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I thought maybe a private, can I revise my original advise? Only way to clear light has to be done at 3am, sit in car with rear doors open, remove all your clothes as the static from them may upset the process,, start car and hold accelerator to floor for a full 10 minutes while pressing horn at the same time as reciting the Koran...... sorted the EML is no longer your biggest problem

linky here i cleaned out all the bugs with my feather duster made of old car mats https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018

oil filter, common problem, widget inside moves, youve got a bargain, headgasket weep is standard, wipe it off, change the filter, brake clean spray the mayo out of the cap and get it sold

Well not heard a dickie bird since so hopefully thats the end of that.

I forgot to mention its hard enough to keep the auctioneer from running you up when your standing in front of him, god only knows how many bids they bounce of the wall when your on line.

( I was being a bit tongue in cheek...i'm not really worried i've just never had such a strange spurious threat before) Refund and F off is all they're getting. It does make you wonder though doesn't it...these people have jobs and mortgages and kids somehow.

The previous owners details are all on the V5 aren’t they, for the world and it’s wife to see. Tell them to bring the car back, you’ll give them a refund and anything above and beyond that ignore them and/or tell them to fuck off. You didn’t put the previous owners details on the bills/invoices, any reasonable person would welcome as much paperwork back up to a car as possible. No doubt if you tippexed out the previous customers details the screamer would be calling you out for foul play. Give them their money back and don’t enter into any further discussions on anything else. Send them the offer of a full refund by recorded delivery and email.

Hi Mark We buy lateish fleet stuff and have found on line auction buying to be the best thing that has happened in the last 15 years.Once you get to know the differing BCA site grading,you can buy with confidence.If you put in the time and research and target say 50 per day at various auctions around the country,you will probably buy 2 and one of them you might nick.You need to have a reasonable and reliable transport company to lift them,but we have always found that the bonus cars always exceed by far the disappointing ones.......What stuff will you be selling

The stuff I buy I have to go and see it in the flesh. I've mentioned this before but until the auction houses give us totally honest descriptions and declare faults there'll always be a cloud over online bidding. If only they have started right, on the lines of, for example Japanese auctions. that are almost totally electronic, but brutally honest with their descriptions. But sadly .....?

I can see their logic but if they bothered to really analyse data, it would tell a different story. Yes, many classic car enthusiasts loves and spends more time maintaining and polishing their pride and joy than they do driving the thing, howver - they are not all £200k E-Type owners. I reckon we all know where we will find 40 year old Land Rovers and the like being driven around with bits falling off - right next to the family Vauxhall.

Entirely my sentiments. The waters have been muddied by allowing him to record the fault prior to him dicking around with the car. There’s no provision for that under the cra. It’s either a fault, which means a refund or repair (dependent on whether the fault was present at the point of sale or not, which in itself is reliant on a properly worded PDI) or its not a fault, in which case he’s messing around changing bits of a car he might not need to. The situation is unclear so the best thing to do is to refund the bloke, fix the issue (if there even is an issue) and sell the car to someone else.

Did you carry out a full properly worded PDI and did he sign it. If not, you’re exposed. If you did, he has to prove the fault was there at the point of sale. It’s not as simple as “is he entitled to a refund” without us knowing the exact circumstances.

Hi Karlos I didnt think he could from your original post, but then you added a fuller description later. If you want the absolute legal answer, you may need someone like lawgistics. But if youre in a court of law, it may not go your way anyway

Hi Auto Jacob I am not sure how it is possible these days to buy cheapies from the block,then retail them and make money.Maybe if you bought in volume and had your own workshop,you would have a better chance.When buyers fees were £50 you could just re block the bad ones and take a hit,but that was long ago.Most of the guys I know who used to do this,no longer bother.If you are making it work,then well done to you.

XF's are notoriously common for DPF issues and EGR faults. Amount we've spent on replacing these is obscene. DPF's can be regen'd quite easily on these but pre 2010 and high miles (80k +) I wish you luck as it's more than likely a replacement.

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Just an extended test drive isn’t it, mr officer?

Me too. Done properly I think it’s about as comprehensive as it can be.

+1 plus we also use Lawgistics Sales invoices.

Lawgistics. You won’t need anything else.

petrol head? I'll give you a month till you hate cars