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[Danny]

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Advertised as having a lot of the major work done, headgasket, rocker covers, cambelt, filters changed, plugs, leads and all the lot, 11 months MOT and 4 months tax still on

when i test drove it, it had a very lumpy idle, which was there when warm too, cruise control worked fine and kicked the gearbox down well but without cruise when i floored the pedal on the motorway it only kicked down one gear even with sport mode on, didnt rev too high either, and even at steady speeds 60+ and 40 or lower through town, just holding it lightly on the pedal still only gave low 20mpg on the instant consumption

any ideas why??

[hoofing it]

probably needs the air,fuel filter changed icv cleaned etc

[CaptainZok]

It's been maintained by a chimp?

[Welung666]

I'll give you £50 for it Danny

Same colour as mine and I want new doors

[Danny]

i didnt pay for it i walked away and said i'd get some advice, but if you want it he'd take the £600 winning bid!

[unlucky mark mv6]

Take it that one will be readvertised then due to timewaster ,but seriously i wouldent even consider paying him neither if it was a bag of shit or anyone else with any sense for that matter.

[tunnie]

well he says:

I HAVE DONE HEAD GASKET, TIMMING BELT, CHANGED WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, ROCKER COVER GASKETS, PLUGS, LEADS, OIL, OIL FILTER, AIR FILTER, POLLEN FILTER, COOLANT FLUID, BRAKE PADS, BRAKE FLUIDS, CATALIC CONVERTER, MIDDLE SILENCER, ETC

So it should go fine, performance could be down to either timing out, or the multi-rams, did you see if there was good pressure to them? (just pop off the pipe and you should hear a release of air)

What display did it have? If its been changed for one not from same spec, engine, could need re-programming.

[Danny]

i wouldn't know where to start with multirams and pressure tunnie to be fair but it just didnt tally with the description of the large amounts of work claimed to have been done on it

it ran lumpy as hell, wouldnt kick down on the floored pedal but did on the cruise

the display, do you mean the one in the dash? it looked to be the correct one for an elite with a ccr2006

[Agemo]

It was advertised as running "Absolutely spot on" - glad you took him up on his "Walk away" offer.

[henryd]

the number of times I have gone too look at an advertised "minter" only to find an absolute dog.People have some strange ideas on there vehicles condition

[ferrari jason]

I might go and have a nosey its only down the road from me prob know the cowboy whos selling it

[Danny]

its a polish guy, private sale

[Bionic]

Surely you have heard about the Polski-Fiat jokes! They are the next bad thing to the 'travelling' community cowboys.
Don't walk away though - RUN!
 

[PxMetro]

Don't walk away though - RUN!
 

Very quickly I would say, and don't look back! 

[ferrari jason]

its a polish guy, private sale

That figures our town is over run by them i`m sure the local shops are going to start taking the zloty soon .i`m going down that way today might give him a knock and annoy him was it advertised in the windows of the car aswell ?