mekon
Active Member
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2008
- Messages
- 131
- Location
- Somewhere in deepest norfolk
- Car
- BMW 318is Coupé, Honda VFR 400 NC24, Honda magna 700
due to the underside of my 300D having no under body protection due to someone ripping it off long before i bought the car the underside has rotted leaving me with a 106K mile 6 cylinder diesel engine and autobox that work brilliantly but the body is shot so im selling the car as spares repair, i dont have the time or energy to buy a doner body to swap the engine into.
Anyways the above explains why i was looking on auto trader, found a lovely looking '94 E220 coupe and talked the dealer down to a very good price, snag being the car was other side of the country, but with the body looking very clean and seeing thanks to the VIN that when it left the factory it had paintwork preservation i thought i would risk it, so i put a deposit down let the days pass until i had a day off from work so i could go down and fetch the car.
Deposit placed on tuesday.
Saturday rolls around, its about half 4, im on break at work so i give dealer a quick call to double check his opening times for the next day.
"Thank christ you called! we cant get the ignition key to turn" car is now unmovable, he couldnt get a mechanic out until monday... so that weekend was a right off, next day off is the following saturday, call up monday no joy mechanic didnt turn up... wednesday afternoon two mechanics for a different job turn up and he tells them that he needs the merc done so they play with it for hours, no joy. Call up and he says they are going to fit a new barrel in tomorrow. Call up the next day at lunch and they are still waiting on the barrel but the mechanic says it will be a "piece of P" to do.....
Tomorrow is my day off (and sunday off) it has now been a week and a half... i have nearly been killed on my bike due to finding a half mile stretch of sheet ice on the main road, oh and if the sale falls through i will be down about 50 quid cos i transferred my insurance for the day i was supposed to be collecting the car and the premium is higher than my diesel...... anyone got any advice? anyone live in the caerphilly area able to go over in person and either rip out the old barrel so i can do some screwdriver starting or kick up a fuss for me?
Anyways the above explains why i was looking on auto trader, found a lovely looking '94 E220 coupe and talked the dealer down to a very good price, snag being the car was other side of the country, but with the body looking very clean and seeing thanks to the VIN that when it left the factory it had paintwork preservation i thought i would risk it, so i put a deposit down let the days pass until i had a day off from work so i could go down and fetch the car.
Deposit placed on tuesday.
Saturday rolls around, its about half 4, im on break at work so i give dealer a quick call to double check his opening times for the next day.
"Thank christ you called! we cant get the ignition key to turn" car is now unmovable, he couldnt get a mechanic out until monday... so that weekend was a right off, next day off is the following saturday, call up monday no joy mechanic didnt turn up... wednesday afternoon two mechanics for a different job turn up and he tells them that he needs the merc done so they play with it for hours, no joy. Call up and he says they are going to fit a new barrel in tomorrow. Call up the next day at lunch and they are still waiting on the barrel but the mechanic says it will be a "piece of P" to do.....
Tomorrow is my day off (and sunday off) it has now been a week and a half... i have nearly been killed on my bike due to finding a half mile stretch of sheet ice on the main road, oh and if the sale falls through i will be down about 50 quid cos i transferred my insurance for the day i was supposed to be collecting the car and the premium is higher than my diesel...... anyone got any advice? anyone live in the caerphilly area able to go over in person and either rip out the old barrel so i can do some screwdriver starting or kick up a fuss for me?