More posting this as I am wallowing in self pity but was wondering if anyone else has had any similar experiences??
My Mrs had a 2003 Mini Cooper S, the car was perfect and in the two years we had it, the only thing that needed to be done was a set of brake pads all round and your usual service items. However, we sold this as she needed a 5 door car, being a nanny, and as her mileage was increasing we wanted a diesel to also offset my two V6's.
Soooo, we sold the Mini and bought a 2005 Leon tdi. Got the car checked out by a professional mechanic friend who gave it the green light and we got the price down as it was due a cambelt. Since we have had it, we have had nothing but bad luck with it, all 4 tyres have had to be replaced due to 2 punctures/splits, obviously we had the cambelt done. A couple of weeks ago, the flywheel let go even though there had been no signs of it going previously. That went in today for a new dual mass flywheel & clutch only to get a phonecall saying the input spline has a 10mm wobble, you need a new or reconned gearbox. Marvelous. Am off to inspect it myself shortly. Also add to that that there is a problem with the brakes which looks like sections of vacuum hosing need replacing and we have one seriously dead car!!
The annoying thing is that I deem myself pretty handy with a spanner but all the things that have gone wrong with it are above my skill level so am having to pay out hand over fist for stuff.
German (Spanish) reliability.....MY ARSE!!!
Has anyone else kicked themselves over selling a good car and ending up with a lemon?
Wallow over...back to work