Lying tossers on eBay...f*&king cars...rant!

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My piss is well and truly boiled :mad: :mad: :mad:

I bought a car off eBay, Rover 75 Auto for my Mum. It was declared as a non runner due to fuel pump failure, which is common on that model. Decided to have a bid, won it, duly picked it up with the recovery truck and brought it back to the garage. Mechanic sets to work replacing fuel pump (££), which was indeed knackered. Tried to start car - no good. It's immobilised, and the remote key is not working. I call out a specialist, who plugs it into the Rover Testbook computer and resets the immobiliser (£££) and after much messing about the car is finally running. Great! Lets take it for a test drive...100 yards down the road, no drive to the gearbox. The gearbox is shafted, the seller MUST have known. Gonna cost about £800 to put right even at mates rates from the gearbox specialist :mad: :mad: I feel like going back to his house and putting the truck through his living room window while he's watching telly :ba:

Just needed to get that off my chest, what a crappy day :| Rant over, as you were!
 
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woody said:
no way Mike thats shit mate. i'd go back round if it was me and have a word. Proper cheeky cnuts trick that.
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Very tempted mate! Bugger lives 50-odd miles away though in the arse-end of nowhere (Hereford). I knew it was too close to Wales to be safe - I have a general rule to never buy cars from Wales as every single one has been a misdescribed shed on wheels. I did get a good one once, but the people had only just moved there from Dorset so they don't count ;) Starting to unwind now and feeling better, a couple of beers seem to have helped! Hope you had a good birthday by the way mate, and all the best for the gig at the weekend :thumbsup:
 
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im like herpes....never quite fcuk hoff!!!
me mam n sis have both bought good lil motors offa fleabay..........

but my sis is currently looking for a lil runner to get her to uni and there are so many sheds on there......they both went to see 1 today that was£1000 and it was a deathtrap on wheels.......rust holes that bad you could see from inside the car out the huge holes!!!

but tis the luck of the draw with shite like that.....unless ya can view it before hand its jus a chance we take:condom:

so is it deffo a non fixer???

why cant people jus be honest!!!:condom: :cops:
 
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nics said:
me mam n sis have both bought good lil motors offa fleabay..........

but my sis is currently looking for a lil runner to get her to uni and there are so many sheds on there......they both went to see 1 today that was£1000 and it was a deathtrap on wheels.......rust holes that bad you could see from inside the car out the huge holes!!!

but tis the luck of the draw with shite like that.....unless ya can view it before hand its jus a chance we take:condom:

so is it deffo a non fixer???

why cant people jus be honest!!!:condom: :cops:
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Oh, they're not all bad - I've bought literally hundreds of cars from eBay over the last 7 years and I've had some great deals. I'm in the trade and take the rough with the smooth. When I sell on there though, I always tell the truth. The truth can be subjective - some people genuinely won't notice faults or don't recognize them for what they are. But to blatantly lie about something as crucial as that, I couldn't do it - I wouldn't be able to sleep at night!

The car is fixable, but it wouldn't be economically viable to do so. Plus I may fix it and find even more stuff wrong with it - I still haven't driven it more than 100 yards! Think I'll have to call it a day and sell it on, faults declared, and hope to get some of my money back :ba:
 
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i would be very tempted to park the car on the guys driveway and torch it:splat:
 


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