Mid April last year whilst Peter was fitting a Poly bush kit to my N/a, I happened to mention that I wanted to try and upgrade to a turbo, This is when peter told me about this car he was working on, It had been bought with a view to building into a monster, but unfortunately the prev owner had some issues and the car had to go.
The car at this time was looking quite sorry for itself, but obviously had potential.
Peter informed me that within 3 weeks he would have the spot on.
The car was to be fully fixed up and running like the pocket rocket she once was.
Smashing I thought.
I was more than happy to pay without haggling the
£3000 peter wanted, as he had promised to do a good job, and I figured better to pay slightly over the odds for a well sorted car.
I arranged to sell my N/A to the father in law, who at 55 was having a late mid life crisis and really wanted a red sports car
(lol)
Over the next 3-4 months the delivery date was constantly put back, despite numerous visits to Peter
(150+ miles each time).
Not only was this inconvenient for me, but also for my father in law who was waiting for his new car from me.
On the final visit I was due to deliver my car to Hull and pick up my new turbo from Barnsley.
So I dropped off my car and got the train to Barnsley.
When I arrived the car was still not ready!
I now had no car.
Peter Kindly lent me his
(for which I was grateful)
with a view to getting my car sorted and having in delivered asap.
Within a week Peter delivers the car, still some work to be done but at least it ran.
Jobs to be done
- Repaint drivers door
- Sort out dash electrics
- Sort out EBC, as not boosting properly
- Fit 2nd Pillar gauge
- Fix holes behind seats where speakers were
- Fit and get Stereo working
- Replace cv joint
I didn't even mention the cracked windscreen and badly scratched glass in the drivers door, or the tatty leather seats which were meant to have been treated to tidy them up
Bear in mind 4 months earlier I had been promised a fully working car.
The Cv joint was on order and delay was not down to Peter but everything else should have been sorted before delivery.
I was informed that the clutch was possibly on the way out, and if there was a problem it would be replaced.
Turns out the clutch was a 4 paddle helix, and I found this very unfriendly to use, I have never driven a car with this type of clutch so I don't know if the clutch was faulty or whether they are all like that? This was changed, a b1tch of a job, and credit to peter, he worked until early hours fitting the new one.
Got home at 5 in the morning, and there an invoice in my email for clutch and fitting.
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Few days later clutch master cylinder went, probably just one of those things, a bit like having to get all 20 wheel nuts cut off as the key snapped the first time I tried to take the wheel off.
With regard to the car dumping its oil, The garage I took the car to asked me which cowboy had fitted the oil filter as it had been jammed up against the turbo so badly that it took them over a hour to cut the old filter off.
Then few weeks later the
car grinds to a halt on the motorway at 7am after doing a night shift, Seems there is very little oil left in the car????
What the problem is I don't know yet as I have been waiting months to have the car loaded over to Barnsley
So as of this moment I'm not in a position to place blame, although the conversation with peter where I confess to not knowing that I had to check my oil is a little strange, I'm no mechanic, but come on.
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It's not like it was even my first 2.
What it boils down to is, I was promised a lovely rev1, which should give me very little grief.
And for this I was to pay a very healthy 3K
What I have actually had is, 9 months of expense, frustration and disappointment.
I'm left with a car that does not run, and has no hope of running soon.
My only crime was paying a good price to a reputable affiliate.
