I would be gutted!

[dema]

http://www.streetfire.net/video/wheeler-dealers-po...
If you cant be bothered to watch the full episode:

Wheeler dealer from Discovery: Porches boxter S sold for 1K as the owner thought that the gearbox had gone. Once bought the car was taken into the work shop, gearbox oil changed and few bits done up for 2K, total cost 3.5K and been sold for 6K!

[Hair Flick]

that's all well and good but the owner would have had to spend a lot more to get the work done than what Ed and Mike do it for. They never say how much the labour costs were if Ed was having to charge Mike by the hour.

[Joedarkness]

Mike took a chance that Edd could repair it, but it could easily been very stuffed..
And yes the seller should have checked if it was something simple and cheap to fix
but he didn't seem bothered on to a new toy !!

I sometimes see this then I'm doing computer repairs I bought a faulty printer for spares
and found out all that was wrong with it was a pencil eraser stuck in the head carriage

[dema]

Hair Flick said:

that's all well and good but the owner would have had to spend a lot more to get the work done than what Ed and Mike do it for. They never say how much the labour costs were if Ed was having to charge Mike by the hour.

Fair point but all the car needed to make it running again was a change of oil, £300 top?

[A900ss]

It was fairly obvious that it was something minor as the gearbox worked fine in tip tropic mode; all the gears were there and they selected fine.

It was only in true auto mode that it couldn't select gear.

I think the seller was a bit of a numpty but it was his car/money.

[Pints]

Hair Flick said:

that's all well and good but the owner would have had to spend a lot more to get the work done than what Ed and Mike do it for. They never say how much the labour costs were if Ed was having to charge Mike by the hour.

Indeed. If you're handy with a set of spanners and have the time though...

[beko1987]

It made me look on ebay/auto trader anyway!