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chris willy
188 posts
153 months
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Sorry to read that...
If you buy a used car from a dealer, you have 12 months warranty and if it's new you have 24 months warranty. That's european law.
I had something similar, when I bought my TVR 2007 from a TVR Main dealer in the UK. It takes nearly 3 years and a lot of patience to get some money back...
HTH
Regards chris
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natben
2,121 posts
100 months
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Latty666 said: Takes some believing the car has only done 900 miles and the followers are worn! Are they made of lead or has the mileage been tampered with? Rather than spend on the s6 I'd have been tempted to go the whole hog and go down the route of a 4.7ajp making a very special brand new cerbera Or he could bring it right up to date with a SP6 4.5L supersport, or get a SP6 FFF from Racing Green.
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Englishman
874 posts
79 months
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DonkeyApple said: Assuming it is the original engine and not a buggered one that was swapped in at some point so that the original, mint one could be sold separately for a tidy profit. There is some evidence this is indeed what may have happened! Here's the rebuilt one though. Wanted to keep to standard spec. 
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Mr Tank
4,787 posts
144 months
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Englishman said: DonkeyApple said: Assuming it is the original engine and not a buggered one that was swapped in at some point so that the original, mint one could be sold separately for a tidy profit. There is some evidence this is indeed what may have happened! Here's the rebuilt one though. Wanted to keep to standard spec. David If this is the case then the engine numbers would be different from the original documents and id plates! Andy
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LukeSi
5,069 posts
30 months
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Mr Tank said: Englishman said: DonkeyApple said: Assuming it is the original engine and not a buggered one that was swapped in at some point so that the original, mint one could be sold separately for a tidy profit. There is some evidence this is indeed what may have happened! Here's the rebuilt one though. Wanted to keep to standard spec. David If this is the case then the engine numbers would be different from the original documents and id plates! Andy Depends on how much effort they went to hiding it. I imagine it is possible to completely swap the identity of two engines. Shame about the engine though when the rest of the car seems so good. You should have no more issues now though.
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Brummmie
4,223 posts
90 months
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chris willy said: Sorry to read that...
If you buy a used car from a dealer, you have 12 months warranty and if it's new you have 24 months warranty. That's european law.
I had something similar, when I bought my TVR 2007 from a TVR Main dealer in the UK. It takes nearly 3 years and a lot of patience to get some money back...
HTH
Regards chris
I doubt it... You buy a £200 car and get 1 yrs care free motoring???
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Englishman
874 posts
79 months
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LukeSi said: Depends on how much effort they went to hiding it. I imagine it is possible to completely swap the identity of two engines. Shame about the engine though when the rest of the car seems so good. You should have no more issues now though. Yep, as I say there is some evidence, can't say any more until the evidence is tested in court. Dom did say the engine had been out at least once, dismantled to some extent and put back together badly (gaskets and bolts non standard) which again would be 'unexpected' for a 970 mile engine.
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chris willy
188 posts
153 months
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Brummmie said: I doubt it...
You buy a £200 car and get 1 yrs care free motoring??? Hi Paul, this is the reason why the dealers/companies sell the cheap cars only for export outside the EU and you never had a chance to buy a car really cheap. In germany it's different if you buy as a company/businessman a car from a dealer/company, than you can exclude the warranty in the contract. But as a private person, the dealer/company must give you by EU law 12 months warranty for a used and 24 months warranty for a new vehicle. For you as a customer it's regardless if the dealer give you the warranty on his own or if he make a contract with an insurance company. If you buy as a private person a car from a private owner, then you have no warranty... Sorry for my english... Regards chris willy
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alphaone
282 posts
42 months
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Englishman said: Yep, as I say there is some evidence, can't say any more until the evidence is tested in court. Dom did say the engine had been out at least once, dismantled to some extent and put back together badly (gaskets and bolts non standard) which again would be 'unexpected' for a 970 mile engine. Thats shocking. Hope you get what you want out of it at the end.
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Englishman
874 posts
79 months
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One thing I could do with is some help decoding and/or records of engine numbers recorded against VIN numbers.(I have the decoding of VIN's but not engine numbers.) Thanks!
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C3BER
3,998 posts
92 months
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I think "nemesis" is the man you want
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