Arg Help!

[Jon]

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

 

[Richard Murphy]

Bought private or from a garage?

 

[Jon]

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

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

 

[Jon]

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

 

[Martin]

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

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

 

[Guest]

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

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

 

[Alan]

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

 

[Guest]

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?

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

 

[RobO]

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

 

[Jon]

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)

 

[Martin]

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

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