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Second Hand Car broke after 8 weeks - repair advice required!
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Thank so much everyone, some of your comments were really helpful. Some not. Obviously.
The car had £83k miles when purchased.
After further investigation from us....
It had an advisory notice at its last MOT (Jan 24, we bought it in March), that the 'offside rear suspension airbag fitted incorrectly and fouling shock absorber'.
BOOM! Sorted.
Thanks again everyone. Some great advice in general and for the future too. Love a forum.0 -
Even the average mileage of 8K a year would put it around 150K mileseasy said:If you "really need a working car" why, in the name of all that is holy, would you buy a 19 year-old car?
When you say "low mileage for it's age" what mileage has it actually done? Cos I'm prepared to bet its over 100k.
You would have got a far better car for £5k if you hadn't been seduced by the smart badge.Life in the slow lane0
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