 04 April 2012, 09:51 »
of course,

full test drive about 10 miles, push starts hidden right under so wouldnt have seen that,

just had someone tell me through facebook there was guy outside the garage with a sandwich board saying dont buy from here.. why couldn't he have been there last week !!


Well now you can be that guy! :grin:

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Re: Had enough, its going !!
« Reply #19 on: 04 April 2012, 15:49 »
of course,

full test drive about 10 miles, push starts hidden right under so wouldnt have seen that,

just had someone tell me through facebook there was guy outside the garage with a sandwich board saying dont buy from here.. why couldn't he have been there last week !!


Well now you can be that guy! :grin: