patrickd79

DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!! This car is NOT as advertised. I had it checked by a mechanic today and it is far from 'almost immaculate'. I rang Cam on wednesday night and told him that I wanted a full comprehensive inspection done on the car before I bought it. He told me he had some friends that worked at Bridgestone Mt Barker and that they could do the inspection for me no problem. He even told me that they owed him a few favours and would do it for free. Now initially I was skeptical as this leaves you WIDE open to a very biased report on the car. The would be check on the car was carried out on thursday, I received an email from them and I spoke to a guy named Andrew that afternoon. I asked him what condition the car was in and he told me it was in really good condition. He told me that a lot of the suspension was new and the underside of the car had no damage, the brakes etc were really good and no dramas with the exhaust. I then asked about under the bonnet. He quickly pointed out that he had only done a safety inspection and that it didnt involve much more than checking to see if the car was drivable. He even mentioned that one of the guys did the report, took it for a test drive and found the car to be faultless. Now a full comprehensive check on the car is what I was after. This was not done so I immediately found someone independant to do this for me. It was organised for friday at the cost of $199. I rang Cam to tell him I was not satisfied with the report and had organised for an independant mechanic to go over the car for me. Boy was he not happy. He immediately became extremely aggressive towards me telling me that the car was fine and that he was a licenced mechanic and had carried out all repairs to the car when it was needed and that he was saving me $199. I insisted it be done or I would not buy the car. By this stage he was yelling at me, telling me the car was in top condition. He did eventually relent knowing that he would not sell it without the full comprehensive check being carried out. The car was checked out today at about 9.30am. The mechanic uncovered a number of big problems with the car, all the while being abused by Cam whilst trying to do his job. Andrew at Bridgestone Mt Barker lied about the condition of the car. He lied big time. This car has been crashed multiple times, lots of damage to the chassis rails. Front brake pads are at 5% on the left and metal on metal on the right. The right side rotor needs replacing. Brake fluid needs replacing asap. Left tie rods are worn and power steering fluid is low. Head gasket has a leak. Intercooler is damaged but working. Air conditioning needs to be regassed. Needs coolant. L.S.D is not in good shape. Front wheel bearings are audible. Left guard is missing bolts and is loose. rear window tint is half peeled off. Car is not registered. The controls for the right window and mirror do not work very well. Left door jam has crinkle crazing on entire section. On top of all this I could not get the vin/chassis or engine numbers from him no matter how many times I asked for a REVS check.. He has advertised the car as having a number of new parts that do not exist. STEER CLEAR OF THIS CAR AND THIS PERSON!!!

It's worth more than 6k dude, don't insult the guy.

Hi mate. Send me some photos of the car, interior, exterior, engine bay etc. Is it manual? Do you have service history? [email protected]

SMS sent. I need more details mate. Do you have receipts for the work done to the car? When was the engine conversion done? Did it undergo a rebuild? Got pics of the engine? Has it done 177 or is that the body? Some more shots of the interior would be good too. More details please. [email protected]

It would help if you put up a price, give me a ball park figure of what you are looking for. Some pics would help also. [email protected] Cheers, dude.

Nice car. I'm quite interested. I'd like to know if you have receipts for the work you have done to the car, in particular the engine modifications etc. I havent got enough posts up so I can pm you. Lol. Is the paint close to mint condition? It looks it in the photos, any chips, dents, scratches etc. Does the car need to be mod plated or is it all taken care of? Any pics of the interior? I'm getting a car checked tomorrow but I'd definitely like to know more about yours. You can email me the pics etc to [email protected] I can view them fullsize then. Yep get back to me on the details please.

So whats the latest on the engine....Is it finished yet?

I'll be completely honest in saying that I am genuinely interested. It sounds like you have some good gear on the car. For me my biggest concern is the fact that you say the engine has forged internals, is about 4000km's old but doesn't run. You also have no receipts for it and your not even sure who built it. It would go a long way if you found out more about it....and got it running. What about the clutch and re-inforced gearbox? I'm not trying to rain on your parade here, I am genuinely interested but without receipts or proof of the engine build etc it will be very hard to persuade me that they are what you say they are. If you can dig up a bunch of receipts or a lot more info on the engine etc post it on here.