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busmansholiday Rank: Lancia Gamma

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What did they say to you when it came up with that impressive* fail list ?

 

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1 hour ago, Talbot said:

The concerning implication of this wording being that only having one fixing missing would not be a fail.

It's a new one one me.  I'm fairly sure I've always presented cars for MOT with all the wheel bolts present.  Seems a tad "fundamental" to me.  Or am I just being traditionalist?

I assume having only one nut / bolt missing would be a major rather than a dangerous.

Rocket88 Rank: Lancia Gamma

Rocket88

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Yup… bullet dodged…. Apart from A new set of tyres ( being fitted Friday, and not strictly necessary)) Merc seems fine…. Average of 50 mpg on 200 mile round trip ….

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29 minutes ago, Rocket88 said:

. Average of 50 mpg on 200 mile round trip ….

Hard to argue with figures like that!  May your Merc barge serve you well.

Actually that's something I've often found with emergency purchases, they tend to be much better than whatever they replace.  Good luck!

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Talbot Rank: Isuzu Florian

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56 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I assume having only one nut / bolt missing would be a major rather than a dangerous.

so a fail, rather than a fail.

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Sounds like they bought it in, lost the wheel nut key, removed them thinking, all it needs are discs and pads, but wait a minute, that tub rust looks ominous, let's see if blind Geoff is testing today before we even replace a bulb.  Recoverable, but why bother, there's loads around.

Rocket88 Rank: Lancia Gamma

Rocket88

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TBH, the whole thing was a bit odd. Told them I needed the car at the latest last Thursday. ( this was on the Monday) they said it was booked in for anMOT on the Wednesday, and would sort out anything it failed on before the next day! 
Needless to say, that didn’t happen….. I have a feeling that the MOT tester was not their “ normal bloke”…. Thank fuck….

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Bren Rank: Talbot Tagora

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30 minutes ago, Rocket88 said:

TBH, the whole thing was a bit odd. Told them I needed the car at the latest last Thursday. ( this was on the Monday) they said it was booked in for anMOT on the Wednesday, and would sort out anything it failed on before the next day! 
Needless to say, that didn’t happen….. I have a feeling that the MOT tester was not their “ normal bloke”…. Thank fuck….

Traders will literally sell anything nowadays. At one time they were a bit picky - but not now.

Rocket88 Rank: Lancia Gamma

Rocket88

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I suppose the widespread shortage of stock has something to do with that…..there’s a few “Car Supermarket “ type places round me that have vast swathes of empty forecourt 

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16 hours ago, Rocket88 said:

TBH, the whole thing was a bit odd. Told them I needed the car at the latest last Thursday. ( this was on the Monday) they said it was booked in for anMOT on the Wednesday, and would sort out anything it failed on before the next day! 
Needless to say, that didn’t happen….. I have a feeling that the MOT tester was not their “ normal bloke”…. Thank fuck….

Did you not spot any of that before agreeing to anything?

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1 hour ago, andy18s said:

Did you not spot any of that before agreeing to anything?

I was about to ask the same thing, surely the missing wheel nuts and the money light being on were obvious?

The E320 looks nice, I wish my E270 had an extra cylinder.

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1 hour ago, andy18s said:

Did you not spot any of that before agreeing to anything?

Maybe he only looked at it online.

 

For a buyer, I would say it makes a lot of sense to buy it unseen with promises like that in writing.

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On 9/15/2022 at 10:00 AM, andy18s said:

Did you not spot any of that before agreeing to anything?

To be honest though, when I bought my 3 yrs old at the time merc there were lots of small things wrong with it that we agreed would be sorted before I collected it. 

They did a few bits but not ask so rather than reject the car they agreed to get it repaired at merc and they'd pay the bill which they did.

I couldn't really argue with that other than they had it for 2 weeks before I could collect and the salesman even asked me to delay it a week so he could be there at the time.... Then he didn't bother turning up to work. 

Been a great car otherwise though, I can't fault it, just wish I could afford an  extra version for me 🤣🤣🤣

 

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That may have done their reputation a world of pain. I hope you gave them hell in feedback.

What did you put? :)

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Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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10 hours ago, Rocket88 said:

Bullet Bodged……?

 

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