Thinking of buying this...any feedback, pointers please

[TrueSpirit]

If any bumper or frame etc parts need replacing its going to cost thousands. You could be right someone may have driven it off the road into a ditch or something or hit something.

This is what it supposedly looks like in the ad :

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For the dealer not to mention anything is pretty bad . Certainly that bumper does not look like what the pictures on the ad or video show

 

[SpikyMikey]

What's the picture of in picture 2 of post #156?

The one with the crack?

My first guess is a tyre?
But that can't be an MOT pass?

Tyre sidewall.

 

[SpikyMikey]

The silver on at the garage in Radlett is still showing on their website....

 

[MrGreedy]

The silver on at the garage in Radlett is still showing on their website....

In that case, either the MOT tester is incompetent, or in the corrupt pocket on the car seller.

Time to walk away from this one and leave the problem to some other poor person to risk their family, and not yours.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Why?....a puncture is not a fail...and neither is a sidewall crack that you can't see the chords. Both are just advises.
But the rest of the damage means you should avoid it.

 

[such01]

What's the picture of in picture 2 of post #156?

The one with the crack?

My first guess is a tyre?
But that can't be an MOT pass?

It's the nearside inside front tyre

 

[such01]

Why?....a puncture is not a fail...and neither is a sidewall crack that you can't see the chords. Both are just advises.
But the rest of the damage means you should avoid it.

I agree, but there were no advisories on the MOT done yesterday

 

[such01]

The silver on at the garage in Radlett is still showing on their website....

I saw that, but I've now set my mind on the facelift with OM656 in. I'll have to wait now...

 

[such01]

All the pictures sent - also a few things like front passenger door locks not working properly on first click, but did eventually work, battery voltage low, stop start now active prob due to that, screw in left rear tyre, also front screen window washers not working - again not picked up by mot.

I'll be speaking with garage first thing to get my £500 deposit refunded.

The search goes on...

Thanks for all your feedback chaps..

 

[ALFAitalia]

I agree, but there were no advisories on the MOT done yesterday

Unfortunately MOT advisories are not compulsory. The tester decides whether to give an advisory at their discretion.

 

[Will]

Unfortunately MOT advisories are not compulsory. The tester decides whether to give an advisory at their discretion.

That may be the case, but even if so, it speaks volumes about a tester who doesn’t even note perished tyres or tyres with a screw in them. That’s if they even saw the car!

Poor show for a dealer selling any car really, let alone a prestige car for over £20k, IMHO.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Unfortunately MOT advisories are not compulsory. The tester decides whether to give an advisory at their discretion.

Dud screen washers are a straight fail aren't they?

 

[ALFAitalia]

Yes......technically it's a fail even if it's just out if liquid but otherwise works.

 

[SpikyMikey]

If nothing else it proves the worth of getting an inspection done...and endorses the phrase "caveat emptor"

 

[such01]

I've emailed the dealer and will follow up with a call later. I would like to believe the person I was dealing with did not know about these issues, but maybe I'm being a bit naïve?

 

[such01]

Dud screen washers are a straight fail aren't they?

That's correct

 

[markjay]

Unfortunately MOT advisories are not compulsory. The tester decides whether to give an advisory at their discretion.

This is correct, and goes both ways - I had an advisory once 'undertray prevents inspection' or words to that effect - on a car that had straight passes with no advisories up to that point - I even called the DVSA, who told me that MOT testers can write whatever they want in the advisory section - it's totally unregulated.

 

[such01]

This is correct, and goes both ways - I had an advisory once 'undertray prevents inspection' or words to that effect - on a car that had straight passes with no advisories up to that point - I even called the DVSA, who told me that MOT testers can write whatever they want in the advisory section - it's totally unregulated.

My last MOT had an advisory of "EMISSIONS TOO LOW TO DETECT"

 

[SpikyMikey]

I've emailed the dealer and will follow up with a call later. I would like to believe the person I was dealing with did not know about these issues, but maybe I'm being a bit naïve?

It's probably a complete coincidence, but your experience of them kind of mirrors mine (albeit it only cost me a couple of litres of fuel and a morning of my time.)
The car I went to view looked great in the ad and was in some ways well prepped . It had a set of newly-refurbished alloys done to an extremely high standard, but the interior was filthy as was the engine bay.
Then there was the EML and number of owners issue.
I made my excuses and walked away.

 

[ALFAitalia]

This is correct, and goes both ways - I had an advisory once 'undertray prevents inspection' or words to that effect - on a car that had straight passes with no advisories up to that point - I even called the DVSA, who told me that MOT testers can write whatever they want in the advisory section - it's totally unregulated.

I used to use that one all the time.....just to make me feel OK about passing a car where the brake pipes could be dust....but I can't see them!
As long as it passes it matters not and whether it has advises in the history and shows you or a potential buyer nothing about how good the car is or how well it's been looked after.