Car Buying Help

[jimbooboo]

Ive seen a car I like, its 1.8t 54 reg audi A4

its in good nick and 103k miles and just had lots of work done:
new starter motor
new dual mass clutch and flywheel
new cylinder head gasket and full head
new timing belt
new oil pump etc

Now should I be worried about any of the above, im thinking mainly about the cylinder head??

The dealer said he sold it last year and within a month the customer had lots of issues so he gave them their money back and fixed the car and is now back on sale...

Thoughts?

james

[Luke1981]

Unless you know the mechanic who did the work I would walk away tbh! A lot of independent dealers have a habit of doing the absolute minimum to get a car fixed and back on the road!

What's your gut instinct telling you?

[jimbooboo]

I dont know mate, rang him up and he sounded genuine. Need to view the car first before i can make an judgement.

How can I tell if what he says has been replaced? Without taking his car apart lol...


Cheers, James

[Luke1981]

I dont know mate, rang him up and he sounded genuine. Need to view the car first before i can make an judgement.

How can I tell if what he says has been replaced? Without taking his car apart lol...


Cheers, James

That's the problem mate, you won't be able to tell without having a proper look around and inspecting the workshop receipts. Take it for a good long test run to see how it feels. I would also have a mate follow behind to see if its blowing smoke considering its had a new head!

[jimbooboo]

My uncle is really handy with cars, used to be a dealer in his day importing etc.

Guess ill let him take a look before I do anything.


Cheers, James

[Wayne]

I would avoid it all costs, if it had so many problems that they had to give the guy his money back it would worry me about the standard of repairs they have done to resell it on.

They may have cut corners.

[barrym381]

I would avoid it all costs, if it had so many problems that they had to give the guy his money back it would worry me about the standard of repairs they have done to resell it on.

They may have cut corners.

there is plenty of others for sale just walk away 

[jimbooboo]

Surely he woul have not mentioned it if he knew he had done a sh!t job?

[VW BUSH]

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[jimbooboo]

Is it the cylinder head and gasket that would put u off?