Hi iv posted before but just feeling really annoyed by the whole situation with my new car, i passed my test and then went about getting a car, looked online etc went to see a few and felt a bit miffed with the condition of some of them. It was always an ibiza i wanted for years. And passing my test at age 27 my insurance wasnt too bad either. Anyway my brother in law who knows alot about cars and worksbwith a mechanic at weekends on top of his own job said he knew of one for sale that would be perfect, a 2006 1.4 special edition dab. So we went to see it and i test drove it and it was great, mileage up at 96000 which i said not sure i want so high, and was told that with seats thats nothing they are so good and that its a timing chain not a belt and its a great car nothing wrong with it bla bla bla. Anyway i paid 1600 for it as i was too scared to go elsewhere and im a guy that knows makes and models not mechanics and him and my sister have no gain in me buying it.
Anyway the first night i had it drove around a while got petrol and went a run, engine management light came on, so got taken to garage, cleared it off and said its fine, 2 days later on again! Then said look just service it too and sort it out said it was 02 sensor and would order part but its fine to drive.......was serviced and car felt great, 3 days later on again so i was too worried to drive it so left it sitting andnwas then to go in and my bro in law picked it up took it to mechanic cleared it off again and i said so is that it fixed......no wrong part came so light will prob come on again soon but its totally fine to drive. Has resulted in arguements as iread about how you can damage cat conv if you dont sort it and they are saying you need to trust us bla bla bla. Then discovered passenger window doesnt open its a horrible noise when u press the button but they said theybwould fix that too. Just feel a bit done out my money and also when it was serviced was told oh its the 1.2 with timing chain not the 1.4.
What would you all do now, go elsewhere get it fixed?
Feel its ruined my first car experience!
(Sorry for the rant)
Anyway the first night i had it drove around a while got petrol and went a run, engine management light came on, so got taken to garage, cleared it off and said its fine, 2 days later on again! Then said look just service it too and sort it out said it was 02 sensor and would order part but its fine to drive.......was serviced and car felt great, 3 days later on again so i was too worried to drive it so left it sitting andnwas then to go in and my bro in law picked it up took it to mechanic cleared it off again and i said so is that it fixed......no wrong part came so light will prob come on again soon but its totally fine to drive. Has resulted in arguements as iread about how you can damage cat conv if you dont sort it and they are saying you need to trust us bla bla bla. Then discovered passenger window doesnt open its a horrible noise when u press the button but they said theybwould fix that too. Just feel a bit done out my money and also when it was serviced was told oh its the 1.2 with timing chain not the 1.4.
What would you all do now, go elsewhere get it fixed?
Feel its ruined my first car experience!
(Sorry for the rant)
