Fixing the car a scammer sold me

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• EL

  @electroid8119 · 2 years ago

  One problem is that people buy these new/nearly new on the notion that they are "super reliable" and then do ZERO maintenance for years. This is the end result.

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• AL

  @Alexander_l322 · 2 years ago

  That bloke who pulled up behind you thought he was going to have a dogging session 😂

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• RH

  @rhyslambert613 · 2 years ago

  I find these videos extremely cathartic to watch. I've just spent hours and hours trying to do something fiddly on my car, and seeing someone else go through the same struggles and annoyances makes me feel like less of an idiot 😂

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• GE

  @GeorgeAusters · 2 years ago

  Never ever ever ever ever ever ever buy a car away from someone's home address

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• JA

  @jamespn · 2 years ago

  For a minute there, I thought the seller was the grim reaper.

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• ST

  @stephenboitoult8774 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve spent 50 years in the motor trade and now retired, happily! Modern-ish stuff like you are dealing with here is WHY i&apos;m happy not doing it any more. I told all my customers when I gave it up that, if they owned anything less than 30 years old, I wasn&apos;t interested! Now I get to work on fun stuff that isn&apos;t un-necessarily complicated. I can still tinker and have fun but all the pressure (and contortionism) is a thing of the past and i&apos;m happy. And, believe it or not, i&apos;m still really busy! Of course I do now have ever present rust control issues, but I regard that as a small price to pay compared with the complication, expense and downright orneriness of more modern vehicles!<br><br> It&apos;s good to see you learning (sometimes the hard way) how everyday cars are thrown together with no thought for how they can be maintained. Kudos from an old pro for your patience and &quot;never say die&quot; attitude! Subscribed!

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• MR

  @MrRobMetal · 2 years ago (edited)

  as a mechanic that works at a shop that has specialized in german cars, i can give you this tip:<br>when working on a german car, it looks all complicated and hard to reach at first. there is always an intended process of getting to the part that needs replacing. take a step back, take realisation what is around thats in the way, instead of becoming fixated on that hard to reach bolt or clamp.<br><br>like these EGR jobs become very very easy to get at, once you take the RH CV axle out(5minutes with an impact) . ive even gone as far as removing the subframe (as it takes just 20minutes with hand tools, 13mm 16mm and 18mm sockets) makes it so much easier.<br><br>anyway! hats off to you sir!

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• IT

  @itsrobbo7135 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve got to give you props for doing that egr valve on the floor like that with essentially basic tools and not much knowledge on that job. I&apos;m a mechanic at a vag specialist and I&apos;m the egr guy there. I do pretty much every single one that comes in which is probably on average one a week. I&apos;ve lost count how many I&apos;ve done. I&apos;m fortunate I have a lift at work so I&apos;m not laying on the floor and I can now manage to remove and fit a new one and have it running in about 2.5/3 hours just because I have all the tools needed and I know exactly what to take off. So massive props again for taking on that job on the floor like that. I know I wouldn&apos;t😂

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• CH

  @Cheeky-fingers · 2 years ago

  I bought a Jeep Cherokee from this most dodgy home car trader near Heathrow. Everything was the exact opposite of my instincts on buying a car. I felt I should of walked away. The price was too good to be true etc. However I test drove the car and it had such a positive feel. I a fit of haste I parted with my money with the seller telling me be sure I was happy with it. It drove the 50 miles home faultlessly. 9 years on we still have the car as a daily driver and it has only failed 1 MOT on a bulb. Sometimes dodgy sales go right. I still think the seller thought it had serious issues.

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• US

  @user-zw3hu1xh5r · 2 years ago

  I find it hard to believe a dodgy old car, being sold up a lane in the middle of nowhere, by a skinny chav with hoodie on, was a bad purchase. Who could have seen that coming?

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• NE

  @Nemesis88-u9g · 2 years ago

  The meeting place would had me me suspicious.

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• MI

  @mike2228 · 11 months ago

  I could instantly smell and taste the grit when you scrubbed those brakes. Like I was there lol

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