porsche buy disaster--advice please

[The Saint 911]

hi, i put a post on here few weeks ago with concerns- basically friend bought an 02 Targa-from a garage two weeks ago-
had the 190 point check done and couple things came out of it to £750 quid- anyway- took it to porsche in west london to be fixed and the bill is now £ 4,674-
INLET TAPET IS FAULTY ON BANK 1, CYLINDER 1 / REPLACE 6 TAPETS £3,350 {WITH VAT}
VARIO SOLO NODE LEAKING ON BANK 1 £404.00
AND AFEW OTHER THINGS WE KNEW OF ETC ETC,to make the total as above

IS THE GARAGE WHERE HE BOUGHT IT LIABLE FOR ANY ? {NONE PORSCHE}
NO WARRANTY
WHY DIDNT THE TAPPETS COME UP ON CHECK

ANY ADVICE APPRECIATED!
Thanks

[The Saint 911]

Agreed-yes- and i take my hat off,,,and and i advised him however=- but as he paid for the check/hpi and it came out clean-and after the check- he went ahead-

[The Saint 911]

hi,it was a porsche check done, it does nt say 'sold as seen' as i said few things we knew of, and we knocked that off cost, but the tappets, surely something as serious as this should have been picked up

[The Saint 911]

yeah agreed, were getting a second opinion from a porsche specialist

[The Saint 911]

he took a chance, and i guess a couple a grand he can live with but when its 4k more you could have got a much better car for that - lesson somewhere here......

[The Saint 911]

also the porsche garage says its not road worthy,,,,,so hence the 2nd opinion as well as the cost

[The Saint 911]

Thanks All for your Advice and Comments- Its disappointing that something so serious on the car wasnt noticed on the check. I appreciated as someone said earlier they dont strip the engine but thought tappets/noise would have been. He did get 2k off the car for the things that needed doing and a bit of bargaining. I guess as he had his heart set on a Targa/Tiptronic when the car came out clean {in the end} he went for it. I have mentioned a couple of other places to get 2nd opinion and get the car fixed, he just wants to enjoy it and he will- being a new Porsche owner. He is taking Legal Advice, but something like this you could be throwing more money away for little gain- All - Thanks Again-

[The Saint 911]

hi, just for the record, for the Tappets at PARRS gatwick, WHERE I VE BEEN a few times, they ve quoted £786+vat---bit different to £3,500