engine swap taking ages
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just rang the 
and he passed me on to his gaffer his gaffer said his man who delivers cars has had a motorbike accident so he said i have to fetch the car from london. so looks like another fking hike down ther saturday.i told him i could of picked the car up myself at the weekend and he didnt reply. utter fking prick........
and he passed me on to his gaffer his gaffer said his man who delivers cars has had a motorbike accident so he said i have to fetch the car from london. so looks like another fking hike down ther saturday.i told him i could of picked the car up myself at the weekend and he didnt reply. utter fking prick........zaphod42 said:
Back on the thread. I've just looked at the ebay history for the seller:
http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFe...
Funnily enough, the other buyers include:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/newautofitltd
which links (from their profile) to:
www.newautofit.co.uk
Who are an outfit ready to supply - guess what - engines, transmissions, etc. I wonder why they bought a single Toyota bolt (or several) from a rival company???
It must be an obscure part. Let's see how far they are apart - to need to resort to ebay for this rare and special part, no doubt resorting to post to have it delivered?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=RM16+4LL+to+RM13+9YH...
Hmm, not a million miles. They also sell such non-descript items as a Pic of a Ford for 99p with no image of it and min. details. Handy to keep your profile boosted at 100% satisfied.
That company seem to be handily off radar - bit of a broken ebay shop, and some of the photographs of engine swaps that they sell are, how can I put it ***Very similar*** to MotorFixUK's pictures.
Now, MotorFixUk just happens to be only 12 miles away but selling almost exactly the same engines into exactly the same models of car. Common source, perhaps?
Now if you then look at the other, how shall I say, web of buyers from the (MotorFixUK) ebay seller, it would appear that they all trade in the same gadget types and were active in *exactly the same* transaction window - 16th Sept 2010 to October 28th 2010 - for the wonderfully non-descript "Toyota Bolt"
My guess is he sold 13 or so Toyota bolts to friends. Several of whom were the same person, or connected to the same people - potentially they may have been legit or there are other possibilities.
Such buying behaviour would thus creating a live and well scored profile. He then bought some low value items, with good feedback, adding to the image of very good seller/buyer.
The only other recent transaction is a small hopping insect related chap, so I won't name - who seems to have minimal connection from the buying history, and the one transaction with this company is marked as Private.
(Mods - hope this isn't name and shame, this is public domain info, no private sale information - all displayed from ebay without logging in - just a bit of sleuthing)
looks like he has just about shut his website down now toohttp://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFe...
Funnily enough, the other buyers include:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/newautofitltd
which links (from their profile) to:
www.newautofit.co.uk
Who are an outfit ready to supply - guess what - engines, transmissions, etc. I wonder why they bought a single Toyota bolt (or several) from a rival company???
It must be an obscure part. Let's see how far they are apart - to need to resort to ebay for this rare and special part, no doubt resorting to post to have it delivered?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=RM16+4LL+to+RM13+9YH...
Hmm, not a million miles. They also sell such non-descript items as a Pic of a Ford for 99p with no image of it and min. details. Handy to keep your profile boosted at 100% satisfied.
That company seem to be handily off radar - bit of a broken ebay shop, and some of the photographs of engine swaps that they sell are, how can I put it ***Very similar*** to MotorFixUK's pictures.
Now, MotorFixUk just happens to be only 12 miles away but selling almost exactly the same engines into exactly the same models of car. Common source, perhaps?
Now if you then look at the other, how shall I say, web of buyers from the (MotorFixUK) ebay seller, it would appear that they all trade in the same gadget types and were active in *exactly the same* transaction window - 16th Sept 2010 to October 28th 2010 - for the wonderfully non-descript "Toyota Bolt"
My guess is he sold 13 or so Toyota bolts to friends. Several of whom were the same person, or connected to the same people - potentially they may have been legit or there are other possibilities.
Such buying behaviour would thus creating a live and well scored profile. He then bought some low value items, with good feedback, adding to the image of very good seller/buyer.
The only other recent transaction is a small hopping insect related chap, so I won't name - who seems to have minimal connection from the buying history, and the one transaction with this company is marked as Private.
(Mods - hope this isn't name and shame, this is public domain info, no private sale information - all displayed from ebay without logging in - just a bit of sleuthing)
I would go down during the week but i cant get time off work at short notice most of my colleagues in my department are on holiday at the moment so leaves me with stacks of work. I have rang him about 15 minutes a go to confirm that i will be collecting the car saturday. I also asked him to email me any documents i have to sign so i can have them read through properly but he refused which caused abit af an argument. told him i dont trust him time its taken etc etc he then mentioned he is not one of them heathrow people. He also said only reason it took so long was becuse of renault not supplying and taking too long give him a fuel filter housing or filter as they are 3 types. he then told me he has replaced the clutch a brand new one at 200 and somthing quid also flywheel (recon)as mine was knackered. said its cost him around 900 quid and he is not making much profit. he also said during the argument to bring anybody i like to check over the car and somone who can decifer the stuff i have to sign.
picked car up at 5.30 test drove it checked over etc it was sound no problem with it at all. drove it back about 172 miles was brill. omar had been reading all these posts he said a coustomer had rang and canciled a job and told him the link to this thread. no discount as he said he had spent to much to get it right. sorry this post is so late i havent long got back got stuck in traffic. i told him i will not be removing anything that i have said but i will add to it that when i got the car back it was all in order and running as it should. he has done a good job but the time he has spent chasing parts etc etc etc etc has been a ball ache. he also admitted he had lied to me regarding delivering the car last weeking after seeing all this but end of the day 7 weeks was too long.
Edited by john12091986 on Sunday 3rd July 01:44
drove it this morning and afternoon. the engine is mint works fine got a water leak from somwhere though also coming back home gears wasnt engaging properly checked the brake and clutch fluid res and it had been over filled took some out gears are now fine. could smell diesal yesturday but i thought it was just the smell of the garage in the car but the smell still hasnt gone looked in the foot wells and they are caked in fking oil from peoples boots all over the place on the carpet didnt notice when i picked the car up but have now not fking happy at all. most people would have put protective paper or at least a bin liner down. total disrespect. and if you are reading this omar would you treat your own vehicle like this lets say your pride and joy would you find this acceptable??? no didnt think so...... ps i had a hidden cam all day recording so people will know your face.
king oil from peoples boots all over the place on the carpet didnt notice when i picked the car up but have now not fking happy at all. most people would have put protective paper or at least a bin liner down. total disrespect. and if you are reading this omar would you treat your own vehicle like this lets say your pride and joy would you find this acceptable??? no didnt think so...... ps i had a hidden cam all day recording so people will know your face.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff