oh and thanks to everyone else u have all been helpfull in ur own ways

 

my pleasure!!

I can only guess how gutted he must be feeling!

 

i can rip ne thing apart me

 

Lee...Iv just calmed down and you pop up WHYYYYYY??????

 

I'd get your tools out if I was you!

 

jim someone has niked ur wheels

 

Easy now ladies, this is getting a wee bit too friendly now.

 

Oh well.....looks crap on a black rst

 

and why's that??

 

u started the post wot did u expect all 8000 members to say

 

dont meen this to sound nasty m8 but u havnt said anything of any importance so why are u here?

 

ummmm.... NO i didnt look again u need 2 go 2 spec savers

 

either youre totally naive or this is a wind up thread, some of your comments i just dont get

If you dont know enough about fords to know that the first thing you should do is check the sills and floor you really should be buying a new car from a dealer.how come you need a car lifted up to check underneath ? dont you wear an old pair of jeans and take a torch with you and get down on the floor and have a good look under a car when youre shelling out near 4 grand on it ? no sympathy there really.

why not put some pics up cos it sounds to me like youre making it out to be far worse than it is. then people can give you good advice on what to do with it.

 

So Lee are you saying anyone who doesent look over a car properly regardless of there mechanical ability deserves to get shafted?

does that mean that you also think that these poor old ladies who let bogus callers into there houses without properly checking there ID deserved to be beaten up and robbed?

You dont even know Jimrs (nor do i) so why say he DESERVED to be shafted?

 

yeh well said and u want dirty mushrooms dont ya

 

I took the car down to my mates garage who is a Ford Specialist.
the looked all underneath and said parts of it are fucked, most inprotantly.... the inner wings arecracked and weak, if that would of been in a collision that would all fold up and smack in2 the inside of car

not nice knowing that when my brother was driving it back!

 

i could have died

 

 

 

piss of i could i did u a faver bro

 

didnt mean it nasty mate at all, just that would of happened!

 

i know

 

no one said nething about my car

 

If it costs too much to fix break the fookin death trap

 

I've just seen this thread and thought i best reply! (4 pages in one night - fook me!!!)

Anyway I owned this car back in May and kept it for a few months. I was the one who got it MOT'd (at a neutral reputable garage).

I purchased the car as well without taking a proper look under the car. The 'prettyness' and cleanliness got the better of me and thats what sold it!. I did look under the seals though and the usual places that i could see (bearing in mind the car was fookin low then) and found it ok. It had virtually no MOT left on it when I bought it, and I was aware that it had had a smack on the front/front corner, thus needing it repaired/sprayed etc. I was still happy with the car and parted with the money (allbeit it less than Jim paid! ).

I got it MOT'd and the tester failed it on the rear chassis rails being rotten to fook. I was gutted that I hadn't checked this when I bought it as i knew that these were prone to going on D platers (the car was soooo low i couldnt even get my arm under there!). But hey ho, I paid Ł150 to get them boxed in, took it back down for a re-test and it passed. I was even looking under the car with the tester and didnt notice any other rust/snot that was deemed unsafe. If there was any the tester wouldve failed it again.

As for the taking further action etc, unfortunately you wont have a leg to stand on. Its just one of those things that you have to live and learn. As Rich W etc says it can onlybe a matter of weeks before rust settles in so 8 months it could get real bad, especially with the salt and shite on our roads. As for the cracked inner wings, the suspension was real low remember and all it may have took is one of the former owners (after me, or me perhaps without me realising) to hit a large bumper in the road and BANG - crack!

If it were me get it repaired, you know damn well the thing is mint on the outside and under the bonnet. Ł1500 seems a little steep for the cost of repairs. It sounds like a day or two's work only so i'd say Ł500 tops.

Good luck fella

Chris

 

Have only read the first page

stop crying like a lil'bitch. Sold as seen.. your fault for not checking it out properly

fraid its a case of tough titties!

 

Or since Chris admits it may have been him who caused it, maybe you should take it up with him

 

i do agree with the sold as seen stuff, that once you leave the traders place, you have no comeback whatsoever, it just means you should have given it a VERY thorough check over before you took it away, i can understand that you would have been very very excited (thats not a piss take one bit) and just wanted to take it away there and then, but i've been there, done that and been bitten big time!!

and as for the AA checks, they're worth fook all, mate of mine had one of them done on his car, had it a week, then the head gasket went and there was shit wiring everywhere. on the report it got top marks, when my mate went to the AA regarding the check being shit, they said read the notes at the bottom of the sheet. it said something about it not being taken as gospel, that they dont take responsibility for any comeback on the car itself.

your only option is to get it fixed off of your own back Jim, you won't be able to get anywhere in courts or with speaking to the previous owner, unless the previous owner will give you some of your cash back as a good will gesture. which he doesn't 'have to do'.


HTH

 

Morning guys Iv woken up 2day feeling a lil bit better, i dont want another post repeated like lastngiht

So lets all stop chuckin handbags

 

Well I gave you some good advice. I told you to go and get a second opinion (a second MOT)at another garage........

I think the first garage may have been a little "too" picky to be honest, especially after what Chris has said....

Just lob it in at another MOT station - one that just does MOT's and nothing else...

 

Can you put some pics up of the things that are wrong. People may then stop giving you a hard time and try and offer some help/advice

 

*Both front inner wings cracked within 30cm of suspension mount (MOT failer)
*o/s/f "A" pillar Rusted
*o/s/f wing poor fit and loose
*Both outter sills Rusted (MOT failer)
*o/s/f front floor pan rusted (MOT failer)
*Dent in fuel tank (possibley leaking)

Engine side:

*Exhaust loose on tube
*Alternator bolts loose
*Sump leaks oil

Get some pictures up, take them when you are down the new MOT station....

 

Ahh, my old car.....

Cheers

The creator of D961 FYW

Paul

 

lol quick run there gonna attack

 

I will mate, goin down the MOT station 2mo, il keep yall informed!

 

Good stuff. Just throw it in, don't mention anything about the car and let them do their stuff on it.

I take it you are putting it into a different testing station tomorrow?

Fingers crossed.

 

Yes my Uncle owns his garage, he says he deals with these things all the time, so FINGERS CROSSED and god help me

 

PICCYS WILL BE POSTED UP 2MO