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From: XR8 Sprintless on 24 May 2010 05:58
On 24/05/2010 7:49 PM, D Walford wrote:
> On 24/05/2010 4:57 PM, XR8 Sprintless wrote:
>
>>
>> If the car is not repaired to my satisfaction then I will take it to
>> fair trading to get my money back.
>
> How many klms has this car done and how much did you pay for it?
> If its low klms and you paid top dollar then you would be entitled to be
> unhappy but if its done high klms and you got it cheap then you get what
> you pay for.
> My son recently bought an EL with relatively low klms with a VGC
> interior and bodywork, the dealer advertised it for $4000 but my son
> bought it for $2000.00 without a RWC, it will cost him close to $1000 to
> get it into roadworthy condition but that will include new front and
> rear rotors and pads, new rear shocks, the rear main oil seal replaced
> and a couple of tyres plus a couple of other minor items.
> By doing it that way you at least know what you are getting and you know
> that all the work is done properly and you get a relatively cheap car in
> VGC.

It has 163000km on the clock and I paid $6700 for it which I thought was
a reasonable price for the car locally. The thing is that there have
been all sorts of issues including nearly 2 weeks before I got a
roadworthy certificate for it. It came with 3 years warranty through AWN
however the car has done less than 1000km since I bought it and has
spent around 5 days in various workshops having work done. It was just
within the statutory warranty period. Considering there was oil pissing
out of the motor, gearbox and diff I feel I am entitled to have it fixed.
From: Milton on 24 May 2010 16:37

"XR8 Sprintless" <xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4bfa4dcf$0$27872$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> On 24/05/2010 7:49 PM, D Walford wrote:
>> On 24/05/2010 4:57 PM, XR8 Sprintless wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If the car is not repaired to my satisfaction then I will take it to
>>> fair trading to get my money back.
>>
>> How many klms has this car done and how much did you pay for it?
>> If its low klms and you paid top dollar then you would be entitled to be
>> unhappy but if its done high klms and you got it cheap then you get what
>> you pay for.
>> My son recently bought an EL with relatively low klms with a VGC
>> interior and bodywork, the dealer advertised it for $4000 but my son
>> bought it for $2000.00 without a RWC, it will cost him close to $1000 to
>> get it into roadworthy condition but that will include new front and
>> rear rotors and pads, new rear shocks, the rear main oil seal replaced
>> and a couple of tyres plus a couple of other minor items.
>> By doing it that way you at least know what you are getting and you know
>> that all the work is done properly and you get a relatively cheap car in
>> VGC.
>
> It has 163000km on the clock and I paid $6700 for it which I thought was a
> reasonable price for the car locally. The thing is that there have been
> all sorts of issues including nearly 2 weeks before I got a roadworthy
> certificate for it. It came with 3 years warranty through AWN however the
> car has done less than 1000km since I bought it and has spent around 5
> days in various workshops having work done. It was just within the
> statutory warranty period. Considering there was oil pissing out of the
> motor, gearbox and diff I feel I am entitled to have it fixed.

You certainly are. I'd be aiming at the RWC supplier (which is probably
themselves) as a means of persuasion. You just can't have leaking oil
anywhere. Obviously the RWC was a dodgy as it just won't spring that many
oil leaks that soon.

Regards

Milton

From: Brad on 24 May 2010 22:51

"hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in
message news:ht9pcq$ht0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
: XR8 Sprintless wrote:
: >
: > Well the head gasket news was good, but after a 75km run today there is
: > oil pissing out of the front of the motor....
: >
: > Photos
: >
: > http://fat.ly/ad9ie
: > http://fat.ly/3yh8k
: > http://fat.ly/p80jh
: > http://fat.ly/pri1y
: >
: > I guess it's back to the dealer on Monday to argue the point. The car
: > officially runs out of statutory warranty on Monday....
: >
: >
: >
:
: This could be worth your while checking out.
: In NSW at least, all wty items (so fit for puropose stuff; not wear and
: tear items) that are notified within the warranty period remain wty items
: until they are fixed. We had a car some years ago with a 3mth/5000Km wty
: that was finally signed off from "backwards and forwards to the dealer
: land" after five and a half months and nearly 10,000Kms. From memory, the
: off road time got added to the wty period, but that may have been a
: goodwill issue. Cheers
:
: --
: Posted at www.usenet.com.au

My old man picked up an AU for $800 at a gov auction as it was not suitable
for dealers having too many K's on the clock. Passed RWC on 1st try, he got
it for use when he does house swaps twice a year and an extra car. I drove
it for over a thousand K's last trip and it goes well and showed no signs of
trouble. Sometimes it's better to have a high Km well maintained car than a
low km thrashed one. I drove his car on the long trip as my vehicle does
less than 3 weeks work a year and was suspect about the seals after 5 years
of that.


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From: Kev on 25 May 2010 11:19
XR8 Sprintless wrote:
> On 24/05/2010 7:49 PM, D Walford wrote:
>> On 24/05/2010 4:57 PM, XR8 Sprintless wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If the car is not repaired to my satisfaction then I will take it to
>>> fair trading to get my money back.
>>
>> How many klms has this car done and how much did you pay for it?
>> If its low klms and you paid top dollar then you would be entitled to be
>> unhappy but if its done high klms and you got it cheap then you get what
>> you pay for.
>> My son recently bought an EL with relatively low klms with a VGC
>> interior and bodywork, the dealer advertised it for $4000 but my son
>> bought it for $2000.00 without a RWC, it will cost him close to $1000 to
>> get it into roadworthy condition but that will include new front and
>> rear rotors and pads, new rear shocks, the rear main oil seal replaced
>> and a couple of tyres plus a couple of other minor items.
>> By doing it that way you at least know what you are getting and you know
>> that all the work is done properly and you get a relatively cheap car in
>> VGC.
>
> It has 163000km on the clock and I paid $6700 for it which I thought was
> a reasonable price for the car locally. The thing is that there have
> been all sorts of issues including nearly 2 weeks before I got a
> roadworthy certificate for it. It came with 3 years warranty through AWN
> however the car has done less than 1000km since I bought it and has
> spent around 5 days in various workshops having work done. It was just
> within the statutory warranty period. Considering there was oil pissing
> out of the motor, gearbox and diff I feel I am entitled to have it fixed.


163,000klms and all those oil leaks????
I'd be checking with QLD Tpt rego records if it has been transfered a
couple of times to see what the odo readings were for it's last RWC

might have had a replacement dash fitted or the speedo doctored


Kev
From: XR8 Sprintless on 25 May 2010 19:21
On 26/05/2010 1:19 AM, Kev wrote:


> 163,000klms and all those oil leaks????
> I'd be checking with QLD Tpt rego records if it has been transfered a
> couple of times to see what the odo readings were for it's last RWC
>
> might have had a replacement dash fitted or the speedo doctored

Done that. Rego records show nothing out of the ordinary other than it
was used as a commercial vehicle.

Originally bought in 2002. Sold in 2005 with around 35000km. Sold to me
with 163000km.

I'm guessing it may have been used at one of the local refineries.
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