My New Black Beast

cougarrsv said:
Well not been on here for a while so thought I'd give you all an update although its not a good one:

Coming home the other friday, it was running a little rough so was taking a steady drive home just to get it back in one piece (was doing around 45-50 on a major A road). As I took the last slip road it started to loose a little power but then picked up again. Got to the roundabout, put clutch in and it stalled so coasted it over the roundabout with no power steering or anything and once off the roundabout, dumped the clutch in 2nd to try and get it to fire up again, which it did briefly before rattling itself to a halt with a big bang spewing all its oil and water over the floor.

Got it recovered home via the AA and two recovery trucks (they couldnt get it on the first one or they would have ripped the front end off). Had a mechanic look over it and been told its bottom end crank shaft bearings i think it was and Ive cracked the block, only real option is a new lump and they are over £1200 for a decent one without the swap itself, so looks like the zed is no more. (It's sitting on my drive at min until I decide what to do with it, but will prob just end up selling for spares/repairs).

On to today then, I'm shortly going off to kent to pick up another car which parents have kindly purchased for me. Its a more sensible car this time to an extent. Sensible in the fact it is a 5 seat estate car, not so when I say its a 250bhp 2.0 Turbo lol
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They are shocking motor when they wrong cant get engine bits for them for love nor money replacement engine is the only way when you first poted up you had gotten it i thought ey up nothing but trouble.
 
I've always liked these Z cars - didn't realise that they were that bad!! I would be speaking to the dealer that sold you the car as your within the 'cooling off' period and you could ask for your money back, as the car was not fit for purpose. I wouldn't take the hit for that one, I'd be screaming at them by now.

Re: new 250bhp motor....estate....me thinking Volvo, but the V40 which had around 250 horses, which is why the motorway cops play in them.
 
He's had a Scooby estate;)

Shame the Nissan went bang though, something sounds dodgy though given you paid was it nearly £4k for a 92 spec? I'd be asking a lot of questions given what kind of cars you could have for that money.
 
Spoken to dealer about it and they dont seem interested in honouring the warranty they gave, was on phone for over an hour regarding this, may phone them up again and have another go though and just going through all the paperwork they gave me when i collected I dont seem to have anything regarding the warranty although I definately signed it.

Yes new car is a Scooby wagon

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Don't just rely on the warranty.

Sale of goods act is your friend.

Any item, new or used, has to be in a fair and reasonable condition for a fair and reasonable amount of time.

What amounts to fair and reasonable is a matter of debate.

Don't take this the wrong way Colin...but is there any way they could attribute the break down to user error?

Consumer direct and trading standards should be your next port of call, though I have found trading standards default position is in support of the business.

When I had an issue with a focus I bought a while ago...they refused to honour the warranty in relation to the steering rack and clutch.

Both were eventually replaced.

I had to make a small contribution to a bill that ran into several hundred pounds
 
Yeah I do remember the issues you had with the focus Si. Like you say though what is classed as 'fair and reasonable' is the main issue, and in regards to Tim's posts about 'cooling off period' then I thought that was only 30 days?

As to attributing the breakdown to user error, then I'm not too sure though I imagine they could twist whats been said to sound that way.

Will look into the sale of goods act/consumer direct/trading standards side of things though and see what they say is possible to do regarding it.
 
Don't let it go away Colin.

Credit cooling off periods are generally 14 days.

I would remind them that bad word of mouth can ruin a business
 
scunnycougar said:
Don't let it go away Colin.

Credit cooling off periods are generally 14 days.

I would remind them that bad word of mouth can ruin a business
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In full agreement with you Si. Colin, I wouldn't let this go if I were you. Also a call/email to BBC Watchdog wouldn't go a miss: http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/

Good luck.

ps. Very nice Scooby Doo...and as Rich said...blimey that is low! lol
 
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