Thanks Rob, I have managed to get the MD's email so will send him a letter to that effect. Cheers

I would have rejected a car with a failed oil pump as not fit for purpose under the sale of goods act - how much long-term damage has that caused to the engine? I shudder to think - not something you'd expect from a £70K "premium" car with 21K on the clock! But then the Germans can knock out any old rubbish and still have the UK press slobbering all over them.

Undoubtedly this person has (probably a 10 yr old toyota with 100k on the clock, and if anything ever went wrong with it then toyota would fix it FOC.

Or they're bitter and twisted. And ride a pushbike.

Avant has already stated (in the Scirocco TSi thread) that panning other brands when people are after some advice is not appropriate - and has stated that if people have nothing helpful to say, then please say nothing. You've sadly proved just how ignorant you are.

EDIT : oh, and if you'll take the time to read the OP's post, then you'll see that the car cost them £21k. THey do not say that it has 21k on the clock.

But that would require you to read posts - like Avant's, on the other thread that I refer too - before shooting your mouth off

Edited by RobJP on 12/06/2014 at 15:54

I think OP had his ICE appraised by a specialist but not repaired? I too read 21K as miles, confused by the lack of a £ sign. How did the car have a failed oil pump and not finish up with a wrecked enging BTW?

Thanks - thankfully I only had it assessed and told the Indy garage to hold fire so hopefully still have a case. .. Oh - and the oil pump was just leaking at both ends and lost about half a litre of oil so no damage or failure, just needed replacing.. phew!

Edited by Maahoosive on 16/06/2014 at 12:16

Does a non-working stereo render a car at 30% of new cost unfit for purpose? That is the question you have to ask yourself as to how successful any claim might be. It is not as if the engine has blown up.

I will repeat again that Trading Standards are not interested in things like this. This is a *civil* matter - not a criminal one. I have no idea why people keep stating Trading Standards on matter like this - they will not be interested. They might give some vague advice but they won't actually *do* anything.

Interestingly, there is a thread running on pistonheads about some real world experience with a car of about 25% of new value which actually had a faulty engine. It is not as easy as some people here imply.

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=...Z

I'm sure Cyd is right abiout this. But if I read your post right, you've had it with the oil pump which another outfit has replaced, but if you haven't yet dealt with the water damage, you can now give the supplying dealer a chance to repair it.

As I read it, oil pump cost £800 but warranty covered £500 of that. Stereo issue is seperate.

Suggest you contact Mark at MAS audio Moulton Park Northampton 07921199119.

Im sure he will be able to help. Specialises in high end car audio.