Need advice re: course of action after buying a bent car

[andymc]

With all due respect every car you buy is an issue, could you not just go approved used instead of looking for gems at banger money (for the marque)

[familyguy1]

not read all the thread, have you been back to the garage to discuss ? whats the outcome ?

[TroubledSoul]

andymc said:

With all due respect every car you buy is an issue, could you not just go approved used instead of looking for gems at banger money (for the marque)

I have done on my main car. Subaru approved used with warranty etc. I'll forgive you for not reading that on the previous pages, seeing as there's been a lot of waffle

I'd never not buy approved used now on my main vehicle. No way.

But's to say every car is an issue is rather harsh. The A6 4.2 V8, the 6 MR2s, the Impreza STI Spec D, the Blobeye WRX Wagon, the current 62 plate WRX STI we have, the Audi S3 we had, the E46 330i I sold a few months ago, the E46 330cd I had a few years back, all fine other than usual used car stuff. I have a high turnover of cars as I get bored. That's going to translate to a few lemons along the way. The E60 535D didn't really have issues either, just used car stuff but I thought it was stuff the dealer should have sorted at the time.

I don't want anyone here to think that I don't realise that it's my fault that I bought a bad car and that it was on me to find any issues at the time. I take full responsibility for that. The issue is and always was the fact that the car was sold to me as something it's not.

[TroubledSoul]

familyguy1 said:

not read all the thread, have you been back to the garage to discuss ? whats the outcome ?

I asked him and he said he wasn't aware of the issues. I haven't taken it further yet as I'm going to check it isn't just a case of a bent wishbone as far as the alignment goes.

[C70R]

The original post said that there was a huge dent in the sill and that the front end needed "pulling out". Surely that's not going to be caused by a bent wishbone, is it?

[TroubledSoul]

Honestly Nanook if you are not taking the piss then I apologise. Just a bit fed up of being kicked repeatedly.

C70R said:

The original post said that there was a huge dent in the sill and that the front end needed "pulling out". Surely that's not going to be caused by a bent wishbone, is it?

Yeah there's a right dent in the sill. As it is currently I can't reattach the sideskirt. No wonder it had been stuck on with silicone sealer. Who's going to pull the skirts off a car when looking at it?

My bodyshop guy told me the front is a bit out but it can be fixed. I honestly still can't really see it but if he says it's there, then it's there. I can see where the top of the wing was crumpled and has been straightened. Would have been even better if I'd noticed that when buying

Looking at the areas of damage, I believe it has hit something on the NSF corner, spun because of it and hit something very hard on the driver side. So it could well be the wishbone. The thing that's led me to thinking this might be what it is is that when you get under it and look at it, the drop links sit in significantly different positions to each other.

I might be grasping at straws and hoping for the best, but we'll soon know.

[KevinCamaroSS]

C70R said:

KevinCamaroSS said:

Hmm, reading the last few hours of this thread it seems to have gone downhill a bit (at least not at a hill-climb). Looking at other threads the OP has started it appears he has a history of attempting to buy cheap and then complaining when it goes wrong. I am with Nanook on this one.

C70R, we still have not seen any evidence that the car was not sold 'for spares or repair' which would make all of your points invalid. To me it would be fairly obvious that a car bought from a breaker is not going to be in a good condition simply because it would not have ended up at a breakers if it was good.

So, the alternative is to go on a bullying witch-hunt, rather than take the OP at face value?

I love the internet sometimes.

No, it's called doing research and posting appropriately.

[C70R]

KevinCamaroSS said:

C70R said:

KevinCamaroSS said:

Hmm, reading the last few hours of this thread it seems to have gone downhill a bit (at least not at a hill-climb). Looking at other threads the OP has started it appears he has a history of attempting to buy cheap and then complaining when it goes wrong. I am with Nanook on this one.

C70R, we still have not seen any evidence that the car was not sold 'for spares or repair' which would make all of your points invalid. To me it would be fairly obvious that a car bought from a breaker is not going to be in a good condition simply because it would not have ended up at a breakers if it was good.

So, the alternative is to go on a bullying witch-hunt, rather than take the OP at face value?

I love the internet sometimes.

No, it's called doing research and posting appropriately.

Whatever makes you happy.

[elanfan]

OP presumably the V5C gives the previous owners details, why not contact them and get the full story. Could be of enormous help if your seller is blatantly lying.