hi all...after browsing the horror stories from cheshire performance etc on here i was wondering if anyone has had there own horror stories,i.e the car has blew up a day or 2 later after purchasing it....only reason im asking is im in the market for a blob sti and i worry il be buying a car that maybe has a major fault,not all sellers are honest people in my opinion...cheers.

 

Years ago (I was about 20) I bought a Mk1 Golf GTi from a dealer. 10 days later the engine blew whilst I was driving to work and left debris all over the road. Very scary.

I went back to the dealership to find they had gone.

They must have had a dozen or so cars there when I was there buying the car. When I went back the lot was empty and there was no business signs or anything.

Expensive lesson learnt - always do homework when buying from a dealer.

 

The only way to check a car propperly mate is.

1. If its warm when you turn up with no good reason walk away. Start the car from cold

2. Go on a realy long drive, tell the seller you will put money in the tank. Give it a good thrashing. If they compalin or say stop ask yourself why.

3. Check everything oil service history etc and you cant go wrong

You can usually tell if somones trying to hide somthing from their attitude when you go to look at a car

 

yeah il be turning up with a list of a hundred things to check...in the past ive not done anywhere near what a thorough check is and ive been lucky,but then again ive never spent the money im going to spend...ive saved up for ages to be in the market for a blob sti so i dont need no del boy selling me a cut n shut.

 

A good thrashing maybe a reason to complain.

 

Bought a VXR Nurburgring from Vauxhall, drove it 100 miles home, parked up. Came out the next morning, found a coolant leak. Took it straight to my local Vauxhall, turned out the gearbox and diff were also fooked.

Got a full refund.

Total ownership time - about 19 hours lol

 

There is a not so fine line between testing a car and thrashing it. I would not tolerate anyone thrashing my car on a test drive.

 

Agreed maby thrashing was the wrong word but in all cases i would expect to red line the car in each gear somware sutiable.and give it some fairly hard cornering to check for handling problems.

Saying that if it was a time waster and my car was spot on i would be pretty pissed

But that said lady luck must be on your side too as anything can happen after a sale

 

''But that said lady luck must be on your side too as anything can happen after a sale''

i agree mate,il be buying off a place like scoobynet as to ebay..if the owner genuinely doesnt no about any faults and it goes pop a week down the line then thats just tough...theres so many snakes on that ebay though

 

WHAT A LOAD OF SIOC RUBBISH.

The best way to have car, is to have it inspected by an independent specialist or the RAC Platinum service inspection is fantastic, the mechanics spend over three hours on the car checking everything. I was extremely impressed and will always get one especially when parting with thousands of pounds, and I am very qualified in mechanical terms anyway.

If you can afford 8K+ on a car, you can afford the RAC check for complete piece of mind, it also after said inspection means you can get an RAC warranty which are better priced than others out there.

Why anyone would think 'thrashing ' a car for twenty minutes is a good thing to do I have no idea. If I was a dealer I would never allow this even if the car is A1.

 

+1
Who's going to let an idiot come round and thrash a car.
Inspection is the grown up sensible option for both parties

 

He sounds like the type that puts budget tyres on his car so he can afford to drive it

 

Well ive bought well over 20 cars in my lifetime never had a rac check. Never had any major problems. Never had anyone complain about my driving. As far as im aware a compresion / leak down test is not an easy job on an impreza anyway.

Did i say for 20 mins? I said once to check for crunches etc at high revs. If you dont do this your an idiot. But hey i already knew that from the crap previously spewed from your mouth

This is sound advice im giving and you know it

 

Owning 20 Fiestas with fluffy seat covers dosen't count you know?

LMAO, ah the newbies of today and their crusade....go cane a persons motor, thrash it you know, just to check its ok. Yes, come do that to my car will you, see how it ends for you.

 

well whats the acceptable amount of ''thrashing'' you would give someones car (a subaru) if you were interested in buying it? has anyone ever tried thrashing a car you had for sale ( a subaru) on a test drive lol?

 

The guy is a clear example of WRX ownership.

WRX owners purchase system

- Look on SIOC
- Go to a council estate to drive a bright green WRX with neons
- him and and the baseball capped owner go driving round the estate at 90mph having little sex wees at the dump valve noise
- The deal speak 'thats buzzin' that mate, proper fast, its got 300bhp'
- then £500 parts hands (as no log book available)
- New owner goes home and thinks its a Ferrari and faster than an STI (cause SIOC says so)
- Has a little fumble with himself in the drivers seat over his purchase
- Looks on ebay to buy replica STI parts
- Goes to bed dreaming of a 5" exhaust tailpipe.

The end. The WRX owner is born.

 

Lol @ Trinity that was a great write up, You should be on the SIOC blog!

 

So you would go buy a car pansy about in rush hour traffic. Get on the motorway on the way back. Do a down shift from 4th to 3rd comming off the slip road and crunch. All because you diddnt give it a thrashing. Tell me how rac or you can test a high rpm shift crunch please Mr Einstein

 

The look on an STI owners face when his 350bhp STI gets left for dead at the lights by a lighter, faster, more fuel/transmission efficient WRX PPP.

STI owner telling himself all the way home ..."well he's lucky his gearbox didn't break." ..gets home and checks to see if he's avoided the spotted threads.

 

And yes every single person that's bought a car from me has given it some stick. Young and old. Never had a pleb like trinumpty turn up with a rac van tho

 

I've test driven just 2 out of the last 4 trader cars I've bought, I just feel if something breaks it'll be like new when I fix/mod/warranty it. Obviously if I was on the look out for an STI I'd test drive it as I ain't paying £2000+ for a big silly heavy power robbing box.

 

That logic never worked with your wife either

 

She fixes 'em.

 

Shame she can't do that with her face though...

 

 

 

My point made!

 

It's those eyes, too big.



Don't worry Trin, if you ever see her in her WRX you'll have the chance to be behind her.

 

She looks a bit down syndrome.

 

Why, because she can't do anything with her hair?