What an experience!
25 February 2016, 08:20 AM
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You DO have limited rights as a private buyer, but not many. But the key thing here is misrepresentation. This guy has straight up lied to you. You need to keep a copy of the ad and get that report from the garage that checked the wheels. You've definitely got a case for misrepresentation here. You simply cannot make factual statements to make a sale if they are outright lies!
Best of luck man. I've bought a couple of lemons and been really sorry with myself over the years, so I know how it feels. The difference here is that you've bought a car that still has lots of potential if you got the money and patience! Good luck.
Best of luck man. I've bought a couple of lemons and been really sorry with myself over the years, so I know how it feels. The difference here is that you've bought a car that still has lots of potential if you got the money and patience! Good luck.
25 February 2016, 08:50 AM
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25 February 2016, 10:31 AM
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Id persue the coont out principle for the fact of avoiding the situation and removing himself off facebook says it all really.
I mean come on, all he had to do was be honest about the wheel and knock a couple of hundred quid off and he still would of had 8.3k.
So all this hiding, threatening etc for £200
Engine related issues can happen to anyone so that's just one of them things you got to be prepared for.
I mean come on, all he had to do was be honest about the wheel and knock a couple of hundred quid off and he still would of had 8.3k.
So all this hiding, threatening etc for £200
Engine related issues can happen to anyone so that's just one of them things you got to be prepared for.
25 February 2016, 10:57 AM
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You DO have limited rights as a private buyer, but not many. But the key thing here is misrepresentation. This guy has straight up lied to you. You need to keep a copy of the ad and get that report from the garage that checked the wheels. You've definitely got a case for misrepresentation here. You simply cannot make factual statements to make a sale if they are outright lies!
Best of luck man. I've bought a couple of lemons and been really sorry with myself over the years, so I know how it feels. The difference here is that you've bought a car that still has lots of potential if you got the money and patience! Good luck.
Best of luck man. I've bought a couple of lemons and been really sorry with myself over the years, so I know how it feels. The difference here is that you've bought a car that still has lots of potential if you got the money and patience! Good luck.
25 February 2016, 11:01 AM
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Pretty sure I remember 4 different settings on an old one I had with a Power FC, have a look on here.
http://www.apexi-usa.com/manuals/ele...cs/414m907.pdf
Maybe see if someone local can come out and do a compression/leak down test to put your mind at ease about the engine whilst your sorting the wheels?
http://www.apexi-usa.com/manuals/ele...cs/414m907.pdf
Maybe see if someone local can come out and do a compression/leak down test to put your mind at ease about the engine whilst your sorting the wheels?
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25 February 2016, 11:07 AM
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Thanks for the link to the manual.
I do have the commander, all I can see is boost settings, but its unclear to me how they are selected, I dont want to mess any of the settings up.
Ill see if there are any videos on YouTube.
I do have the commander, all I can see is boost settings, but its unclear to me how they are selected, I dont want to mess any of the settings up.
Ill see if there are any videos on YouTube.
25 February 2016, 11:12 AM
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Off the top of my head it's - Settings - Boost and that should give you what options are available. You just scroll down to the setting you want then exit back to Monitor.
25 February 2016, 12:47 PM
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He also states four different boost settings for the car, but I dont see how to change the map on the Apexi Power FC, in fact I am pretty sure that the Apexi does not support selectable maps, I had one in a classic wagon a couple of years ago, and never saw any options for selectable maps.
The FC does not support multiple maps but you can have different boost settings stored.
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Tyres are naffed as well!
Took the wheels to a local tyre shop do have the tyres removed to go on the new wheels arriving tomorrow, only to find out that the inside of the tyres are split.
One of the tyre fitters seems to think that somebody has put the tyres on without a tyre machine, forcing the tyre over the rim which has not only buckled the wheels, but also damaged the inside of the tyres.
So thats another £400 I have just had to spend!!
Pulling my bloody hair out............. hold on, I have no hair left!!!
Took the wheels to a local tyre shop do have the tyres removed to go on the new wheels arriving tomorrow, only to find out that the inside of the tyres are split.
One of the tyre fitters seems to think that somebody has put the tyres on without a tyre machine, forcing the tyre over the rim which has not only buckled the wheels, but also damaged the inside of the tyres.
So thats another £400 I have just had to spend!!
Pulling my bloody hair out............. hold on, I have no hair left!!!
25 February 2016, 08:01 PM
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Tyres are naffed as well!
Took the wheels to a local tyre shop do have the tyres removed to go on the new wheels arriving tomorrow, only to find out that the inside of the tyres are split.
One of the tyre fitters seems to think that somebody has put the tyres on without a tyre machine, forcing the tyre over the rim which has not only buckled the wheels, but also damaged the inside of the tyres.
So thats another £400 I have just had to spend!!
Pulling my bloody hair out............. hold on, I have no hair left!!!
Took the wheels to a local tyre shop do have the tyres removed to go on the new wheels arriving tomorrow, only to find out that the inside of the tyres are split.
One of the tyre fitters seems to think that somebody has put the tyres on without a tyre machine, forcing the tyre over the rim which has not only buckled the wheels, but also damaged the inside of the tyres.
So thats another £400 I have just had to spend!!
Pulling my bloody hair out............. hold on, I have no hair left!!!
25 February 2016, 08:08 PM
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But whats more annoying is that I was pretty limited to wheel choice as I wanted to avoid buying new tyres and went with 18" wheels again. I would have preferred 17" wheels as I think the ride would be better overall.
So I could have had a much wider choice of wheels if I had known the 'new' tyres were knackered!
25 February 2016, 08:24 PM
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Just to add mate,I bought those genuine volk centres for the wheels which cost me £40 a cap so I'd get them on eBay to recoup a little bit of some cash👍🏻
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25 February 2016, 08:26 PM
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Funny you should say that, I was going to see what they were worth, but there seems to be one missing! They are nice centre caps too!
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The fact that they are aluminium makes it difficult to repair from what I understand.
However, if you want them, you can have them, I would not want anything for the wheels. But I need to keep hold of them at the moment due to the legal proceedings that are about to occur.