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AIBU?

Desperately need your help

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TwittyMcTwitterson · 04/03/2014 08:40

So i'm cursed...

I part ex'd my old shit Picasso for an old BMW that drove fine on the test drive. I was assured it was an amazing at and really would lay me well. As I drove away from him it bunny hopped so I out petrol in and hoped for the best. Next day it happened again. And every day since. It simply can't get power and this has twice led me to enter motorways at a dangerously slow speed. I want to take it back.

I'm about to make the call... How the hell do I word it???

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HauntedNoddyCar · 13/03/2014 19:53

I have vague ideas of poor performance but I think that was the lamda probe rather than the cat. This was another of our old cars btw. The only cat problem I've had otherwise was picked up at MOT rather than symptomatically.

You could probably get an MOT station to test the emissions in isolation or rather he could!

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TwittyMcTwitterson · 13/03/2014 20:05

He's rang to say he is picking up at 8-8.30. I text him previously saying if not fixed on Friday that I want Picasso back. He didn't mention that at all. Just left a message because my iPhone is terribly stupid and wouldn't let me answer. Hmm

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slithytove · 13/03/2014 21:37

Sounds like spark plugs - if you or oh can do this it'll cost about £10. So dealer should do it really

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TwittyMcTwitterson · 13/03/2014 21:46

Spark plugs were changed just before I bought it. Perhaps they are faulty. Could ask him to change them. My dad has a business selling spark plugs so it would be handy Wink

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