Arg Help!

Ello there just brough a 98 vectra for just 7500 but theres a couple of
little niggy things wrong with it

1., when depressing the accelerator i can hear a pop and a hiss
2., when braking the brake warning light comes on but there working fine?
3., the ecu light comes on quite a bit and the lights will flicker and the
car will feel really juddery then it will be fine
4., the gears sound like there a bit clunky sometimes, I have been able to
set off in 2nd a few times.
5., theres some black smoke coming out of the exhaust sometimes but im
using normal petrol

I know theses are only minor problems and i think i got a good deal on the
car so im prepared to pay a little more to fix it up.

Thanks

 

Bought private or from a garage?

 

Oh one thing i forgot to mention there was also a rattly sound coming from
the engine, openend it up and found some bolts that were taken out for some
reason b4 i brought it, probably replaced them, so i just threw them away
and it doesnt rattle any more but i swear the front (not the back) it seems
lower on the ground compared to other vectras

 

privately, had to meet the bloke at some place other than his house, said
his missus was in a bad mood!

 

Made me smile - well done. Would have been better 3 days earlier

 

Buying a car, rule 1. In a private sale view and buy the car at the
address of the registered keeper and NO WHERE else.
Dave

 

Is this a wind up?

£8,500 for a 98 Vectra?
Threw a few bolts away that you found under the bonnet?
Met the seller away from home?
Lots of problems with the car?

--

Alan


New & used Vauxhall cars & vans, servicing, repairs & parts
www.steeles.co.uk

 

Agreed, must be a wind up. That car is worth no more than - - what --
£2000 ? IF it exists . . . . .
Dave

 

Hi
Just look at the message headers from the original poster - it speaks
volumes................
Regards
RobO

 

hehehe sorry I missed april fools due to the flu and just wanted to see how
long it would be before anyone would realise

just some harmless fun ;o)

 

I claim the prize. 69 minutes - and I hadn't even read it for the first 66
of those!!