Today I believe (or at least hope) that I have cracked the last of the problems with my URS6.
Bought the car in February from an enthusiast who claimed the car was niggle free.
These are the niggles that apparantly didn't exist....
Battery went flat every 48 hours
Front passenger window took minutes to wind back up
Alternator badly worn and needed replacing
TCP started to drip and then the end 'fell' off when touched
Boot filled with water
Boot lamp not working
12v supply wired to boot lamp earth!!!!!
Switch in Boot locking mechanism broken
Mounting stud for boot locking mechanism missing (excuse to weld!!!)
Gearbox output shft seal for propshaft leaking (had beenfor years)
Alarm battery backup not working
Scorpion Alarm unusable with default settings
Audi alarm flashing whenever ignition was on
Original CD player useless (I'm fussy about stuff like that and who uses CD's these days?)
TCP relay broken and permanently trying to run the fan
Fan slow relay broken (fortunately or the TCP relay would have left the fan on...)
WGFV corroded solid
Diverter valve leaking
Drivers side front strut collapsed
Front track control bushes on passenger side destroyed and badly perished.
I think that just about completes the list.... hadn't realised it was so long in all honesty.
Despite the list, I still love the car and consider it to be a good buy... OK it's cost about £350 to sort all of the problems out (It cost more than that to get the local Skoda garage to do a service on my Superb...) but thats what old cars are about. The fixing is a bonding experience and you know what needs to be done if it happens again..
The car is now rattle free, everything and I really do mean everything (I hope), works as it should. Handling (for a tank) is good and thanks to Mr Nugent the car is a true rocket and scary 3 figure speeds appear at the slightest touch of the throttle in 3rd gear.
All said and done nothing was too costly to sort (alternator being the most frightening item) and nothing was too awkward (perhaps excluding the gearbox seal, in the rain on my drive, on my back with my beer storage area rammend against the floor).
I am now wondering what issues everyone else has had with their cars when they bought them.
I'm wondering if the niggles appear when the car swaps owners OR do we just get used to the problems and wipe them from our memories (or perhaps something slightly more sinister for the selling process)?
What was / is wrong with yours? Interested to hear the best and worst surprises you have found on yours....
Bought the car in February from an enthusiast who claimed the car was niggle free.
These are the niggles that apparantly didn't exist....
Battery went flat every 48 hours
Front passenger window took minutes to wind back up
Alternator badly worn and needed replacing
TCP started to drip and then the end 'fell' off when touched
Boot filled with water
Boot lamp not working
12v supply wired to boot lamp earth!!!!!
Switch in Boot locking mechanism broken
Mounting stud for boot locking mechanism missing (excuse to weld!!!)
Gearbox output shft seal for propshaft leaking (had beenfor years)
Alarm battery backup not working
Scorpion Alarm unusable with default settings
Audi alarm flashing whenever ignition was on
Original CD player useless (I'm fussy about stuff like that and who uses CD's these days?)
TCP relay broken and permanently trying to run the fan
Fan slow relay broken (fortunately or the TCP relay would have left the fan on...)
WGFV corroded solid
Diverter valve leaking
Drivers side front strut collapsed
Front track control bushes on passenger side destroyed and badly perished.
I think that just about completes the list.... hadn't realised it was so long in all honesty.
Despite the list, I still love the car and consider it to be a good buy... OK it's cost about £350 to sort all of the problems out (It cost more than that to get the local Skoda garage to do a service on my Superb...) but thats what old cars are about. The fixing is a bonding experience and you know what needs to be done if it happens again..
The car is now rattle free, everything and I really do mean everything (I hope), works as it should. Handling (for a tank) is good and thanks to Mr Nugent the car is a true rocket and scary 3 figure speeds appear at the slightest touch of the throttle in 3rd gear.
All said and done nothing was too costly to sort (alternator being the most frightening item) and nothing was too awkward (perhaps excluding the gearbox seal, in the rain on my drive, on my back with my beer storage area rammend against the floor).
I am now wondering what issues everyone else has had with their cars when they bought them.
I'm wondering if the niggles appear when the car swaps owners OR do we just get used to the problems and wipe them from our memories (or perhaps something slightly more sinister for the selling process)?
What was / is wrong with yours? Interested to hear the best and worst surprises you have found on yours....
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