Just discovered...

harveybobbles

I'm guessin he has a cheap hand held device that tells you when asirtbags have been deployed. They wint tell you why they were deployed...

societys_child

Has your mechanic been taking drama lessons? Couldn't sell any parts for spares . . so engine /gearbox/ headlights etc etc etc .. they're all in a dangerous condition?

cherryblossomchris

What confuses me is that (this is my other halfs car) the insurance company had no problem insuring it, would that indicate that (if it were as serious as the mechanic is making out (and there is no reason why he would lie)) it hadnt been reported through an insurance firm or just that something even more dodgy going on?

harveybobbles

societys_child wrote: »

Has your mechanic been taking drama lessons? Couldn't sell any parts for spares . . so engine /gearbox/ headlights etc etc etc .. they're all in a dangerous condition?

Not to mention pieces of trim, seat belts, sun visors, speedo head, radio, aircon, wiper motor, electric window motors, seat runners, pedal boxes, steering wheel, head rests, all seats, complete carpet, spare wheel, tools, jack...

cherryblossomchris

Look I'm going by what the mechanic has said, he has no reason to lie.

societys_child

cherryblossomchris wrote: »

Look I'm going by what the mechanic has said, he has no reason to lie.

No one's getting at you, just the mechanic seems a little OTT.
To say you couldn't even sell spares from it is rediculous

So was this mechanic the tester? Where was it tested previously?

cherryblossomchris

He has the equipment in his garage.

The car was allegedly HPI tested before we bought it and there is nothing on the log book which says it was written off, just repaired.

KillerWatt

cherryblossomchris wrote: »

Look I'm going by what the mechanic has said, he has no reason to lie.

Your mechanic cannot possibly know how serious the accident was, because that data is NOT recorded.

All that is recorded when an airbag is deployed is throttle position, road speed, engine speed, and whether the brakes were on or not.
That information is also encrypted, so unless he has the same equipment as a main dealer then he wouldn't be able to read it anyway.

cherryblossomchris

Well we know the airbag went off at some point because they never fixed the sensor

vaio

cherryblossomchris wrote: »

.....there is nothing on the log book which says it was written off, just repaired.

I think that means it was cat C write off