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Help - I was cheated big time!!!

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  • C_Ronaldo
    C_Ronaldo Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    do you not have a friedn or neighbour who could help with the little jobs
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  • C_Ronaldo wrote:
    do you not have a friedn or neighbour who could help with the little jobs

    A friend of mine told me he will be able to help me with this but he is currently busy and dont know when he will be able to help. So I have to wait until he is free to help.
  • mx-3
    mx-3 Posts: 195 Forumite
    Its a Toyota Yaris.

    I bought it for £2600/-
    Car Insurance paid so far - £120
    Breakdown cover - £110
    Car Park - £50/- (car was parked in public car park for 5 days before driving it back to my home)
    Road Tax - £60/-
    Toyota Service - £200/-
    Travel+food+taxi - £250/- (total travelling expenses for buying this car. travelled 80 miles to get this junk. because i wanted toyota yaris and nothing was within my budget range).

    So spent a grand total of £3500/- so far on this car and it is still not perfect.

    It needs the following changes required.

    1. two new front tyres
    2. washers not working. so needs changing
    3. exhaust manifold badly bent
    4. break fluid dirty. needs changing
    5. headlights out of line. (service center are saying, how the car got MOT with this fault).

    All in all, I'm screwed up big time. Just because I wanted a Toyota Yaris and within my budget of £3000/-
    Sounds like a nice secondhand car.The faults are only minor & to be honest if I brought the car with just those faults, I would be very happy........
  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    Also when you say washers not working, it could just be that the washer fluid tank/pump is gunked up. If you can hear the pump motor whining but no water comes, that may be the cause. A 30-60 minute job of removing the plastic pump housing, cleaning out & replacing same.
  • C_Ronaldo
    C_Ronaldo Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    A friend of mine told me he will be able to help me with this but he is currently busy and dont know when he will be able to help. So I have to wait until he is free to help.


    does he not know someone else who could help,
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