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esprit

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Beer Baron Grand Master

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rust is the one thing that will completely put me off buying a car. actually there are two things.

1. heavy accident damage (ie. bent chassis)

2. rust

basically anything else can be fixed fairly easily and if you are handy you can do it yourself.

bent chassis however will never be quite the same again and rust is like cancer.

Roy Grand Master

Roy

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Rust and moisture in the back end of the thing is a worry? The oil pressure thing isnt great, but an important bit of advice i can give you from beign screwed by 2 different car yards, negotiate a price based around you fixing the problems...as band aids are band aids and the problem will re-surface...and not even Consumer Affairs Tribunal can help you if they cover their tracks properly..

...a55holes , im gettign rev'd up again even though its 6 years down the track:(

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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yes, Troys advice is sound. don't get them to fix the problems. get them to take money off the price and fix them yourself (or pay someone else). they will just patch it up if you let the dealer fix it.

esprit Proficient

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Yep, by the way I've seen things done by them so far I'm pretty certain in saying they would do the job but would by no means do the best possible job.

I'm pissed I lost my $200 deposit but I'm glad I didn't buy a $7000 car that would need another $3000 spent on it, then I could have just gone out and bought an excellent example for $10k.

Spook's_Skyline Mentor

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The inspection was carried out by the guys at Brisbane Turbo & Tuning Center Woolloongabba.

I have serious issues with btt and wouldnt trust anything they do or say

on the off chance that they got lucky and were correct, id either get the dealer to fix the problems or preferably, take it some wher eelse for another inspection

i took my car to chapman and chapman for my inspection

then gave the list of (minor) things that needed fixing back to street machines and they did an awesome job making me happy!

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

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Thats bullcrap you lost your $200 deposit.

You have every right to get that $200 back as the car was not in the best condition.

The motor with low oil pressure alone indicates stuffed bearings, it requires a rebuild.

Unless you didn't state you will buy the car only if it comes out ok from the inspection. It obviously didn't.

wishaw Contributor

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Even if you don't get the money back $200 is a small price to pay. If you were to get the car and then set to work fixing all the problems you would surely find alot more problems. My house mate got a rx3 and has set about rebuilding it. So far he has spent more times fixing issues that where not detectable untill he started fix the original issues.

Also rust is like cancer. It spreads, you can never be sure you got rid of all of it and it will kill your car.

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