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"Reversing is not possible, consult workshop": that's fun when you are halfway through a three point turn in Herself's works carpark when her colleagues are trying to park and get in before they get docked pay for being late ... I wasn't popular for that one.
Then a "check engine" light comes on.
The dealer has been really good about it - he was the first to suggest a full refund, and is organising the truck to come and pick it up. Just glad I bought through a dealer rather than privately, the repairs could exceed the value of the car.
So now I have to find a replacement. Just glad I hadn't sold the old one yet!
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Never by the bright yellow cars!
Here there be lemons!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Never eat yellow snow!
Here there doesn't be lemons!
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And watch out where the huskies go
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Reversing is not possible, consult workshop":
Was this not a problem when the car was purchased??
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Not that they - apparently - knew of.
In their defence, it only started early in the morning, when everything was cold and since they don't open 'til 10 they may never have moved the car while it was cold enough.
Certainly they seem genuine, he was apologising for the inconvenience it all caused me until I had to ask him to stop ... and since they paid for delivery (about £240) and will have to pay for collection (another £240) it's not really likely they knew it was faulty.
I suspect they bought it at auction and the original owner knew damn well just how much it was going to cost. I don't like people like that.
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OK...clearly there's something I was missing about your whole experience...I'd never buy a car without having driven it myself. That's the sort of thing that would've been kinda hard to miss. And it would've been a hell of a coincidence to start doing that just as you took possession of it...
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It's a three and a half hour drive to the dealer, or much longer by rail (assuming they aren't on strike). And "buy online with delivery" is becoming pretty much the standard now as all the little car lots go out of business (there were three locally before Covid, and none now). Most dealers are set up for it, and you have the option to examine the car on delivery before you pay - plus most provide a "send it back if you don't like it" service for the first 7 days.
It's a load easier than taking a day to look at it, and then getting a mate to drive you to them to pick it up.
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OriginalGriff wrote: "buy online with delivery"
My dad worked as a mechanic - at the same dealership, no less - for over 40 years. The concept in unfathomable to him. Dealers trade between themselves. If the car you want is at a dealer who's too far for you, discuss it with a dealer who's closer - he may be willing to buy it from the more distant one. You're still under no obligation to purchase.
My neighbor bought a $75K pickup truck 2 years ago. He test-drove 4 different model levels before settling on one. The salesrep was getting downright tired, but my neighbor was wise enough to tell him he wasn't going to spend that sort of money without test driving the vehicle he was going to get (as opposed to just driving an identical model).
And I have to agree with him, you're not getting a toaster from Amazon, and the laws to return vehicles are completely different than a kitchen appliance (and they're not written in your favor).
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Plus, there is a good chance it wouldn't have shown up - it seems to be related to temperature, as it always has started to be a problem early in the morning when it's cold. once the day heated up a bit, it seems to have stopped happening - on the first day once it happened and I visited a local garage to get the error code checked / cleared I drove it for 70 miles or so without a problem. Next morning, take Herself to work in the cold and it's back.
Since if I drove up there it would be midday or so when I got there it probably wouldn't have happened on a test drive anyway ...
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Well, even a used car, unless sold as-is, should have a warranty with some set minimum amount of time. You probably would've discovered the problem by then anyway.
Never buy a used car, as-is, without knowing what you're getting yourself into.
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Many years ago, I read about a guy whose car had no reverse. He could find nothing in the Ontario Traffic Act stating that a car had to have one. He was careful about where he parked but would occasionally have to bounce the car off a wall or other obstacle, switching to neutral just before impact so that it would roll back far enough to be able to continue on its way. 
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In college many years ago, I had Black 56 Chevy convertible with automatic transmission. Beautiful car. But reverse failed and I had no money to fix it. I drove it for a full year with no reverse. It can be done, but it takes planning, a lot of planning and some occasional pushing.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Greg Utas wrote: occasionally have to bounce the car off a wall or other obstacle, switching to neutral just before impact so that it would roll back far enough to be able to continue on its way
Even a concrete wall isn't exactly impervious to damage. So he went around knowing the potential damage to other people's property he could cause...all because he was too lazy/miserable/cheap to get his car fixed?
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I feel your pain. I've owned tons of cars since I started driving 50years ago and the two most unreliable cars I've ever owned were both VW. And in that time I have had only one cars give me transmission problem. And yes it was a DCT which had to be replaced under warranty. A few years later it started to show the same symptoms again so we got rid of it. I know people will have different experiences but that is just mine. So now, I would never own a DCT car or a VW or any of its many derivative brands again.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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When I was a child my mom had bad experiences with 2 VWs. I've never owned one, and never will unless someone gives one to me.
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Mercedes for ever, but no second hand 
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This is (was?) my third second-hand Mercedes, and the other two have been totally reliable - not one breakdown that wasn't human error (like the garage forgetting to tighten the wheel nuts so a rear wheel nearly fell off). Provided you avoid the early 00's when build quality was figured well down a list topped by shareholder dividends, they really are designed and built extremely well. Corrosion has got mine well before anything mechanical could fail - they salt the roads well around here!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Reversing is not possible
I didn't realise you'd bought one of these[^]! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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A Break My Windows? No way, man - I know how to use an indicator!
It's one of these: Peel P50 - Wikipedia[^]
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Vintage or new?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Have to be the Original!
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Can someone suggest a good thesis title?
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"Building a domestic cold fusion reactor to power your house in 30 days"
"Warp drive explained (with full parts list)"
"Giving GTA V NPC driving lessons in C#"
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